Accessibility Statement

 

The Medical University of Vienna strives to make its website accessible in accordance with the Accessibility Act, as amended, implementing the European Accessibility Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 17, 2019, on the accessibility requirements for products and services. In doing so, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 have been complied with as far as possible.

This accessibility statement applies to the website www.postviral.at/en.
 

Status of compliance with requirements

This website is partially compliant with the AA conformance levels of the “Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – WCAG 2.1” due to the following incompatibilities and exceptions.
 

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is not accessible for the following reasons:

Incompatibility with accessibility regulations / disproportionate burden:

  • PDF and Word documents used on the website are not accessible. If you require content from one of our PDF or Word documents, please contact us. We will endeavor to provide you with the information in a different format.
  • Older content that is no longer regularly updated will not be made accessible retrospectively.

The listed incompatibilities with the accessibility regulations are being corrected on an ongoing basis.

The following content does not fall within the scope of the applicable legal provisions:

  • Third-party content: Our website is based in part on content from third-party providers that we neither develop, finance, nor control. Our content partners are required to provide text and media in an accessible format. However, no statement can be made regarding the compatibility of this third-party content with accessibility regulations.
     

Creation of the accessibility statement

This statement was created on November 5, 2025. The statement was created on the basis of an evaluation of the website's compatibility with the BaFG (Barrierefreiheitsförderungsgesetz, Accessibility Promotion Act) conducted by the Medical University of Vienna in the form of a self-test according to WCAG 2.1.

The statement was last updated on November 5, 2025.
 

Feedback and contact details

The content of the entire website is subject to ongoing changes and additions. To take this into account, it is also continuously reviewed by our employees. Usability and accessibility are very important to us. If you encounter any barriers that hinder or restrict your use of the website, please let us know by sending an email to post-viral@meduniwien.ac.at. In this case, please briefly describe the problem and provide the URL of the page or document. We will review your request and contact you as soon as possible.
 

Enforcement procedure

If you do not receive a satisfactory response from the above contact, you can contact the complaints office of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).

The FFG accepts complaints electronically via the contact form: https://www.ffg.at/content/erklaerung-zur-barrierefreiheit