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EQA, AMR, and Local Manufacturing: Takeaways from ASLM

In December, the African Society for Laboratory Medicine Conference was held in Cape Town, South Africa. For this, the sixth ASLM conference, the overarching theme was “Shaping laboratory systems and diagnostics services for the 21st Century: embracing the change.” CMPT

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Happy Holidays from CMPT!

Another year of proficiency testing, courses, and quality improvement in the books! Thank you to everyone who has worked with us this year, whether you subscribed to our PT programs, took our courses, served on our committees, or read our

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Notes from EQALM 2023

EQALM’s Annual Symposium took place in Lyon, France this year, and CMPT Chair Dr. Lucy Perrone was in attendance. During the two-day conference, Dr. Perrone presented CMPT research and took part in the working group on microbiology, as did former

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Welcome New Technical Committee Members

CMPT welcomes three new Technical Committee members. Anu Rebbapragada D(ABMM) FCCM – CMPT Clinical bacteriology and Enteric parasitology technical committees Anu is currently the Vice President of Diagnostic Services and the laboratory director at FH Health where she oversights ongoing

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CMPT at ASLM 2023

Join us at ASLM Conference in Cape Town, South Africa on 12-15 December 2023 CMPT will be presenting the following research lead by one of our interns: Jennifer Wu: “Methods matter! Investigating clinical microbiology laboratory performance in an external quality
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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

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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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New at CMPT: July, 2023

CMPT’s Catalog is now available The new catalog has information about all programs and continuing education opportunities we offer in one place, along with shipment details and photos of some of the lifelike samples we provide. Check out our catalog
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CMPT is hiring a Communications Assistant

Job Summary The Communications Assistant will work at the Canadian Microbiology Proficiency Testing Program (CMPT), a service unit within the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The Communications Assistant will be responsible for supporting the CMPT Editor, Education Coordinator with

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New Programs

Virology CMPT will be launching its Respiratory Panel program early 2023. This panel will include SARS CoV-2, Influenza A, Influenza B, and RSV viruses. For more information please contact CMPT. Enteric Parasitology – Molecular CMPT will be offering PT samples

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