Home / Tasks / Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment
In 1 of the 16 jobs that do this, AI or robots already show up on it, most often as robots doing it. In the other 15, there's no evidence yet. Jobs spend a median of 13m of an 8-hour shift on it, and about 9.3 million U.S. workers hold these jobs.
Every job that does this
Each job words the task its own way. Minutes are that job's estimate for a typical shift; the label is the evidence for that job's version.
| Job and its version of the task | Per shift | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Medical TechniciansMaintain vehicles and medical and communication equipment, and replenish first aid equipment and supplies. | 44m | No evidence yet |
| Surgical TechnologistsClean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card. | 44m | No evidence yet |
| Occupational Health and Safety TechniciansVerify availability or monitor use of safety equipment, such as hearing protection or respirators. | 32m | Robots |
| Pharmacy TechniciansReceive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages. | 20m | No evidence yet |
| Athletic TrainersPerform team support duties, such as running errands, maintaining equipment, or stocking supplies. | 20m | No evidence yet |
| PharmacistsOrder and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly. | 18m | No evidence yet |
| Anesthesiologist AssistantsVerify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases. | 16m | No evidence yet |
| Registered NursesPrepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained. | 13m | No evidence yet |
| Psychiatric TechniciansIssue medications from dispensary and maintain records in accordance with specified procedures. | 13m | No evidence yet |
| Surgical AssistantsDetermine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures. | 12m | No evidence yet |
| Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsMaintain inventories of hazardous materials or hazardous wastes, using waste tracking systems to ensure that materials are handled properly. | 12m | No evidence yet |
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational NursesInventory and requisition supplies and instruments. | 7m | No evidence yet |
| Veterinary Technologists and TechniciansMonitor medical supplies and place orders when inventory is low. | 6m | No evidence yet |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging TechnologistsConduct inventories to maintain stock of clinical supplies. | 6m | No evidence yet |
| Diagnostic Medical SonographersMaintain stock and supplies, preparing supplies for special examinations and ordering supplies when necessary. | 6m | No evidence yet |
| Advanced Practice Psychiatric NursesMonitor the use and status of medical and pharmaceutical supplies. | under 1m | No evidence yet |
How to read this
This task type comes from O*NET's detailed work activities, which link similar tasks across jobs. A label applies to one job's version of the task: AI use comes from real AI conversations (Anthropic Economic Index) and robot evidence from deployments in real workplaces. "No evidence yet" may just mean the task is rare in the data. How we keep time.
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