Quality Assurance

A Rose By Any Other Name

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Art, Outcome Measurement, Assessment, Analyses, Quality Assurance, Careers, Quality Improvement, Healthy Living News
Yolanda Reid Chassiakos

I want to stop smelling the basal stipules, pinnate leaflets, hypanthium and achenes. I want to smell the roses.

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When Complex Systems Fail

Tom Loughlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quality Assurance, Failures, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Ethics, Safety, Oil Rig, Deepwater Horizon, Risk Management, Asme, Gulf Oil Spill, Technology, Complex Systems, Engineers, Technology News
Tom Loughlin

It's precisely because of the success and vigor of complex systems that we often take their reliability for granted. Most of us rarely consider the safety of an oil rig until something goes awry.

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Sasha Eats Peanut Butter -- It Needs to Be Safe

Susie Hoeller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quality Assurance, President Obama, Humane Treatment of Animals, Holistic Food Policy, Fda, Peanut Product Recall, Sasha Obama, Obama Daughters, Green News
Susie Hoeller

President Obama is correct to call for a review of the FDA: the agency needs more resources to prevent contaminated foods from poisoning consumers and to deter and punish wrong doers.

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