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Archive > November, 2004 Vol. V, No. 11

Hospital OR Monitor

Innovative Safety Lessons

Edited by Sharyn Davis, RN

Sharyn Davis, RN

Innovative Safety Lessons
Lessons Learned from A Nuclear Power Plant
Sometimes the best advice comes from an unlikely source. Gary Yates, MD, medical director of clinical effectiveness for Sentara Healthcare in Norfolk, Va., discovered the key to improving the safety of his hospital from administrators of nuclear power plants. His innovative approach to safety improvements landed Sentara Norfolk General Hospital the 2004 American Hospital Quest for Quality Prize, awarded by the American Hospital Association.

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