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O*NET detailed work activityOperate medical equipment
Stays humanHands-on care
8 jobs9 tasks
Physical care and clinical work need trained hands, close observation and a person who is accountable at the bedside or chairside.
Part of Operate medical equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Controlling Machines and Processes. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 9 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Expose dental diagnostic x-rays.
- Place devices, such as blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeter sensors, nasal cannulas, surgical cautery pads, and cardiac monitoring electrodes, on patients to monitor vital signs.
- Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.
- Place invasive intravascular monitors into patients.
- Assist nurses or physicians in the operation of medical equipment or provision of patient care.
- Operate capsule or tablet counting machine that automatically distributes a certain number of capsules or tablets into smaller containers.
- Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.