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by woliveirajr 538 days ago
> Implementation of a surgical swear jar initiative

Yes, the main goal of a surgical site is to avoid swearing

> our findings are not applicable to children younger than 4 years for whom the buzz wire game’s small parts may represent a choking hazard, although these individuals are unlikely to be currently employed in secondary care.

Now, that's a point. I'd avoid a 0-3 toddler if i could choose so before some surgery.

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This is an example of a sentence where truncation significantly changes the meaning. It reads in full

> Implementation of a surgical swear jar initiative should be considered for future fundraising events.

from which it is clear that suppression of swearing by the surgeons is very much not the intended goal.

It would seem that swearing is correlated with higher skill. It may be premature to suggest that we should encourage increased swearing - correlation is not causation - but it seems the logical avenue to pursue. Further research is needed.