Select and prepare specimens and media for cell cultures, using aseptic technique and knowledge of medium components and cell requirements.

“Select and prepare specimens and media for cell cultures, using aseptic technique and knowledge of medium components and cell requirements.” is a supplemental task performed by Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists. Among the occupation's 16 rated tasks, workers place it 7th by importance (#10 most important). About 72% 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.

• Prepare specimens or materials for testing. 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

• Analyze samples of biological material for chemical content or reaction. · importance 4.8
• Analyze laboratory findings to check the accuracy of the results. · importance 4.8
• Conduct chemical analysis of body fluids, including blood, urine, or spinal fluid, to determine presence of normal or abnormal components. · importance 4.8
• Enter data from analysis of medical tests or clinical results into computer for storage. · importance 4.8
• Collect and study blood samples to determine the number of cells, their morphology, or their blood group, blood type, or compatibility for transfusion purposes, using microscopic techniques. · importance 4.7
• Set up, clean, and maintain laboratory equipment. · importance 4.7
• Operate, calibrate, or maintain equipment used in quantitative or qualitative analysis, such as spectrophotometers, calorimeters, flame photometers, or computer-controlled analyzers. · importance 4.7
• Establish or monitor quality assurance programs or activities to ensure the accuracy of laboratory results. · importance 4.7
• Supervise, train, or direct lab assistants, medical and clinical laboratory technicians or technologists, or other medical laboratory workers engaged in laboratory testing. · importance 4.7
• Obtain, cut, stain, and mount biological material on slides for microscopic study and diagnosis, following standard laboratory procedures. · importance 4.5
• Cultivate, isolate, or assist in identifying microbial organisms or perform various tests on these microorganisms. · importance 4.5
• Provide technical information about test results to physicians, family members, or researchers. · importance 4.3
• Develop, standardize, evaluate, or modify procedures, techniques, or tests used in the analysis of specimens or in medical laboratory experiments. · importance 4.3
• Harvest cell cultures at optimum time, based on knowledge of cell cycle differences and culture conditions. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 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.

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  title  = {Select and prepare specimens and media for cell cultures, using aseptic technique and knowledge of medium components and cell requirements.},
  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-1899}
}