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Knowing Me, Knowing You: What Can We Learn From Familiar Surgical Teams?

Incision

Work in the OR involves highly adaptive and task-focused collaboration between team members, often around safety-critical protocols and sophisticated equipment; intuitively, it makes sense that a history of working together would be helpful. The presence of a dedicated laparoscopic team (vs.

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Knowing Me, Knowing You: Can We Proxy Surgical Team Familiarity?

Incision

Multiple disciplines are incorporated, including surgery, perioperative nursing, surgical technology, and anesthesia. The Future for Surgical Teams? With established savings in time and efficiency, the benefits of familiar teams are of high value to surgical managers and healthcare units.