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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Scrub Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #247 of 702. Estimated risk: 34.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

44%

“Scrub Technician” 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%

“Scrub Technician” 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

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

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

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

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Order surgical supplies.

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

  • Maintain files and records of 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.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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