Proficiency testing · z-score · audit evidence

Prove lab quality without spreadsheet chaos.

TraQrecord helps laboratories securely log, compare and report proficiency testing rounds, z-scores, certificates and trends. Easy to use where it matters, reliable where it counts. Results can be imported directly from reports if you want - or simply entered by hand. Less retyping, fewer screenshots, more demonstrable overview.

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ISO 17025 context ISO 13528 calculations Multiple users Compare and export Direct results import Web-based and secure

Sound familiar?

Quality control in a spreadsheet? Then your evidence and your risk live in the same file.

Plenty of labs keep their proficiency testing perfectly well organised in Excel or an older LIMS. It works, until the number of rounds, methods and versions grows and the overview quietly becomes harder to guarantee. That is the moment TraQrecord is built for.

A new file every round

Results end up spread across folders, templates and drives. Perfectly workable, until someone asks for the full picture across years.

Formulas you'd rather not touch

Z-scores have to be right. A single hidden cell or inherited macro is a lot of responsibility to carry by hand.

Hard to see drift

A single round tells you something. The trend across years tells you much more, and that long-term view is the hardest part to keep visible in a spreadsheet.

Everything scattered before an audit

Certificates, proof of participation, results, charts and rationale, all in different places. Gathering it under time pressure is where the real work sits.

Nothing wrong with a good spreadsheet. TraQrecord simply takes over where it starts to strain.

What TraQrecord does

One central place for your proficiency testing, performance monitoring and evidence.

TraQrecord logs what matters for every round, calculates reliably, and makes your performance visible per method, parameter, matrix, provider or location. You compare what you want to compare, create exports where you need them, and stop charts wandering through reports as loose screenshots. You stay in control; TraQrecord keeps the overview.

Log rounds

Scheme, provider, method, parameter, matrix, your value, assigned value and uncertainties, all neatly together.

Z-score

Calculations in line with ISO 13528, based on the data you enter or the data reported by the provider.

Trends and control charts

See not just whether a round went well, but whether your method is structurally shifting. Built-in control charts cover first, second and third line control, so external comparisons and internal QC live side by side.

Audit-ready file

Results, certificates, providers, participations and assessments in one place. Less searching, more demonstrability.

Import results

TraQrecord can pull results directly from proficiency testing reports if that's handy for you. Prefer entering them yourself? That works too - no hassle, full control.

Exports and reporting

Create reports and exports of your data and charts. No cutting and pasting screenshots - just clean overviews for follow-up, management review and audits.

Ease of use and reliability

Work fast without cutting corners.

TraQrecord is easy to use and stays reliable for QA. No black box, no separate screenshots, no unclear formulas - just control, comparability and exportable evidence.

Ease of use

For people who just want to log their round and get on with it. No 43-page manual, three macros and a colleague dreading retirement first.

Import results directly from reports if you want
Manual entry is still possible
Everything grouped logically by round, method and parameter
Charts and reports available instantly

Reliability

For quality people who need to be able to explain what was calculated, assessed and followed up. Automating is handy. Staying demonstrable is mandatory.

Calculations in line with ISO 13528
Data, limits and assessments traceable
Compare across rounds, methods, parameters and locations
Exports for audits, management review and internal follow-up

Per parameterSee how a single parameter behaves across multiple rounds.

Per methodCompare method performance and spot structural movement.

Per matrixMake differences visible between matrices, samples or application areas.

Per locationWork with multiple users and compare performance within the same environment.

How it works

From a single round to demonstrable evidence.

Log

Record the round and the relevant data. Directly from reports, or simply by hand when that's easier. No lost attachments, no stray versions.

Calculate

Have your z-score calculated based on the set values and uncertainties.

Track

Watch the trend over time. Spot drift before it becomes a real deviation.

Demonstrate

Show per parameter what was done, assessed and followed up. Exactly what audits ask for.

Z-scoreAvg. Z: −0.174

29rounds logged

-0.174average z-score

±2 / ±3warning limits

Example from the tool

Not just a score. A story about your method.

A single z-score is useful. A z-score across 29 rounds, for example, is where it gets really interesting. That's where you see spread, drift, outliers and recovery.

Limit lines visibleWarning and action limits make it immediately clear when follow-up is needed.

Average in viewSee whether a method is structurally shifted to one side of zero.

Ready for the conversationFor QA, analysts, lab management and auditors. No need to open eight tabs first or keep charts as screenshots.

Exportable evidenceUse charts and comparisons directly in reports and audits. No cutting, pasting and hoping nobody asks for the source.

Web-based and manageable

The same environment everywhere. Not tied to one person or one file.

TraQrecord is web-based and secure. You can work with multiple users in the same environment, with central data, central charts and exports that stay traceable. Some LIMS packages cover part of this, but rarely in a way that is quick and pleasant to use day to day. TraQrecord is, and where it helps it can be linked to your existing LIMS as a custom integration.

Web-based

Available wherever you're allowed to work. In the office, in the lab, or while preparing for an audit.

Secure access

Not everything on a shared drive. A central environment with controlled access instead.

Transferable

No black box in Excel. New colleague joining? They work in the same system and the same structure.

Built by people who know labs, standards and audits.

TraQrecord isn't generic software with a lab-themed coat of paint. It's a Team HenQ product, built from practical experience with Health, Safety, Environment & Quality, ISO 17025, ISO 17020 and laboratory processes.

Smooth to use. Serious about evidence.

FAQ

Questions you probably already had.

No. TraQrecord focuses on proficiency testing, performance monitoring, trends and audit evidence. It can exist alongside a LIMS and mainly adds the quality and demonstrability piece.

Yes. TraQrecord supports z-score calculations in line with ISO 13528, based on the proficiency testing data and the configured calculation basis.

That's exactly the idea. Historical data is valuable because it immediately gives you a picture of your performance per parameter.

TraQrecord is mainly relevant for laboratories that want to demonstrably manage their proficiency testing, performance and follow-up within an ISO 17025 context. For ISO 17020 environments it can be useful wherever similar performance monitoring or external quality assurance is needed.

Yes, within limits. TraQrecord can read results from proficiency testing reports and stage them for review. How well that works depends on how the report is laid out - we've seen it succeed in many cases and fall short in others, while Excel exports of those reports import reliably almost every time. Prefer entering results yourself? That works too, and you always stay in charge of reviewing and approving.

Yes. TraQrecord is web-based and built for collaboration. Think QA, QC, analysts, lab managers and technical leads in the same environment.

Yes. The whole point is that you use overviews, comparisons and charts from TraQrecord in reports, management review and audits. No more screenshotting charts that then lose their connection to the source data.

Both. Most labs will use TraQrecord for interlaboratory comparisons and round robins, but it is equally suitable for first, second and third line control. Control charts are built in, so you can monitor your own repeated measurements and quality control samples in the same environment as your external performance.

Yes. Alongside proficiency testing and trend monitoring, TraQrecord can hold your validation records, so the evidence for method validation and ongoing performance sits together, traceable and audit-ready.

Pilot or demo

Ready to make your quality data demonstrable?

Let us know what you currently work with, how many proficiency tests you track, and which comparisons or exports you're missing. Then we'll see if TraQrecord is a fit as a pilot for your lab.

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