The shortcut has been in our psyche since most of us can remember. It often is a deviation from the conventional as a means to get somewhere or do something to save time. Time is precious, and ...

Thomas Schares, MD, MBA, an anesthesiologist with Somnia Anesthesia who serves as chief of anesthesiology for Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., discusses the phenomenon known as ...

The normalization of deviance is a process where individuals gradually accept and adopt substandard practices, often justified by a lack of immediate negative consequences, which can eventually lead ...

Peter Matthews talks with Grant Tinker about the impact of normalization of deviance – not to be confused with complacency –in the fire service and what can be happen if it is not stopped. Peter ...

Normalization of deviance is, well, normal. That’s why infection preventionists (IP) and perioperative leaders must continue to team up to ad-ress it. Normalization of deviance works like this: when ...