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Clean medical equipment or facilities

Work activity · O*NET

Clean medical equipment or facilities is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Performing General Physical Activities. 28 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Clean medical equipment
  • Clean medical equipment or facilities
  • Sterilize medical equipment or instruments

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 100.0% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 0.0% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
How often AI is applied here 12th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Medical Equipment Preparers 4
Surgical Technologists 3
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 3
Dental Assistants 2
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 2
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 2
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists 2
Orderlies 2
Pharmacy Technicians 2
Dental Hygienists 1
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 1
Emergency Medical Technicians 1
Endoscopy Technicians 1
Medical Assistants 1
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians 1
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 1
Nurse Anesthetists 1
Occupational Therapists 1
Occupational Therapy Assistants 1
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric 1
Pediatric Surgeons 1
Pharmacy Aides 1
Phlebotomists 1
Physical Therapist Aides 1
Radiation Therapists 1
Respiratory Therapists 1
Surgical Assistants 1
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 1
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 24 occupations in occupations that perform Clean medical equipment or facilities.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Orderlies Surgical Assistants Medical Equipment Preparers Surgical Technologists Physical Therapist Aides Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers Dental Hygienists Phlebotomists Respiratory Therapists Occupational Therapy Assistants Nurse Anesthetists Radiation Therapists Ophthalmic Medical Technologists Pharmacy Technicians AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Clean medical equipment or facilities., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Clean medical equipment or facilities." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/clean-medical-equipment-or-facilities

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Clean medical equipment or facilities. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/clean-medical-equipment-or-facilities

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-clean-medical-equipment-or-facilities,
  title  = {Clean medical equipment or facilities},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/clean-medical-equipment-or-facilities}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.