VOLUME 24 NUMBER 4 WINTER 2020 – 2021 ISSN 1496-3876
Donald B. Rix Professorship in Laboratory Quality
The Rix Family Fund officially confirmed that it would support a new Donald B. Rix Professorship in Laboratory Quality in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UBC.
Last month the Rix Family Fund officially confirmed that it would support a new Donald B. Rix Professorship in Laboratory Quality in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine here at UBC. I think this is the first so named professorship in Canada.
Dr. Rix had a long interest in Laboratory Quality. When I first met him he was chairing an accreditation team for the College of American Pathologists monitoring laboratories in Washington state.
Updating EQA Standards 2020
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) first designed a standard for proficiency testing providers entitled ““Conformity assessment — General requirements for proficiency testing” in 2006 … its revision is now well on its way and a new and revised edition should be available in late 2021 or early 2022
Paper and Video challenges doubled!
Starting in May 2021, all Clinical Bacteriology surveys will include a Paper or Video Challenge.
CMPT online payment with credit card now available
Online payment with Credit card is now available for laboratories ordering PT programs.
Welcome Katrina Hurley to the Clinical Bacteriology Committee
CMPT 2021 Professional Development course
Registration for the 2021 Professional Development course is now open.
