“A highly reliable organization is an organization that has succeeded in avoiding catastrophes in an environment where normal accidents can be expected due to risk factors and complexity,” says Marie Paulson, MS, BSN, RN, CNOR, regional perioperative director for Kaiser Permanente’s Southern California Patient Care Services in Pasadena.
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