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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

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

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

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

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

  • Order surgical supplies.

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

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

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

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

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

Technologies & Software

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

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