Stock crash carts or other medical supplies.

“Stock crash carts or other medical supplies.” is a core task performed by Medical Equipment Preparers. Among the occupation's 16 rated tasks, workers place it 8th by importance (#9 most important). About 88% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Stock supplies or products. in Handling and Moving Objects

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed. · importance 4.8
• Clean instruments to prepare them for sterilization. · importance 4.8
• Organize and assemble routine or specialty surgical instrument trays or other sterilized supplies, filling special requests as needed. · importance 4.8
• Record sterilizer test results. · importance 4.8
• Examine equipment to detect leaks, worn or loose parts, or other indications of disrepair. · importance 4.7
• Report defective equipment to appropriate supervisors or staff. · importance 4.7
• Disinfect and sterilize equipment, such as respirators, hospital beds, or oxygen or dialysis equipment, using sterilizers, aerators, or washers. · importance 4.6
• Maintain records of inventory or equipment usage and order medical instruments or supplies when inventory is low. · importance 4.5
• Start equipment and observe gauges and equipment operation to detect malfunctions and to ensure equipment is operating to prescribed standards. · importance 4.5
• Check sterile supplies to ensure that they are not outdated. · importance 4.5
• Purge wastes from equipment by connecting equipment to water sources and flushing water through systems. · importance 4.5
• Deliver equipment to specified hospital locations or to patients' residences. · importance 4.3
• Attend hospital in-service programs related to areas of work specialization. · importance 3.8
• Assist hospital staff with patient care duties, such as providing transportation or setting up traction. · importance 3.3

See all tasks on the Medical Equipment Preparers page.

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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-18702,
  title  = {Stock crash carts or other medical supplies.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-18702}
}