ISHBT - CMC VELLORE EQAS– HAEMOSTASIS MODULE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Dear Participant,

We are dispatching theinformation regardingrenewal of registration to participate inISHBT-CMC Vellore External QualityAssessment Scheme-Haemostasis Module for the year 2018.

There are some important changes:

1.The folder sent to you will now contain only the covering letter and subscription details. All other documentation has been uploaded onto the website: from where the Manual, Registration form and Subscription details can be downloaded.If you have problems with this please send us an e-mail.

2.You will have to renew your registration with payment of subscription fees every year.

3.When you return the Registration form and the payment in the form of a demand draft, please make sure that your current PIN NUMBER (4 digits starting with 1###) is clearly printed on the front page.

Also please write the name of the institution and place on the back side of demand draft.

4.There have been changes in the Appendix and coding. So ALL participants are requested to fill in the registration afresh for this year. Please make sure that the e-mail ID is correct.

5.Web access: Please use your PIN number and password (already sent to registered email ID) to log into the new Members Area of the website and update your profile, submit result and view reports online.

6.In all your correspondence remember to indicate your PIN Number.

7.In case there is any change in the name of the doctor in-charge of the laboratory, address, land line / mobile number and e-mail ID, inform us immediately.

8.We have had issues with the Courier package not being accepted at the designated address. Kindly instruct your staff concerned to receive the survey samples and results even if you are out of station and in case if you are not attached to that institution also since this is for the institution and not for you.

9.Before sending the survey sample/ our analysis report by courier, each time we are sending out an e-mail. If the survey samples / our analysis report are not received within the time mentioned, please get in touch with us (Urgent e-mail / phone call) mentioning the PIN number. If no communication is received, we will assume that it had been received by you.

10.Requests received after one week from the date of our communication, for samples /duplicate analysis report, may not be honoured.

11.The participant must return results in all the three surveys in order to qualify for the Participation Certificate.

12.Please keep all papers relative to this programme in the file that we have sent.

13.Please share this information with your colleague and the staff in-charge of the laboratory.

Yours sincerely

Ms. Sowmiya

Assoc. Program Coordinator

Department of Haematology

Christian Medical College

Vellore – 632004

Phone No. 0416 –228 - 3618

Effective: 01/12/2017 / Version 2.0 / Haem_Imp_info / 1/1