CMPT would like to welcome our new Virology Expert Committee; Nancy Matic, MD, FRCPC, (D)ABMM Dr. Matic studied Microbiology (Honours Bachelor of Science) at the University of Guelph and earned her MD from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. She then…
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Issues with Piperacillin-Tazobactam (PIP-TAZ) Breakpoints
In CMPT Challenge M221-5 (July, 2022), a simulated blood culture with Acinetobacter baumanii, antimicrobial susceptibilities for piperacillin-tazobactam (Pip-Taz) were ungraded due to lack of consensus by the participants. It was unknown what breakpoints were being used for reporting this agent.…
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CMPT – A vision for the future
Dr. Lucy Perrone, the Donald B. Rix Professor of Laboratory Quality and Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, joined the Faculty of Medicine at UBC on March 14, 2022. Dr. Perrone currently chairs the Canadian (formerly…
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Expert Committee changes
Thank you Quantine Wong After almost 20 years, we say goodbye to Quantine Wong. Quantine has been part of our Enteric Parasitology expert committee since 2003. She has been and invaluable help to CMPT during all these years, volunteering her…
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Welcome Dr. Lucy Perrone to CMPT
Dr. Lucy Perrone has started her appointment as the Donald B. Rix Professorship in Laboratory Quality and is now the acting Chair of CMPT and the Director or the Program Office for Laboratory Quality Management. Dr. Perrone worked as an…
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Thank you Dr. Michael Noble – 40 years of dedication to Quality
Dr. Noble career began in 1978 as a medical microbiologist, but overtime issues associated with laboratory quality improvement became central to his work focus. Dr. Noble is the founding Chair of the Clinical Microbiology Proficiency Testing (CMPT) program. In 1983…
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Expert Committee changes
CMPT would like to welcome Tanis Dingle to the Mycology committee and Katrina Hurley and Jessica Forbes to the Clinical Microbiology committee. Tanis Dingle Dr. Dingle is a Clinical Microbiologist with Alberta Precision Laboratories – Public Health Lab (ProvLab)…
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Covid-19 Proficiency testing – One year later
Early in 2021, CMPT in collaboration with BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) created a COVID-19 proficiency testing program geared to point of care (POC) testing sites within the different Health Authorities. As testing became widespread and rapid testing systems…
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