---
title: 'Give an Inch, They’ll Take a Mile: How Compromising Kills Your Quality Culture (and How to Get It Back)'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/give-an-inch-theyll-take-a-mile-how-compromising-kills-your-quality-culture-and-how-to-get-it-back'
show: 'Beyond Clean'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/beyond-clean'
published: '2024-01-25'
audio: 'https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/beyondclean/Article_096_-_Give_an_Inch_Theyll_Take_a_Mile.mp3'
---

# Give an Inch, They’ll Take a Mile: How Compromising Kills Your Quality Culture (and How to Get It Back)

written by Hank Balch

## Summary

In this CE-approved episode of Articles On-The-Go, Hank Balch highlights how compromising quality standards even once in SPD can lead to a dangerous downward spiral that affects the culture of excellence in a department: "Every time the sun rises over your hospital, ambulatory surgery center, or endoscopy suite, that means you have a new day with a new opportunity to stop the line and protect your patients. This is true for department leaders as well as..."

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