So i am trying to come up with a way to trend and analyse results data from product and environment testing over a year etc.
with each sample point or product, you will of course have various tests undertaken with their respective results.
How are people putting this into a chart form to allow simple trending and or analysis of the data?
ideally for me id like to have Month in year- Result data i.e counts and in categories id have say sample point 1 with sub categories of each test. if that makes sense.
or are people having to make multiple charts for each sample point??? i dunno. giving me a head ache it is....
any advice or examples welcome.....
Hi DRFSM,
I agree with Tony that the relevance of any trended data will depends on its compliance requirement(s).
IMO yr options/benefits likely depend on what kind/quantity of micro.data/testing you are talking about. And the product/process/type of environment.
I expect you know that quantitative data for various micro. characteristics, eg APC, is famous for its lack of accuracy. And i daresay ATP data also.
Env. pathogen data mostly tends to be pass/fail/presumptive.
IMEX in-house micro testing of any significant magnitude (eg n products/daily) will rapidly overwhelm most lab. capabilities and may cost a fortune if outsourced.
For finished product it may be more useful to carry out nmMc evaluations.
But if you are referring to a process supposedly under statistical micro. control, that is a different situation.