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Revision as of 10:53, 2 December 2020
Why Q-CoFa?
In 2016 a survey of 1500 scientists published in Nature [1] highlighted that 70% scientists could not reproduce published results. We are now all aware of the importance of quality management, however there is still room for improvements.
Mission of Q-CoFa
This website presents a compilation of practical recommendations to improve research quality and service in your core facility. These are general ideas and principles how to improve research quality. The solutions need to be customized and adapted to the specific needs of your core facility.
Recommendations based on
- Survey results of 275 Core Facilities (in over 30 different fields) in 2020. Survey about quality and management between CF and users.
- Review of current literature
- Actual guidelines and norms
How can Q-CoFa help me?
- improve research quality
- improve efficiency and service
- review my facility (critical self-assessment)
- prepare for an audit
- set up a new core facility
Is Q-CoFa useful for me?
Please contribute
This is a wiki website. Please feel free to participate to the dynamic improvement of this site. We welcome your collaboration.
