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"Involving patients in preparing their bodies for surgery gives them ownership in their own care and will have them working harder to achieve excellent outcomes," says Dr. Collier. He touts teamwork to deliver on the big-picture importance of pre- op nutrition. "We all want patients to have excellent outcomes, and every member of the care team must work together to make that hap- pen," he adds. "Everyone has to be on the same page in terms of how to get patients back to baseline as quickly and as safely as possible." Dr. Collier is surprised it's taken this long for more surgical profes- sionals to buy into having patients enter surgery in a nutritionally opti- mized state. "But," he adds, "we're seeing a shift in their thinking as they begin to accept that pre-op nutrition recommendations are based on evidence-based perioperative care." OSM D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 9 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 6 5

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