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Scientific Communications 1998        

QMP-LS publishes papers in peer-reviewed journals, presents posters and oral presentations at forums, symposia and conferences. The following communications were published in 1998.

Scientific Presentations
Brien W, Baksh F, Crawford L. Pattern of practice for laboratory monitoring of unfractionated heparin. 67th Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Toronto, ON. September 24–27, 1998.

Brien W, Baksh F, Crawford L. Pattern of practice for laboratory monitoring of unfractionated heparin. 35th OSMT Annual Convention, Hamilton, ON. September 27–29, 1998.

Fleming CA, Low DE, Richardson H and the Microbiology Committee. An external quality assessment of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCCÒ 27853 by Ontario laboratories. 66th Conjoint Meeting on Infectious Diseases. Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID), Toronto, ON. November 8–12, 1998.

Fleming CA, Thompson DS, Richardson H. Evaluation of STAT Gram stain smear reports on blood cultures by Ontario laboratories — an external quality assessment. American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, GA. May 17–21, 1998.

Hill JG, Dunn E, MacDonald M, Rose C, Webb S. Assessment by LPTP of the accuracy of creatinine measurements in Ontario laboratories. Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists Conference, Ottawa, ON. June 14–18, 1998.

Jang D, Rohoman K, Thorup B, Castriciano S, McShane K, Mahony J, Major C, Krajden M, Petric M, Weber J, Chernesky M. Laboratory proficiency testing for Chlamydia trachomatis in Ontario laboratories: a five-year experience. 9th International Symposium on Human Chlamydial Infection. Napa Valley, CA. June 21–26, 1998.

Jang D, Rohoman K, Thorup B, Castriciano S, McShane K, Mahony J, Major C, Krajden M, Petric M, Weber J, Richardson H, Chernesky M. Laboratory proficiency testing program (LPTP) for C. trachomatis (CT) in Ontario: a five-year experience. 66th Conjoint Meeting on Infectious Diseases. Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID), Toronto, ON. November 8–12, 1998.

Luxton A, Donahoe M, Wong PY, D’Costa, M, McKay D, Webb S, Richardson H. Thyroid testing status in Ontario 1997. Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists Conference, Ottawa, ON. June 14–18, 1998.

Mackenzie AMR, Fleming CA, Richardson H and the Microbiology Committee. An external quality assessment of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination by Ontario laboratories. 66th Conjoint Meeting on Infectious Diseases. Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID), Toronto, ON. November 8–12, 1998.

Miyazaki J, Geddie WR, Richardson H and the Cytology Committee. Development of an external quality assessment process in breast fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in Ontario. XIII International Congress of Cytology. Tokyo, Japan. May 10–14, 1998.

Richardson H, Mackenzie AMR, Fleming CA and the Microbiology Committee. Bacteriologic work-up of stool specimens by Ontario laboratories — an external quality assessment. American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, GA. May 17–21, 1998.

Peer-reviewed Published Papers
Bunting PS, Miyazaki JH, Goel V. Laboratory survey of prostate specific antigen testing in Ontario. Clin Biochem 1998; 31(1):47–49.

Henderson AR, Krishnan S, Webb S, Cheung CM, Nazir DJ, Richardson H. Proficiency testing of creatine kinase and creatine kinase-2: the experience of the Ontario Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program. Clin Chem 1998;44:124–133.

Lafferty J, Ali MAM, Carstairs K, Crawford L. The effect of carbon tetrachloride on the detection of hemoglobin H using various commercially available electrophoresis products (Letter). Am J Clin Pathol 1998,109:651–2.

LPTP. Ontario Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program: An external quality assurance programme organization in laboratory medicine. EQAnews 1998; 9:33–34.

LPTP. Regionalization and reorganization of hospital transfusion services. Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine Bulletin 1998;10:16–25.

McShane K. Proficiency testing for transfusion medicine in Ontario laboratories. Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine Bulletin 1998;10:8–15.

Richardson H, Crawford L. Making the most of LPTP. Advocate 1998; 5(2);5–6.

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