Prepare medications or medical solutions.

Prepare medications or medical solutions. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 12 occupations and seen in 19 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Prepare mixtures or solutions. in Performing General Physical Activities .

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 19 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 2 (11%) 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 2 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.009% 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.

• Prepare contrast material, radiopharmaceuticals, or anesthetic or antispasmodic drugs under the direction of a radiologist. · Radiologic Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Prepare stock radiopharmaceuticals, adhering to safety standards that minimize radiation exposure to workers and patients. · Nuclear Medicine Technologists · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Select, prepare, or use equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics. · Nurse Anesthetists · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Prepare and administer medications, vaccines, serums, or treatments, as prescribed by veterinarians. · Veterinary Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Prepare prescribed solutions and administer local, intravenous, spinal, or other anesthetics, following specified methods and procedures. · Nurse Anesthetists · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques. · Pharmacy Technicians · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Fill prescriptions, measuring medications and labeling containers. · Veterinary Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Mix pharmaceutical preparations, according to written prescriptions. · Pharmacy Technicians · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• 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
• Prepare substances, such as reagents and dilution, and stains for histological specimens according to protocols. · Histotechnologists · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Prepack bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications, and type and affix labels. · Pharmacy Technicians · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Dispense medical devices or drugs, and calculate dosages and provide instructions as necessary. · Clinical Research Coordinators · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities. · Pharmacists · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Store, sterilize, or prepare the special applicators containing the radioactive substance implanted by the physician. · Radiation Therapists · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Prepare sterile solutions or infusions for use in surgical procedures, emergency rooms, or patients' homes. · Pharmacists · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Assist in the preparation of sealed radioactive materials, such as cobalt, radium, cesium, or isotopes, for use in radiation treatments. · Radiation Therapists · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Formulate herbal preparations to treat conditions considering herbal properties, such as taste, toxicity, effects of preparation, contraindications, and incompatibilities. · Acupuncturists · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Select and prepare medical equipment or medications to be taken to athletic competition sites. · Sports Medicine Physicians · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Calculate, measure, or prepare radioisotope dosages. · Radiologists · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
• Nuclear Medicine Technologists
• Nurse Anesthetists
• Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
• Pharmacy Technicians
• Histotechnologists
• Clinical Research Coordinators
• Pharmacists
• Radiation Therapists
• Acupuncturists
• Sports Medicine Physicians
• Radiologists

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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