| Quality Digest

Baldrige Improvement Day(s) Call for Comments

(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- The Baldrige National Quality Program strives to continuously improve all aspects of the program to deliver greater value to its customers and stakeholders and to improve the effectiveness of our processes.

New ISO 9001 This Fall

(ISO: Geneva) -- A new edition of ISO 9001 is being submitted for voting as a final draft international standard.

SPC, the Big Picture

A few weeks ago, I found myself and my family on a beach making a sand castle. It was the last day of our vacation and shortly after we began working the warm South Carolina sand, an official approached us and asked if we would like to be contestants in the weekly sand sculpture contest. Why not?

Fifth-Grade Wisdom

When my daughter, Anna, was in the fifth grade, her teacher asked the students to write down their personal goals.

Enhanced Presubmission Compliance Checks

(Octagon Research Solutions Inc.: Wayne, Pennsylvania) -- Octagon Research Solutions Inc., a provider of software and services to the life sciences industry, has announced a new service offering, CheckPoint.

United States and China Outline Progress on Agreement on Food and Feed Safety

The parties are meeting on the week of June 23 in Annapolis, Maryland, as part of the fourth session under the United States-China strategic economic dialogue (SED).

“Today's progress report reflects strong and sustained cooperation by both nations to strengthen the safety of food products exp

Sentinel Initiative: Improving Patient Safety and Quality of Medical Care

(HHS: Washington, D.C.) -- Efforts are underway at the U.S.

Final FDA Rule on Dietary Supplements

In June 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the dietary supplement current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) final rule (21 CFR Part 111).

ASQ’s Online Knowledge Center

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The American Society for Quality now offers an advanced online Knowledge Center to help web users find and access all things quality.

Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals

(The Joint Commission: Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois) -- The Joint Commission recently announced the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals and related requirements for each of its accreditation programs and its Disease-Specific Care Certification Program.

The National Patient Safety Goals promote speci

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