UBC Certificate in Laboratory Quality Management – 2024 Course Registration is now open The 2024 LQM course offered by the UBC Program Office for Laboratory Quality Management (POLQM) is now open for registration Save your spot, space is limited. Save…
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CMPT Research at EQALM 2023
Join us at EQALM Symposium in Lyon, France on 18-20 October 2023 CMPT will be presenting the following research lead by two of our interns: Jennifer Wu: “Evaluation of clinical microbiology laboratory performance through participation in an external quality assessment…
E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Alberta
Keeping labs proficient in the detection of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli On September 5, 2023 Alberta Health Services declared a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) (link), outbreak originating from six locations of a Calgary daycare and five additional sites that…
UBC Certificate in Laboratory Quality Management – 2024 Course Open for Registration
Quality Times – Hosted by the C-45 Quality Association
CMPT’s Customer Satisfaction Survey 2023
Fusarium Meningitis Outbreak
Development of proficiency testing program for the detection of influenza and RSV viruses using molecular and/or antigenic detection methods
This year, in collaboration with BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), CMPT developed and established the respiratory virus proficiency testing panel customized to provide PT samples to various testing sites including point of care and hospitals.
CMPT as a Quality Partner for Water Testing Laboratories

Over the years, CMPT collects a great amount of data on the performance of Water Testing Laboratories. As a proficiency testing provider, CMPT is in an ideal position to identify common issues affecting testing laboratories.
As a Quality Partner, CMPT can provide information on overall performance of Water Testing Laboratories and identify trends that can be acted on.
External Quality Assessment of Laboratories Performing Microbiology Testing of Cannabis – A Pilot Study

The exercise was conducted in January 2023 by Proficiency Testing Canada (PTC) and Canadian Microbiology Proficiency Testing (CMPT). The main goals of the round were to assess laboratories’ abilities to competently perform the prescribed analyses and to identify any problems with the Scheme design.