EQAS Program User Guide - QCNet

Chapter 5: EQAS ReportsSubgroup ReportNote: The Subgroup Report is optional. Contact EQAS Customer Support or your local Bio-Radrepresentative to set up a subgroup for an EQAS Program. See “General Inquiries” on 13 forcontact information.The Subgroup Report shows performance for each participating laboratory in a collective or common interestgroup. The Subgroup Report is available at the close of each program sample. The report is provided only inMicrosoft ® Excel ® format to a designated subgroup leader.Important: The Subgroup Report is available only on www.QCNet.com. Therefore, the subgroupleader must have Internet access.The subgroup leader identifies the participants in the subgroup. Participants in a subgroup provide theirapproval for releasing results to the designated subgroup leader. If local or national regulations require therelease of laboratory results to an oversight body or organization, the Subgroup Report can also be used forthat purpose.The Microsoft ® Excel ® format of the report is a powerful advantage. All normal spreadsheet capabilities areavailable. Each spreadsheet can be imported to a compatible database for long-term trending of individuallaboratories. The Subgroup Report is especially useful for large groups or affiliated laboratories, but can alsobe used when identical instruments are present in an individual laboratory.There are two templates provided with the Subgroup Report:• Template 1Includes all statistical comparative information generated for each laboratory in the subgroup.• Template 2A subset of the information in Template 1.EQAS Program User Guide 71