Hennie is a great ambassador for the implementation of GS1 in hospitals and successfully chairs the GS1 Netherlands healthcare group on traceability. She has established a sound reputation as Operating Room nurse and in leadership. Since many years she is Vice-president and treasurer of the Dutch Organization for Perioperative Care (LVO) and editor of OKOperationeel/LVO Journal. Since 1997 she works in the Operating Room and as Quality & Safety coordinator in Maxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, the Netherlands.