Medical Equipment Preparers
HealthcareAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Low· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.15
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 92% score at or above this value.
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks onlyValues in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Record sterilizer test results.O*NET Task ID 4294 | 1.0 |
Maintain records of inventory or equipment usage and order medical instruments or supplies when inventory is low.O*NET Task ID 18703 | 0.5 |
Organize and assemble routine or specialty surgical instrument trays or other sterilized supplies, filling special requests as needed.O*NET Task ID 4291 | 0.0 |
Clean instruments to prepare them for sterilization.O*NET Task ID 4292 | 0.0 |
Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.O*NET Task ID 4293 | 0.0 |
Disinfect and sterilize equipment, such as respirators, hospital beds, or oxygen or dialysis equipment, using sterilizers, aerators, or washers.O*NET Task ID 4295 | 0.0 |
Start equipment and observe gauges and equipment operation to detect malfunctions and to ensure equipment is operating to prescribed standards.O*NET Task ID 4296 | 0.0 |
Examine equipment to detect leaks, worn or loose parts, or other indications of disrepair.O*NET Task ID 4297 | 0.0 |
Report defective equipment to appropriate supervisors or staff.O*NET Task ID 4298 | 0.0 |
Check sterile supplies to ensure that they are not outdated.O*NET Task ID 4299 | 0.0 |
Attend hospital in-service programs related to areas of work specialization.O*NET Task ID 4301 | 0.0 |
Purge wastes from equipment by connecting equipment to water sources and flushing water through systems.O*NET Task ID 4302 | 0.0 |
Deliver equipment to specified hospital locations or to patients' residences.O*NET Task ID 4303 | 0.0 |
Assist hospital staff with patient care duties, such as providing transportation or setting up traction.O*NET Task ID 4304 | 0.0 |
Install and set up medical equipment, using hand tools.O*NET Task ID 4305 | 0.0 |
Stock crash carts or other medical supplies.O*NET Task ID 18702 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page