Operate laboratory equipment to analyze medical samples.

Operate laboratory equipment to analyze medical samples. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 4 occupations and seen in 8 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Operate laboratory or field equipment. in Controlling Machines and Processes .

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 8 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 3 (38%) 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 0.007% 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.

• Apply prepared specimen and control to appropriate grid, run instrumentation, and produce analyzable results. · Cytogenetic Technologists · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Diagnose diseases or study medical conditions, using techniques such as gross pathology, histology, cytology, cytopathology, clinical chemistry, immunology, flow cytometry, or molecular biology. · Physicians, Pathologists · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Conduct chemical analyses of body fluids, such as blood or urine, using microscope or automatic analyzer to detect abnormalities or diseases and enter findings into computer. · Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Operate, calibrate, or maintain equipment used in quantitative or qualitative analysis, such as spectrophotometers, calorimeters, flame photometers, or computer-controlled analyzers. · Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Operate computerized laboratory equipment to dehydrate, decalcify, or microincinerate tissue samples. · Histotechnologists · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Measure glandular activity, blood volume, red cell survival, or radioactivity of patient, using scanners, Geiger counters, scintillometers, or other laboratory equipment. · Nuclear Medicine Technologists · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Operate computerized laboratory equipment to dehydrate, decalcify, or microincinerate tissue samples. · Histology Technicians · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Perform electron microscopy or mass spectrometry to analyze specimens. · Histotechnologists · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Cytogenetic Technologists
• Physicians, Pathologists
• Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
• Nuclear Medicine Technologists

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.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {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},
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