The recently reviewed ISO 18159:2022 standard (Medical laboratories – Requirements for quality and competence) indicates that testing laboratories should participate in EQA programmes and that those EQA programmes should, to the extent possible, check the pre-examination, examination, and post-examination procedures.…
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Lab Quality Management and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Courses – Registration Opening in September, 2024
Our Laboratory Quality Management (LQM) and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) courses, offered by POLQM, will be open for registration in September! Both courses will begin in January 2025. You can find more details on the POLQM website. (LQM Course |…
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Congratulations Caleb Lee!
Our very own Senior Technologist Caleb Lee has won a prestigious award from UBC’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The Outstanding Staff Award recognizes the contributions of “technicians and technologists whose outstanding performance enhances the mission of the Department…
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What Happens When a Lab Fails PT?
What happens when your lab fails a proficiency testing challenge? Proficiency testing is, of course, necessary for accreditation, but what happens after receiving a non-passing grade? What needs to be done, and by whom? And why is the process designed…
Posted in Quality
New Antimicrobial Breakpoint Requirements from CLSI and FDA
What do they mean for Canadian Medical Microbiology Laboratories. R.P. Rennie, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. In the past few months, The FDA and CLSI have created a requirement for testing laboratories accredited by United States…
Posted in Clinical Microbiology
ISO Accreditation for Medical Laboratories
And other topics presented at MedLab Middle East 2024 CMPT Chair Dr. Lucy Perrone was invited to give two talks at the MedLab Middle East Conference in Dubai in February and shares this report regarding major themes and topics. A…
Posted in Clinical Microbiology, News
Bacteria Identification Methods as a Factor Affecting Clinical Lab Performance
We are pleased to announce that Jennifer Wu’s poster: “Identification methods as a factor affecting performance of clinical microbiology laboratories participating in an external quality assessment program: A cross-sectional analysis of 6 years of data” has been accepted for presentation…
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Customer Satisfaction Survey 2024
As part of our commitment to our customers and to the continual improvement of our products and services, we send out a customer survey every year. Our goal is to better understand the needs of our customers so we can…
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Thank You Dr. James Karlowski
After 11 years of serving on the CMPT Clinical Bacteriology Committee we are saying goodbye to Dr. James Karlowsky. Dr. Karlowsky has been and invaluable help to CMPT during all these years, volunteering his expertise, knowledge and services. Over the…
Posted in Clinical Microbiology, News
Carbapenem-Resistant Campylobacter species: Is Your Lab Ready?
Often highly effective at treating bacterial infections, carbapenem antibiotics are used to treat multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. However, a recent case study published in the American Society for Microbiology journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy reports that a Campylobacter coli infection…
Posted in Clinical Microbiology
