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O*NET detailed work activityTransport biological or other medical materials
Stays humanHands-on work
9 jobs12 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Move materials, equipment, or supplies, under the O*NET work activity group Performing General Physical Activities. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 12 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Transport specimens or fluid samples from collection sites to laboratories.
- Remove the deceased from place of death and transport to funeral home.
- Remove deceased remains from place of death.
- Transport portable medical equipment or medical supplies between rooms or departments.
- Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.
- Deliver medication to treatment areas, living units, residences, or clinics, using various means of transportation.
- Transport the deceased to the funeral home.
- Transport bodies to the morgue.
- Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Collect and transport infectious or hazardous waste in closed containers for sterilization or disposal, in accordance with applicable law, standards, or policies.
- Deliver equipment to specified hospital locations or to patients' residences.
- Pick up and handle human or pet remains in a respectful manner.