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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Travel OR Tech (Travel Operating Room Technician)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #247 of 702. Estimated risk: 34.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

44%

“Travel OR Tech (Travel Operating Room 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%

“Travel OR Tech (Travel Operating Room 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

  • Order surgical supplies.

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

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

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

  • 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.

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

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

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

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