Brand Jansen “Dr. Fungus” as he liked to sign his emails, retired from Alberta Precision Labs mycology laboratory this year and we wish him all the best in his new chapter in life. Brad has been part of the Mycology…
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CMPT thanks our long-standing Technical Committee members Brad Jansen and Denise Sitter for their services and support.
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BCIT Interns at CMPT
This Summer, two interns from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Medical Laboratory Technologist program spent part of their summer break at CMPT. Myron Xie and Yun-kun Li spent 3.5 and 1.5 months at CMPT lab learning about quality…
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Getting Started with Proficiency Testing
What it is, what to expect, and what to look for Your new testing facility is working toward accreditation and needs to be accredited. Testing accreditation often comes with one requirement you might not have planned for: proficiency testing (or…
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Switching to a Canadian PT Provider
With the looming threat of a trade war between the United States and Canada, many Canadians are moving their purchases away from the states, trying to buy local and canceling vacations. Here in Vancouver, there is unanimous support from city…
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Thanks for Visiting: CPHL Oman
Over the past two weeks, CMPT has been hosting Dr. Noora D. Al Bulushi and Omaima Yaqoob Al-Harthi from Central Public Health Laboratories (CPHL) in Oman, who were the most recent participants in our International EQA Training program. Started in…
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Welcome, Dr. Ross Davison and Dr. Mathew Diggle, to the Clinical Bacteriology Technical Committee
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Davison and Dr. Diggle who have volunteered their time to become part of our Clinical Bacteriology technical committee. Dr. Davison is an associate professor with the department of pathology, medicine…
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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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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…
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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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