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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Travel Surgical Technologist” 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 Technologist” 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 Technologist” 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 a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

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

  • 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.

  • Order surgical supplies.

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

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

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

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