“When Canada’s British Columbia Center for Disease Control (BCCDC) saw the increasing demand for of COVID-19 tests and responsibilities headed its way, it reached out to a well-regarded proficiency testing program for help. The public health agency turned to the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Clinical Microbiology…
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CMPT successfully completes its ISO9001 annual audit
CMPT went through its annual ISO9001:2015 certification audit on March 22, 2021. The audit found no Nonconformities and one opportunity for improvement (OFI) – to incorporate a formal section within our annual Management Review on an annual overview of CMPT experience with…
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New PT program—EQA for COVID-19 Testing
This program provides External Quality Assessment for those facilities performing testing on nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) to demonstrate their methods produce accurate and timely results on patient samples. Our samples have shown to be suitable to use with…
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COVID-19 Proficiency Testing Program
CMPT is launching a new Proficiency Testing for Covid-19.
This program starts March 15, 2021 with 6 shipments a year (one shipment every 2 months).
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Welcome Katrina Hurley to the Clinical Bacteriology Committee
CMPT welcomes Katrina to the expert committee and look forward to working with her and benefit from her expertise as a laboratory technologist. Katrina currently works at the Battlefords Union Hospital.
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Paper and Video challenges doubled!
Starting in May 2021, all Clinical Bacteriology surveys will include a Paper or Video Challenge. CMPT recognizes that the evaluation of the extra-analytical phase of laboratory testing is challenging and that there are few available tools to do it. Through…
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CMPT online payment with credit card now available
Online payment with Credit card is now available for laboratories ordering PT programs. Member labs are required to login to member.cmpt.ca to order. New labs are asked to contact CMPT. If you have any questions, please contact us at cmpt.path@ubc.ca
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CMPT 2021 Professional Development course – News
Registration for the 2021 Professional Development course is now open. The course will start in January 2021. Laboratory technologists and microbiology residents belonging to laboratories that participate in any of the CMPT PT programs can register for free. Please visit…
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We say goodbye to Dr. Kathy Malejczyk
Dr. Kathy Majejczyk joined the Clinical Bacteriology committee in 2019. We want to thank Dr. Majeczyk for her time and contribution to CMPT. We wish Dr. Majeiczyk all the best.
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We say goodbye to Dr. Titus Wong
Dr. Wong joined the Clinical Bacteriology committee in 2012. We want to thank Dr. Wong for his time and dedication to CMPT. During his time as a member of the committee, Dr. Wong volunteered his time and knowledge for the…
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