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| 1 | {{Infobox service | 1 | {{Infobox service |
| 2 | | name = Medutest | 2 | | name = Medutest |
| + | 3 | | subtitle = Independent testing service | |
| 3 | | image = coa-sheet.svg | 4 | | image = coa-sheet.svg |
| 4 | | Type = Analytical testing service | 5 | | Type = Analytical testing service |
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| 20 | Where a report and a supplier [[Certificate of analysis|certificate]] both exist for a lot, comparison is only meaningful if the methods are comparable. Two purity figures obtained on different gradients are not directly comparable, and a difference of a few tenths of a percentage point is within ordinary method repeatability.{{r|usp1503,usp621}} | 21 | Where a report and a supplier [[Certificate of analysis|certificate]] both exist for a lot, comparison is only meaningful if the methods are comparable. Two purity figures obtained on different gradients are not directly comparable, and a difference of a few tenths of a percentage point is within ordinary method repeatability.{{r|usp1503,usp621}} |
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| + | 23 | == Use of results on this wiki == | |
| + | 24 | This wiki records what submitted documents state. It does not commission testing, does not hold samples, and does not verify that a submitted document is genuine beyond ordinary editorial scrutiny — a limitation described at [[Test report forgery]].{{r|reports}} | |
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| + | 26 | Community submissions are aggregated in a tally that is explicitly labelled as self-reported. The tally counts submissions, not lots and not purchases, and a supplier with more submissions is not thereby better characterised in any statistical sense: it may simply have more customers who report. | |
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| 22 | == References == | 28 | == References == |