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

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Surgical care is the product of numerous interprofessional interactions, reflected in several key multidisciplinary teams. a non-dedicated team) was shown to reduce total anesthesia time by 30 minutes , with significantly fewer delays related to setting up equipment [ 9 ]. vs 10.0%), longer operative times, and a longer hospital stay.

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

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Benefits of Familiarity In the operating room (OR), a core multidisciplinary team is responsible for the delivery of each procedure, working together on a shift-based and/or specialty-based rota. Multiple disciplines are incorporated, including surgery, perioperative nursing, surgical technology, and anesthesia.