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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UBC Certificate Courses – Lab Quality Management and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Posted in Continuing Education, Uncategorised
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…
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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…
Posted in Clinical Microbiology
UBC Certificate in Laboratory Quality Management – 2024 Course Open for Registration
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. The Laboratory Quality Management course is a completely on-line 22-week course designed to provide…
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Quality Times – Hosted by the C-45 Quality Association
The C-45 Quality Association hosts monthly virtual forums focused on Cannabis Quality. These Quality Times are led by members of the association to educate on Cannabis quality and safety and discuss best practices in the industry. Participants hear from other…
Posted in Article, Industry Microbiology
CMPT’s Customer Satisfaction Survey 2023
As an EQA provider, our customers’ satisfaction with our services is of critical importance to CMPT. Every year, CMPT designs and sends out a survey to evaluate the degree of satisfaction of our customers with our products and services. Whereas…
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Fusarium Meningitis Outbreak
Keeping labs proficient in the detection of invasive fungi In June 2023, the US CDC published the first of communications regarding an outbreak of meningitis by Fusarium species in patients who had been exposed to contaminated epidural anesthesia in Matamoros,…
Posted in Article, Clinical Microbiology
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.
Posted in Article, Clinical Microbiology
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.
Posted in Article, Environmental Microbiology
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.
Posted in Article, Industry Microbiology
