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

Incision

Surgical care is the product of numerous interprofessional interactions, reflected in several key multidisciplinary teams. Neurosurgical teams reported fewer workflow disruptions in teams with high levels of surgeon-scrub nurse familiarity [ 11 ]. As we’ve seen, improving OR team familiarity demonstrably increases operative efficiency.