1 Despite its marketing slogan âMade from sugar, so it tastes like sugar,â Splenda (sucralose) is not sugar. 2  It is a chlorinated artificial sweetener in line with aspartame and saccharin, and with detrimental health effects to match.
measurement method. The technique or process used to obtain data describing the factors of a process or the quality of the output of the process. Measurement methods must be documented as part of a Six Sigma project or other process improvement initiative, in order to ensure that measurements of improvements to a process are accurate.
Measurement is usually done at the unit level by the same staff delivering the care, and collection is short term in nature. This type of measurement is one of the most effective levers for achieving and sustaining process improvements. More will be said about PDSA in the next section.