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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Surgical Scrub Technologist (Surgical Scrub Tech)” 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 Technologist (Surgical Scrub 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%

“Surgical Scrub Technologist (Surgical Scrub 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

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

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

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

  • Order surgical supplies.

Technologies & Software

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

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