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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Surgical 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 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 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

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Order surgical supplies.

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

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

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

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

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

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

  • 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.

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

Technologies & Software

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

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