That is to say, for a report to be considered complete, it should atleast include (1) well completed data elements on the report including the relevant indicator/data element; (2) the reporting period; (3) the date of submission of the report; and (4) a signature from the staff having submitted the report. Warning: If there are any indications that some of the reports have been fabricated (for the purpose of the assessment), the Assessment Team should record these reports as “unavailable” and seek other data sources to confirm the reported counts (for example, an end-of-year report from the site containing results for the reporting period being assessed). As a last resort, the Assessment Team may decide to visit the site(s) for which reports seem to be fabricated to obtain confirmation of the reported counts. In any event, if these reported counts cannot be confirmed, the Assessment Team should dismiss the reported counts and record “0” for these sites in the DQA protocol 2: Data Verification Note: In no circumstances should the Assessment Team record personal information, photocopy or remove documents from the Intermediate Aggregation Sites. Step 10 is performed by the Assessment Team. In Step 10, the Assessment Team conducts the assessment of the data management and reporting system at a selection of health facilities at which health services are
That is to say, for a report to be considered complete, it should atleast include (1) well completed data elements on the report including the relevant indicator/data element; (2) the reporting period; (3) the date of submission of the report; and (4) a signature from the staff having submitted the report. Warning: If there are any indications that some of the reports have been fabricated (for the purpose of the assessment), the Assessment Team should record these reports as “unavailable” and seek other data sources to confirm the reported counts (for example, an end-of-year report from the site containing results for the reporting period being assessed). As a last resort, the Assessment Team may decide to visit the site(s) for which reports seem to be fabricated to obtain confirmation of the reported counts. In any event, if these reported counts cannot be confirmed, the Assessment Team should dismiss the reported counts and record “0” for these sites in the DQA protocol 2: Data Verification Note: In no circumstances should the Assessment Team record personal information, photocopy or remove documents from the Intermediate Aggregation Sites. Step 10 is performed by the Assessment Team. In Step 10, the Assessment Team conducts the assessment of the data management and reporting system at a selection of health facilities at which health services are