Exchanging implements: the micro-materialities of multidisciplinary work in the operating theatre

Christian Heath; Paul Luff; Marcus Sanchez Svensson; Maxim Nicholls

doi:10.1111/1467-9566.12594

Exchanging implements: the micro-materialities of multidisciplinary work in the operating theatre

Christian Heath, Paul Luff, Marcus Sanchez Svensson, Maxim Nicholls

King's Business School

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Abstract

Surgical procedures rely upon an array of commonplace tools, implements and materials that mediate practice and disciplinary collaboration within the operating theatre. Substantial time is dedicated to the issue and provision of these artefacts and their timely exchange is critical to the successful accomplishment of surgical procedures. In this paper, we consider the practice, knowledge and agency that enables particular implements and materials to be handled and passed from one to the other that in turn enables their deployment with regard to the particular procedure and the contingencies ‘at hand’. We address the technicalities of these ‘non-technical skills’ and examine how they rely upon a disciplinary vision and interactional organisation that informs both the scrutiny of action

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	297-313
Number of pages	16
Journal	Sociology of Health and Illness
Volume	40
Issue number	2
Early online date	21 Feb 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12594
Publication status	Published - Feb 2018

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SURGERY, INTERACTION, MATERiALITY

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