Scrubbing in

A friend, currently in her surgical residency program, describes what “scrubbing in” feels like:

> Once you’re scrubbed in, you can’t really do anything else until the procedure is over. If someone calls for you, all you have to say is “I’m scrubbed in”. You can’t touch your pager. You can’t touch anything. And you yourself are literally *untouchable*.

Is there benefit in “scrubbing in” for the rest of us, in other types of work? What might it look like for designers?