Below is the index of LPTP Newsletters for 1999, listed by issue number. Newsletter articles are also indexed by subject and are linked to the on-line version of the newsletter in PDF format. To read these files, you need a copy of Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. This software is free, and is available electronically for Windows®, Macintosh®, DOS®, and UNIX® from Adobe®.
Issue No. |
Topic |
Date |
| 244 | Good Laboratory Practice Guidelines and Reporting Codes for Hematology-Morphology Revised | 01/12/99 |
| Hematology-Morphology Patterns-of-Practice Questionnaire - Malaria Investigation | 01/12/99 | |
| The Michener Institute Homecoming | 01/12/99 | |
| Troponin I Testing | 01/12/99 | |
| WHO Guidelines Address Risk of TB Transmission During Air Travel | 01/12/99 | |
| 245 | Do LPTP Newsletters Meet the Reader's Needs? | 01/26/99 |
| Index to LPTP Newsletters | 01/26/99 | |
| Influenza Outbreaks | 01/26/99 | |
| NCCLS Publishes Updated Standards | 01/26/99 | |
| 246 | Check out LPTP's Revamped Web Site — http://www.lptp.on.ca | 02/09/99 |
| Coagulation Survey K-9902 | 02/09/99 | |
| College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario | 02/09/99 | |
| LPTP's Annual Symposium: Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 02/09/99 | |
| Mycobacteriology Questionnaire B-9902-MBQ | 02/09/99 | |
| Recording Results on LPTP Analysis Worksheets | 02/09/99 | |
| Submit Your E-mail Addresses | 02/09/99 | |
| The Canadian Society for Medical Mycology Workshop | 02/09/99 | |
| 247 | Guidelines Issued for the Serological Diagnosis of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection | 02/23/99 |
| How to Safely Transport Infectious Materials in Canada | 02/23/99 | |
| Letters to LPTP Should Not Identify Patient Information | 02/23/99 | |
| New or Updated NCCLS Publications | 02/23/99 | |
| Procedures for Dilution in Immunoassays | 02/23/99 | |
| 248 | 1999 LPTP Symposium: Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 03/09/99 |
| LPTP Participates in NORONT 1999 with Malaria Presentation | 03/09/99 | |
| Patterns-of-Practice Survey on Hepatitis | 03/09/99 | |
| 249 | Calculation vs. Calibration Curve for INR Determination: Results of an Interlaboratory Proficiency Scheme | 03/23/99 |
| CD34+ Cell Enumeration by Flow Cytometry | 03/23/99 | |
| Hematology-General Survey H-9904 | 03/23/99 | |
| Immunology Analysis Worksheets: Use Correct Notations to Report Results | 03/23/99 | |
| 250 | Endocrinology Survey R-9904 and Patterns-of-Practice Survey R-9904-PP | 04/06/99 |
| IAMLT declares April 15 World Medical Laboratory Science Day | 04/06/99 | |
| LPTP Symposium: Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 04/06/99 | |
| National Medical Laboratory Week | 04/06/99 | |
| 251 | An Overview of Quality Control Practices in Ontario with Particular Reference to Cholesterol Analysis | 04/20/99 |
| Immediate Vacancy — Technological Consultant | 04/20/99 | |
| Quality Control — Principles and Practice of Effective QC | 04/20/99 | |
| Survey Testing Material Replacement | 04/20/99 | |
| Symposium on Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 04/20/99 | |
| 252 | Does Your Laboratory Have a Plan in Place to Address the Year 2000 (Y2K) Problem? | 05/04/99 |
| Drug Monitoring Survey D-9905 | 05/04/99 | |
| The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences Course | 05/04/99 | |
| 253 | 1998 Review Highlights LPTP's Activities | 05/18/99 |
| Cervical Cancer in Ontario 1971-1996 | 05/18/99 | |
| 254 | Coagulation Survey K-9906 | 06/01/99 |
| Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Survey Z-9906 | 06/01/99 | |
| Provisional Reports by Internet: Easy access, fast delivery — LPTP Proposes Phasing-out Hard Copies | 06/01/99 | |
| 255 | Capacity Audience Attend the One-day LPTP Symposium: Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 06/15/99 |
| CSMLS Congress '99 — Partnering for the Future | 06/15/99 | |
| Cytology Patterns-of-Practice Survey Y-9904 | 06/15/99 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-9906 | 06/15/99 | |
| Immunology Survey L-9906 | 06/15/99 | |
| 256 | Bone Marrow Examination Testing Model Modified | 07/06/99 |
| Congratulations to CSMLS and OSMT Awards Recipients | 07/06/99 | |
| Executives, Section on Laboratory Medicine (1999-2000) — OMA | 07/06/99 | |
| Scott MacDonald Joins LPTP as Technological Consultant | 07/06/99 | |
| 257 | CD34+ Stem Cell Enumeration | 07/20/99 |
| Change in Format for Endocrinology Survey Reports | 07/20/99 | |
| Chemistry-General Surveys C-99070HbA1c and C-9907-AE | 07/20/99 | |
| Drug Monitoring Surveys D-9907 and D-9907-CY | 07/20/99 | |
| New or Updated NCCLS Documents | 07/20/99 | |
| Stockholm Conference Drafts Consensus on Analytical Quality Specifications | 07/20/99 | |
| 258 | MRSA and VRE in Ontario – Still Room for Optimism! | 08/10/99 |
| Virology Survey V-9908 includes Varicella-Zoster (VZV) Testing | 08/10/99 | |
| 259 | Endocrinology Survey R-9909 PSA Testing | 08/24/99 |
| LPTP Staff Directory | 08/24/99 | |
| LPTP to Conduct Fetal Cell Pilot Survey in September | 08/24/99 | |
| 260 | 1999 MDS Technical Services Seminar | 09/07/99 |
| Bacteriology Survey B-9909 | 09/07/99 | |
| CLMA Trillium Chapter Forum | 09/07/99 | |
| Employment Opportunity - Technological Consultant (part-time) | 09/07/99 | |
| LPTP to Conduct Pilot Point-of-Care Survey for Glucose Meters | 08/24/99 | |
| Provisional Reports via Internet Only | 09/07/99 | |
| 261 | An Interprovincial External Quality Assessment of the Ability of Canadian Laboratories to Detect the Vancomycin and Penicillin Resistance of Enterococcus faecium D366 | 09/21/99 |
| An Update on Tuberculous and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections | 09/21/99 | |
| Blood Gas Survey C-9910-BG | 09/21/99 | |
| Cytology Survey G-9908 Delayed | 09/21/99 | |
| Surveillance for St. Louis Encephalitis in New York City | 09/21/99 | |
| 262 | Drug Monitoring Survey D-9910, D-9910-CY | 10/05/99 |
| Increase Your Confidence in Transfusion Science | 10/05/99 | |
| Influenza Vaccine Composition | 10/05/99 | |
| LPTP Hosts its own Online Course--The Erythrocyte | 10/05/99 | |
| Ontario Quality Assurance Program Focus Group | 10/05/99 | |
| OSMT Elections | 10/05/99 | |
| Troponin I Testing | 10/05/99 | |
| 263 | Blurring the Boundaries | 10/19/99 |
| Ontario Quality Assurance Program in Gynecological Cytology -- Focus Groups | 10/19/99 | |
| Toronto Man Dies from Virus Picked Up in New York | 10/19/99 | |
| 264 | Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 11/02/99 |
| Cytogenetic Internet Based External Quality Assessment Pilot Study | 11/02/99 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-9911 | 11/02/99 | |
| Hematology Survey H-9911-R | 11/02/99 | |
| 265 | Julie Coffey Joins LPTP as Technological Consultant | 11/16/99 |
| LPTP Introduces Internet-Based Questionnaire | 11/16/99 | |
| 266 | Hematology Committee to Ascertain Reporting Practices of Band Neutrophils and Atypical/Reactive Lymphocytes | 11/30/99 |
| Internet-Based Virology Questionnaire -- V-9912-Q | 11/30/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 11/30/99 | |
| 267 | Building Confidence in Transfusion Science -- Successful Workshop Held in Kingston, Ontario | 12/14/99 |
| Holiday Schedule | 12/14/99 | |
| OMA Convention Includes Session for Medical Technologists | 12/14/99 | |
| Virology Questionnaire V-9912-Q Update | 12/14/99 |