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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Operating Room Technologist (OR Tech)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #247 of 702. Estimated risk: 34.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

44%

“Operating Room Technologist (OR Tech)” will probably not be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 44% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

55%

“Operating Room Technologist (OR Tech)” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 55% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Surgical Technologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Avg. Annual Salary $65,810
Avg. Hourly Wage $31.64
Available Jobs (US) 113,890
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Surgical Technologists #29-2055
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Surgical Technologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

  • Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

  • Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.

  • Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.

  • Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.

  • Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.

  • Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.

  • Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.

  • Order surgical supplies.

  • Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

  • Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

  • Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.

Technologies & Software

  • Perplexity AI
  • Glass AI
  • Internet browser software
  • MEDITECH software
  • Word processing software
  • Nuance DAX (Microsoft)
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • Amboss AI
  • Patient scheduling software
  • Graphics software
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Nursing documentation software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Database software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Surgery workflow communication software
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Email software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Patient tracking software
  • Supply documentation software
  • Epic AI
  • Abridge
  • Google Drive
  • Nabla Copilot
  • Loupes
  • Surgical elevators
  • Hyper/hypothermia units
  • Mayo stands
  • Cardiovascular stents
  • Eye magnets
  • Skin staplers
  • Wound drains
  • Surgical clamps
  • Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
  • Slow suction units
  • Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
  • Instrument positioning equipment
  • Tablet computers
  • Instrument tables
  • Ring stands
  • Electrocautery equipment
  • Central venous catheters
  • Medical imagining laser printers
  • Tracheostomy tubes
  • Endoscopy equipment
  • Foot-operated suction units
  • Adjustable height instrument tables
  • Master control units or manipulators
  • Smoke evacuators
  • Surgical robotics equipment
  • Sterad machines
  • Surgical robots
  • Air driver drills
  • Vacuum extractors
  • Flash autoclaves
  • Dermatomes
  • Lithotripters
  • Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
  • Suturing kits
  • Surgical forceps
  • Argon beam coagulators
  • Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet Nd:YAG lasers
  • Thermal cautery units
  • Retractors
  • Washer sterilizers
  • Personal computers
  • Ultrasonic cleaners
  • Voice activated surgical systems
  • Chest drains
  • Microscopes
  • Electrosurgical grounding pads
  • Robotic manipulators
  • Cholangiocath catheters
  • Kleinert-Kutz elevators
  • Pneumatic tourniquets
  • Ohio suction units
  • Manual blood pressure units
  • Orthopedic drills
  • Positioning equipment
  • Remote manipulation robots
  • Blood/fluid warmers
  • Surgical stapling equipment
  • Surgical probes
  • Spark-gap electrosurgical units
  • Surgical drills
  • Doppler ultrasound equipment
  • Cryo-ophthalmic units
  • Video cassette recorders VCR
  • Suturing needle forceps
  • Intraluminal staplers
  • Surgical drapes
  • Tourniquets
  • Portable suction units
  • Dermatome blades
  • Surgical navigation systems
  • Surgical pneumatic drills
  • Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
  • Surgical aspirators
  • Surgical retractors
  • Steri-vac aeration cabinets
  • Syringes
  • Fiber optic luminators
  • Venodynes
  • Suture needles
  • Surgical drains
  • Linear staplers
  • Nerve stimulators
  • Cardiac leg wedges
  • Needle holders
  • Ethylene oxide sterilizers
  • Electrosurgical units
  • Wheelchairs
  • Sternal saws
  • Fluoroscopy equipment
  • Autoclaves
  • Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
  • Electrosurgical monitors
  • Warm air blankets
  • Craniotome drills
  • Endoscopic camera/video systems
  • Insufflators
  • Washer sanitizers
  • Autologous blood recovery systems
  • Robotic arms
  • Lab specimen containers
  • Defibrillators
  • Suction machines
  • Minidriver drills
  • Scalpels
  • Orthopedic arm boards with drains
  • Cavitrons
  • Electronic blood pressure cuffs
  • Digital electrosurgical units
  • Laparoscopes
  • Anesthesia machines
  • Desktop computers
  • Fracture tables
  • Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
  • Intestinal stapling devices
  • Coronary bypass pumps
  • X ray machines
  • Notebook computers
  • Graspers
  • Stretchers
  • Eye lasers
  • Neurotome drills
  • Cell savers
  • Surgical lasers
  • Surgical dilators
  • Motorized lift tables
  • Continuous suction machines
  • Autotransfusion systems
  • Pulmonary resuscitators
  • Medical image database systems
  • Surgical dissectors
  • Cryo units

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