Quality improvement, through

Chipman, H. A. (1998). Fast model search for designed experiments. In Quality Improvement Through Statistical Methods. Editor B. Abraham, pages 205-220. Birkhauser, Boston. 

M. K. Gupta, Oil Quality Improvement through Processing, Introduction to Fats and Oils Technology, 2nd ed., American Oil Chemists Society Publication, Peoria, Illinois, 2000. 

Jung, R. (2008). Grain quality improvement through altered expression of seed proteins. United States Patent Application 20080134361. 

Laboratory Quality Improvement through Quality Management... 

Nadkami, R. A. and Bover, W. J., Bias Management and Continuous Quality Improvements through Committee D02 s Proficiency Testing, ASTM Standardization News, Vol. 32, No. 6, June 2004, pp. 36-39. 

Handley, C. C. (2000) Quality improvement through root cause analysis. Hospital Materiel Management Quarterly, 21 (4), 74-78. 

The emphasis in vehicle manufacturing is on using returnable containers to achieve the substantial savings they represent in labor, storage, and warehouse costs. Quality improvement through elimination of dust and similar contamination as well as the improved protection from a returnable system make this a real winner. The system design eliminated the use of cardboard at Bramalea for almost 100% of parts. 

Cincinnati, Oh., 18-21st Oct.1988, Paper 16, pp.15. 012 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS... 

G. Betteley, N. Mettrick, E. Sweeney, and D. Wilson, Using Statistics in Industry Quality Improvement Through Total Process Control , Prentice Hall, New York, 1994. 

Management should also install a process for quality improvement. Continuous quality improvement will occur only through a defined, planned, documented and systematic approach that involves eveiy employee. 

All tollers should eventually be assessed regarding their own quality improvement programs as well as meeting requirements. This can be done either formally, such as with an assessment process and form, or informally through normal communications. In either case, the results of the toller assessment should be documented and well understood within the organization. 

Once an electron density map has become available, atoms may be fitted into the map by means of computer graphics to give an initial structural model of the protein. The quality of the electron density map and structural model may be improved through iterative structural refinement but will ultimately be limited by the resolution of the diffraction data. At low resolution, electron density maps have very few detailed features (Fig. 6), and tracing the protein chain can be rather difficult without some knowledge of the protein structure. At better than 3.0 A resolution, amino acid side chains can be recognized with the help of protein sequence information, while at better than 2.5 A resolution solvent molecules can be observed and added to the structural model with some confidence. As the resolution improves to better than 2.0 A resolution, fitting of individual atoms may be possible, and most of the... 

A well structured approach, which demonstrates how the culture can be changed and a process improved, is provided through the Crosby s 14-step quality improvement process. 

Through his philosophy, encoded into his 14 points of management obhga-tions and management cormnitment, he removed the major roadblocks to quality improvement and he started the renaissance in quality attitude and ... 

Life cycle management and change control provide a mechanism for continuous improvement. To support continuous improvement through change control a quality system would need to be based on principles of manufacturing science and risk-management. The proposed ICH QIO guidance is an opportunity to accomplish this task. 

Interventions discovered through a literature review should be included on a list of possible interventions. These may include quality improvement techniques such as reducing reliance on memory, simplifying, standardizing, or automating processes. 

Jain M, Miller L, Belt D, et al. 2006. Decline in ICU adverse events, nosocomial infections and cost through a quality improvement initiative focusing on teamwork and culture change. Qual Saf Health Care 15 235—9. 

Jensen MK, Fiscella RG, Lewis T, 2002. Successfully enhancing patient outcomes through quality improvement processes Experience using an infectious reporting database at an ambulatory eye clinic. ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, Atlanta, GA. 

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