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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Apr 17;208(6):1115–1123. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.037

Table 4.

Average number of trips to the core per surgical case by circulating nurse in preimplementation vs. post-implementation group.

Pre-Implementation Group Post-Implementation Group Percent (%) Decrease P Value
Trips to core (per case) 10 4.7 53 .008
Time spent in core per case (min) 6.6 2.9 56 .01