Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment.
Detailed work activity
Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 15 occupations and seen in 21 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products. in Monitoring and Controlling Resources .
Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.
AI exposure
Of the 21 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 9 (43%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).
The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.006% per task.
Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.
Member tasks
Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.
- Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation. · Surgical Technologists · importance 4.9 · no direct exposure
- Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs. · Pharmacy Technicians · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
- Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card. · Surgical Technologists · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
- Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures. · Surgical Assistants · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
- Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages. · Pharmacy Technicians · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
- Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases. · Anesthesiologist Assistants · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
- Restock intravenous (IV) supplies and add measured drugs or nutrients to IV solutions under sterile conditions to prepare IV packs for various uses, such as chemotherapy medication. · Pharmacy Technicians · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
- Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations. · Surgical Technologists · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
- Issue medications from dispensary and maintain records in accordance with specified procedures. · Psychiatric Technicians · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
- Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, or supplies and enter inventory data into computer. · Pharmacy Technicians · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
- Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained. · Registered Nurses · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
- Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly. · Pharmacists · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
- Monitor medical supplies and place orders when inventory is low. · Veterinary Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
- Conduct inventories to maintain stock of clinical supplies. · Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
- Maintain stock and supplies, preparing supplies for special examinations and ordering supplies when necessary. · Diagnostic Medical Sonographers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
- Verify availability or monitor use of safety equipment, such as hearing protection or respirators. · Occupational Health and Safety Technicians · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
- Monitor the use and status of medical and pharmaceutical supplies. · Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
- Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments. · Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
- Maintain inventories of hazardous materials or hazardous wastes, using waste tracking systems to ensure that materials are handled properly. · Occupational Health and Safety Specialists · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
- Perform team support duties, such as running errands, maintaining equipment, or stocking supplies. · Athletic Trainers · importance 2.8 · no direct exposure
- Maintain vehicles and medical and communication equipment, and replenish first aid equipment and supplies. · Emergency Medical Technicians · no direct exposure
Occupations that perform this
- Surgical Technologists
- Pharmacy Technicians
- Surgical Assistants
- Anesthesiologist Assistants
- Psychiatric Technicians
- Registered Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
- Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
- Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- Athletic Trainers
- Emergency Medical Technicians
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.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment.." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/maintain-inventory-of-medical-supplies-or-equipment
Singulariki. (2026). Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment.. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/maintain-inventory-of-medical-supplies-or-equipment
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