A motivation for the widespread adoption of certain standards by the health care industry.

1. The Immutable Principles of Quality and Accountability Get All You Can from All You’ve Got

2. Responsibility Someone is ultimately responsible for the condition of any given resource.

3. Opportunity to Affect Others have the opportunity to affect the condition of the resource.

4. Processes Processes used have the ability to affect the condition of a resource.

5. Standards Standards define processes.

6. Assurance Standards provide assurances regarding the condition of a resource.

7. Except Standards which are not followed provide no assurances.

14. Avoid Tripping

15. Worse Things Than Tripping

16. Or In a hurry… Unnecessary risk

21. While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things. St. Francis de Sales

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