Incision

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Teamwork is at the heart of a successful surgical procedure. In the first of this 2-part blog, we dive deep into surgical teamwork to uncover new perspectives on team familiarity. Surgical care is the product of numerous interprofessional interactions, reflected in several key multidisciplinary teams.

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Collaboration Nurse Operation In-Procedure 40

Incision

DECEMBER 20, 2023

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. A similar idea to this is through surgical “preference cards” that list the supplies a surgeon requests for each procedure.

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Incision In-Procedure Suture Suturing 40

BFW Inc.

JUNE 17, 2021

When this happens, these unused tools must either be replaced or re-sterilized before the next procedure. For example, older halogen lights may give off excessive heat during procedures, and clinicians may find themselves needing to adjust the trajectories of each light’s boom arms to ensure complete illumination.

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Hospital Sterile Operating Room Operation 52