She earned a master’s degree specializing in the clinical care of patients with cancer and in the training of nurses. During the past 12 years, she has worked at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, as the director of Inpatient Oncology and IV Services. Virginia Mason adopted Lean as a management methodology in 2001 and Purrier was certified in Rapid Process Improvement Workshops in 2006. During her work in IV therapy, the team won the Mary McClinton Patient Safety award for the application of Lean methods, which produced increased safety for patients receiving central lines. In 2008, Purrier was appointed to the Kaizen Fellowship Program. She currently works as the director of Virginia Mason’s Kaizen Promotion Office and is applying TWI to health care instruction. She is a certified instructor of the TWI Job Instruction program.