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Following completion of the analysis of a survey and approval by survey management, all participants shall receive the following documents:
- Confirmation of participation – confirmation of participation in a stage of a survey, indication of each analyte, the results of which are within the acceptance limits
- Comparability classes – list of your methods and assignment to comparability classes
- Individual analysis – list of all analytes within a survey with transmitted results, acceptance criteria and deviation of the result from the target
- Score diagram - measurement for overall assessment of all results for a participant within a survey; the scores of all participants are shown in the bar chart, the score for the individual participant is indicated and marked in the distribution of all participants’ scores.
- Any comment from survey management - summary of results, comments and notes of survey management
Annual confirmation
At the end of each year each participant receives the following documents:
- Annual confirmation – list of all analytes specified in the various surveys with an indication of the number of transmissions in the calendar year, number of participants (return of results) and number of results within acceptance limits
- List of methods – list of methods reported to ÖQUASTA by the participant for each analyte
- Graphics – graph of deviations from the relevant target values for analytes in the individual stages of surveys
ÖQUASTA forwards the annual confirmation to the regional medical association for participants who have declared their consent thereto.
- Transmission on the ÖQUASTA website
Those participants who are exclusively registered for electronic forwarding of results and analyses receive email notification once the documents are available on the ÖQUASTA website - Transmission by fax or post
Participants who are registered for sending printed documents receive the annual confirmation by post. The list of methods is only forwarded on request.