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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Surgical 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%

“Surgical 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%

“Surgical 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

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

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

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

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

  • 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.

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

  • Order surgical supplies.

  • 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.

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

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

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

Technologies & Software

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

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