Normalization of deviance in pediatric hospital: perception of health workers.

Objective: To know the perception of health workers about the phenomenon of normalization of deviance in a pediatric hospital.

Method: Exploratory, descriptive, and qualitative study conducted in a public pediatric hospital in northeastern Brazil in 2021. An in-depth interview was applied to 21 health workers, submitted to Thematic Categorical Content Analysis in the MAXQDA® Software.