Submitting Results

Log in to the EMQN Participant Area, open the relevant scheme and distribution, enter your results, and submit them before the stated deadline.

Each EQA scheme has its own submission deadline. Please check the programme schedule or the submission portal for the closing date.

Yes. You can save your entries and return to them before the submission deadline. Remember to submit the final version once all information has been entered.

After submission, a confirmation message will appear in the portal. You should also be able to view your submitted results within your participant account.

Contact the EMQN team as soon as possible. They will advise whether your submission can still be updated.

Yes, provided they have the appropriate permissions and access to the laboratory account.

Error messages often occur when required fields have been left blank or information has been entered in an incorrect format. Review the highlighted fields and try again.

Yes. Participant data are handled confidentially and used solely for programme administration, assessment, and reporting purposes.

Once your Individual Laboratory/Centre Report (ILR/ICR) and the EQA Summary Report have been published online, you will receive an email with the outcome.

An Individual Laboratory Report (ILR) provides a detailed review of your laboratory’s submission, including assessment results, scoring information where applicable, and educational feedback from the EMQN assessors. The report is designed to support quality improvement and professional development.

Depending on the scheme, an Individual Laboratory Report may contain:

• Assessment results and scores.
• Feedback on analytical and interpretative performance.
• Educational comments from expert assessors.
• Recommendations for improvement where relevant.
• Details of any clerical or administrative issues identified.
• An overall performance outcome based on the assessment criteria.

If you are not satisfied with the assessment of an EQA scheme in which you have participated, you can submit an appeal by logging into your EMQN account.

Your results will be re-evaluated by the assessment team and if upheld, some or all marks will be returned; this will be reflected in your final ILR. Appellants are usually given 3 weeks to submit an appeal from the date of the publication of the provisional ILRs.

The investigation and resolution of appeals will be conducted without any discriminatory actions against the appellant, ensuring fair and equal treatment.

In addition to the ILR, we also provide each laboratory with a summary scheme report which summarises issues encountered by other participant laboratories, including educational advice, commentary on new development for the scheme, and provides statistics which can help you to compare your performance against the benchmark.

EMQN issues a single annual Certificate of Participation rather than separate certificates for each EQA scheme in which a laboratory participates.
As an accredited EQA provider, EMQN is responsible for presenting an accurate and comprehensive record of a laboratory’s participation and performance across all relevant programmes. This approach supports our commitment to quality assurance and aligns with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17043 accreditation.
Your annual certificate is updated throughout the year as you participate in additional EQA schemes. This ensures that the document provides a complete overview of your laboratory’s EQA activity and performance, rather than reflecting only individual schemes in isolation.
Providing one consolidated certificate also helps laboratories, accreditation bodies, regulators, and other stakeholders review all relevant participation records in a single document.

A copy of the EMQN policy on variant nomenclature can be downloaded here.

If you are not satisfied with the assessment of an EQA scheme in which you have participated, you can submit an appeal by logging into your EMQN account. Details of how and when to do this can be found in the pre-appeals Summary Scheme Report which is published at the same time as your provisional ILR.  The video below explains how to submit an appeal N.B there is no right to appeal in a Pilot EQA scheme. We will send reminder to all contacts about Appeals deadlines.

Your results will be re-evaluated by the assessment team and if upheld, some or all marks will be returned; this will be reflected in your final ILR. Appellants are usually given 3 weeks to submit an appeal from the date of the publication of the provisional ILRs. We will not accept appeals made outside of this timeframe. Thereafter the marks become final. Please remember that the primary aim of EQA is to be educational, not punitive, and that we are trying to assist laboratories in their continuous efforts towards a higher quality of service. Watch the video