<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKwa kuunganisha mazoea, walaghai-wagombea walidai, utunzaji wa kupoteza ungepunguzwa bila kudhabihu - labda hata wakati wa kuboresha - ubora.  <response>: By standardizing practice, the reformers argued, wasteful care would be curtailed without sacrificing--perhaps even while improving--quality. 