Category Archive:

POLQM Quality Conference – Knowing your customers

On October 24, 2018 the UBC Program Office for Laboratory Quality Management or POLQM hosted a one-day conference/workshop on medical laboratory quality improvements, focusing on Knowing your customers Topics covered included What is Service Excellence and Why is it important?

Posted in Article, connections

Molecular & Screening Survey 1804 Final Results

The results for Surveys MR1808, VR1808, GB1808, and CRE1808 are now available online.

Posted in News, SBNews

Connections Summer 2018

VOLUME 22    NUMBER 2         SUMMER - 2018            ISSN 1496-3876 A SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO CAMBODIA Dr. Michael Noble, Chair of CMPT and our sister program POLQM was invited to participate in training and education
Posted in connections

Professional Development Course Updates

  The Professional Development course is almost finished for the year. We are pleased to see 170 registered participants. We have received very good feedback from the students so we are already preparing for the 2019 year. Reminder: the course

Posted in connections, News

CMPT Data Entry Makeover

  We have been working on an alternative system for Data Entry for our Proficiency Testing programs. We should be launching some trials at the end of September. Stay tuned for communications from our Coordinator: Esther Kwok . As the

Posted in connections, News

2018 POLQM Conference

The  Program Office for Laboratory Quality Management (POLQM) is holding its annual conference in October. For more information please visit: https://polqm.med.ubc.ca/2018-polqm-conference/  

Posted in connections, News

WHMIS 2015 – What does it mean for you?

Canada has aligned the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). GHS is an international initiative to standardize chemical hazard classification and communication globally. WHMIS first became law in
Posted in Article, connections

A successful visit to Cambodia

Dr. Michael Noble, Chair of CMPT and our sister program POLQM was invited to participate in training and education programs for laboratory managers and laboratory quality managers in Cambodia. The training and education programs for laboratory managers and laboratory quality
Posted in Article, connections

Critique test

Gram – Sample: results cells results bacteria – Shipped

Posted in Uncategorised

Final results Shiga Toxin ST1805

Final results for Shiga Toxin Survey ST1805 are available. Check EQA Results – Shiga Toxin Results

Posted in News, STNews