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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

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

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

  • Order surgical supplies.

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

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

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

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

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

Technologies & Software

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

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