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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Surgical Orderly” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #247 of 702. Estimated risk: 34.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

44%

“Surgical Orderly” 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%

“Surgical Orderly” 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.

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

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

  • Order surgical supplies.

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

  • 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.

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

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

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

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

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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