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Study highlights danger of surgeons’ small talk

This content was published on Oct 15, 2015 Surgical specialists at the University Hospital Bern and occupational psychologists from the University of Bern and the University of Neuchâtel found that a surgeon’s level of distraction due to small talk and ambient noise could affect a patient’s risk of post-operative infection. The researchers looked at communication among surgical team members in 167 abdominal operations…