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Archive > March, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 3

Staffing

Let's Not Eat Our Young

Chris Rosenthal

When I first learned to scrub many years ago, I was constantly missing a sponge after the surgeon closed. My preceptor was always the one who managed to come up with the missing item. As it turns out, she'd hide a sponge at the beginning of each case and would of course "find" it while I frantically searched. I was new blood, and she made sure my first experiences in the OR were difficult.

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