Submitting Spirometry Test Results
Please read the following guidance on submitting traces:

• Please email across 10 good quality anonymised spirometry test reports from patients who you have tested yourself. These must not contain duplicate tests (e.g. same patient, different days). The results should be a patient, aged 16 or older, of any type i.e. normal, obstructive, restrictive and of any severity.

• The patient test must include the results from relaxed or slow vital capacity (SVC) manoeuvres and forced vital capacity (FVC) manoeuvres. You must include the results of all the manoeuvres performed (minimum of 3) for each of the following, SVC, FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC% and PEF.  You must also include the volume/time and/or flow volume loop trace of the best effort. All results must be digitally shown and not handwritten on the results sheet. All your results must demonstrate acceptability and reproducibility and must have been performed within the last 12 months of your registration start date.

• If your spirometer does not print out all efforts performed, you should either take a photograph of them as they appear on your spirometer or print them individually and combine them into a word or PDF document to upload. 

• Important: Please ensure all your results are anonymised so that the patient’s name, ID, date of birth and address are not visible and the patient cannot be traced in anyway.

• If your evidence does not meet current standards you will have 1 opportunity to make the necessary amends, as advised by the ARTP Spirometry Committee. If your 2nd submission does not meet our standards, this will result in you being unable to renew and you will be advised to complete the spirometry certification again.

Last Chance!
Please ensure your evidence is submitted, no later than the 31^st March 2023. After this time, the opportunity to renew your certificate will close and no further opportunities will be granted.