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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Travel Surgical Tech (Travel 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%

“Travel Surgical Tech (Travel 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%

“Travel Surgical Tech (Travel 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

  • Order surgical supplies.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

  • 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.

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

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

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