Below is the index of LPTP Newsletters for 1999, listed by subject. Newsletter articles are also indexed by
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| Discipline/Category | Subject | Issue No. |
Date of Issue |
| Analysis Worksheets | |||
| Immunology Analysis Worksheets: Use Correct Notations to Report Results | 249 | 03/23/99 | |
| Recording Results on LPTP Analysis Worksheets | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| Bacteriology | |||
| An Interprovincial External Quality Assessment of the Ability of Canadian Laboratories to Detect the Vancomycin and Penicillin Resistance of Enterococcus faecium D366 | 261 | 09/21/99 | |
| An Update on Tuberculous and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections | 261 | 09/21/99 | |
| Bacteriology Survey B-9909 | 260 | 09/07/99 | |
| Blurring the Boundaries | 263 | 10/19/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| MRSA and VRE in Ontario – Still Room for Optimism! | 258 | 08/10/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Broadsheets | |||
| An Update on Tuberculous and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections | 261 | 09/21/99 | |
| Procedures for Dilution in Immunoassays | 247 | 02/23/99 | |
| Cardiac Markers | |||
| Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Survey Z-9906 | 254 | 06/01/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Troponin I Testing | 244 | 01/12/99 | |
| Troponin I Testing | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| Chemistry-General | |||
| Blood Gas Survey C-9910-BG | 261 | 09/21/99 | |
| Blurring the Boundaries | 263 | 10/19/99 | |
| Chemistry-General Surveys C-99070 HbA1c and C-9907-AE | 257 | 07/20/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| LPTP to Conduct Pilot Point-of-Care Survey for Glucose Meters | 260 | 08/24/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Coagulation | |||
| Calculation vs. Calibration Curve for INR Determination: Results of an Interlaboratory Proficiency Scheme | 249 | 03/23/99 | |
| Coagulation Survey K-9902 | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| Coagulation Survey K-9906 | 254 | 06/01/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Communication | |||
| Letters to LPTP Should Not Identify Patient Information | 247 | 02/23/99 | |
| Continuing Education | |||
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 264 | 11/02/99 | |
| Increase Your Confidence in Transfusion Science | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| LPTP Hosts its own Online Course--The Erythrocyte | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| Cytogenetics | |||
| Cytogenetic Internet Based External Quality Assessment Pilot Study | 264 | 11/02/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Cytology | |||
| Cervical Cancer in Ontario 1971-1996 | 253 | 05/18/99 | |
| Cytology Patterns-of-Practice Survey Y-9904 | 255 | 06/15/99 | |
| Cytology Survey G-9908 Delayed | 261 | 09/21/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Ontario Quality Assurance Program Focus Group | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| Ontario Quality Assurance Program in Gynecological Cytology -- Focus Groups | 263 | 10/19/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Drug Monitoring | |||
| Drug Monitoring Survey D-9905 | 252 | 05/04/99 | |
| Drug Monitoring Survey D-9910, D-9910-CY | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| Drug Monitoring Surveys D-9907 and D-9907-CY | 257 | 07/20/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Educational Materials | |||
| How to Safely Transport Infectious Materials in Canada | 247 | 02/23/99 | |
| Electronic Mail | |||
| Submit Your E-mail Addresses | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| Endocrinology | |||
| Change in Format for Endocrinology Survey Reports | 257 | 07/20/99 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-9904 and Patterns-of-Practice Survey R-9904-PP | 250 | 04/06/99 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-9906 | 255 | 06/15/99 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-9909 PSA Testing | 259 | 08/24/99 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-9911 | 264 | 11/02/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Procedures for Dilution in Immunoassays | 247 | 02/23/99 | |
| Enzymes | |||
| Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Survey Z-9906 | 254 | 06/01/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Events/Meetings/Symposia | |||
| 1999 LPTP Symposium: Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 248 | 03/09/99 | |
| 1999 MDS Technical Services Seminar | 260 | 09/07/99 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 264 | 11/02/99 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science -- Successful Workshop Held in Kingston, Ontario | 267 | 12/14/99 | |
| Capacity Audience Attend the One-day LPTP Symposium: Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 255 | 06/15/99 | |
| CLMA Trillium Chapter Forum | 260 | 09/07/99 | |
| CSMLS Congress '99 — Partnering for the Future | 255 | 06/15/99 | |
| IAMLT declares April 15 World Medical Laboratory Science Day | 250 | 04/06/99 | |
| Increase Your Confidence in Transfusion Science | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| LPTP Hosts its own Online Course--The Erythrocyte | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| LPTP Participates in NORONT 1999 with Malaria Presentation | 248 | 03/09/99 | |
| LPTP Symposium: Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 250 | 04/06/99 | |
| LPTP's Annual Symposium: Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| National Medical Laboratory Week | 250 | 04/06/99 | |
| OMA Convention Includes Session for Medical Technologists | 267 | 12/14/99 | |
| Ontario Quality Assurance Program Focus Group | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| Ontario Quality Assurance Program in Gynecological Cytology -- Focus Groups | 263 | 10/19/99 | |
| Quality Control — Principles and Practice of Effective QC | 251 | 04/20/99 | |
| Symposium on Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 251 | 04/20/99 | |
| The Canadian Society for Medical Mycology Workshop | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences Course | 252 | 05/04/99 | |
| General | |||
| College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| Congratulations to CSMLS and OSMT Awards Recipients | 256 | 07/06/99 | |
| Does Your Laboratory Have a Plan in Place to Address the Year 2000 (Y2K) Problem? | 252 | 05/04/99 | |
| Employment Opportunity - Technological Consultant (part-time) | 260 | 09/07/99 | |
| Holiday Schedule | 267 | 12/14/99 | |
| Immediate Vacancy — Technological Consultant | 251251 | 04/20/99 | |
| LPTP Staff Directory | 259259 | 08/24/99 | |
| OSMT Elections | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| Stockholm Conference Drafts Consensus on Analytical Quality Specifications | 257 | 07/20/99 | |
| The Michener Institute Homecoming | 244 | 01/12/99 | |
| Guidelines | |||
| Good Laboratory Practice Guidelines and Reporting Codes for Hematology-Morphology Revised | 244 | 01/12/99 | |
| Guidelines Issued for the Serological Diagnosis of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection | 247 | 02/23/99 | |
| WHO Guidelines Address Risk of TB Transmission During Air Travel | 244 | 01/12/99 | |
| Hematology-General | |||
| Bone Marrow Examination Testing Model Modified | 256 | 07/06/99 | |
| CD34+ Cell Enumeration by Flow Cytometry | 249 | 03/23/99 | |
| CD34+ Stem Cell Enumeration | 257 | 07/20/99 | |
| Hematology Committee to Ascertain Reporting Practices of Band Neutrophils and Atypical/Reactive Lymphocytes | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Hematology Survey H-9911-R | 264 | 11/02/99 | |
| Hematology-General Survey H-9904 | 249 | 03/23/99 | |
| LPTP Hosts its own Online Course--The Erythrocyte | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| LPTP to Conduct Fetal Cell Pilot Survey in September | 259 | 08/24/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Hematology-Morphology | |||
| Good Laboratory Practice Guidelines and Reporting Codes for Hematology-Morphology Revised | 244 | 01/12/99 | |
| Hematology-Morphology Patterns-of-Practice Questionnaire - Malaria Investigation | 244 | 01/12/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| LPTP Participates in NORONT 1999 with Malaria Presentation | 248 | 03/09/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Immunology | |||
| Immunology Analysis Worksheets: Use Correct Notations to Report Results | 249 | 03/23/99 | |
| Immunology Survey L-9906 | 255 | 06/15/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Internet | |||
| Check out LPTP's Revamped Web Site — http://www.lptp.on.ca | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| LPTP Hosts its own Online Course--The Erythrocyte | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| LPTP Introduces Internet-Based Questionnaire | 265 | 11/16/99 | |
| Provisional Reports by Internet: Easy access, fast delivery — LPTP Proposes Phasing-out Hard Copies | 254 | 06/01/99 | |
| Provisional Reports via Internet Only | 260 | 09/07/99 | |
| Submit Your E-mail Addresses | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| Virology Questionnaire V-9912-Q Update | 267 | 12/14/99 | |
| Lipids | |||
| An Overview of Quality Control Practices in Ontario with Particular Reference to Cholesterol Analysis | 251 | 04/20/99 | |
| Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Survey Z-9906 | 254 | 06/01/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| LPTP | |||
| Letters to LPTP Should Not Identify Patient Information | 247 | 02/23/99 | |
| Provisional Reports by Internet: Easy access, fast delivery — LPTP Proposes Phasing-out Hard Copies | 254 | 06/01/99 | |
| Provisional Reports via Internet Only | 260 | 09/07/99 | |
| Recording Results on LPTP Analysis Worksheets | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| Survey Testing Material Replacement | 251 | 04/20/99 | |
| 1998 Review Highlights LPTP's Activities | 253 | 05/18/99 | |
| Employment Opportunity - Technological Consultant (part-time) | 260 | 09/07/99 | |
| Immediate Vacancy — Technological Consultant | 251 | 04/20/99 | |
| Julie Coffey Joins LPTP as Technological Consultant | 265 | 11/16/99 | |
| LPTP Staff Directory | 259 | 08/24/99 | |
| Scott MacDonald Joins LPTP as Technological Consultant | 256 | 07/06/99 | |
| Maternal Serum Screening | |||
| 1999 LPTP Symposium: Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 248 | 03/09/99 | |
| Capacity Audience Attend the One-day LPTP Symposium: Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 255 | 06/15/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| LPTP Symposium: Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 250 | 04/06/99 | |
| LPTP's Annual Symposium: Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Symposium on Maternal Serum Screening — Maintaining a Leading Edge | 251 | 04/20/99 | |
| Mycobacteriology | |||
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Mycobacteriology Questionnaire B-9902-MBQ | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Mycology | |||
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| The Canadian Society for Medical Mycology Workshop | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| NCCLS | |||
| NCCLS Publishes Updated Standards | 245 | 01/26/99 | |
| New or Updated NCCLS Documents | 257 | 07/20/99 | |
| New or Updated NCCLS Publications | 247 | 02/23/99 | |
| Y2K and the Clinical Laboratory: Are You Ready? | 245 | 01/26/99 | |
| Newsletters | |||
| Do LPTP Newsletters Meet the Reader's Needs? | 245 | 01/26/99 | |
| Index to LPTP Newsletters | 245 | 01/26/99 | |
| OMA | |||
| Executives, Section on Laboratory Medicine (1999-2000) — OMA | 256 | 07/06/99 | |
| Parasitology | |||
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| LPTP Participates in NORONT 1999 with Malaria Presentation | 248 | 03/09/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Point-of-Care Testing | |||
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Provisional Reports | |||
| Provisional Reports by Internet: Easy access, fast delivery — LPTP Proposes Phasing-out Hard Copies | 254 | 06/01/99 | |
| Provisional Reports via Internet Only | 260 | 09/07/99 | |
| Publications | |||
| An Interprovincial External Quality Assessment of the Ability of Canadian Laboratories to Detect the Vancomycin and Penicillin Resistance of Enterococcus faecium D366 | 261 | 09/21/99 | |
| An Overview of Quality Control Practices in Ontario with Particular Reference to Cholesterol Analysis | 251 | 04/20/99 | |
| An Update on Tuberculous and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections | 261 | 09/21/99 | |
| Blurring the Boundaries | 263 | 10/19/99 | |
| Calculation vs. Calibration Curve for INR Determination: Results of an Interlaboratory Proficiency Scheme | 249 | 03/23/99 | |
| Quality Assurance / Quality Control | |||
| Stockholm Conference Drafts Consensus on Analytical Quality Specifications | 257 | 07/20/99 | |
| Quality Control — Principles and Practice of Effective QC | 251 | 04/20/99 | |
| Questionnaires | |||
| Hematology Committee to Ascertain Reporting Practices of Band Neutrophils and Atypical/Reactive Lymphocytes | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Hematology-Morphology Patterns-of-Practice Questionnaire - Malaria Investigation | 244 | 01/12/99 | |
| Internet-Based Virology Questionnaire -- V-9912-Q | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| LPTP Introduces Internet-Based Questionnaire | 265 | 11/16/99 | |
| Mycobacteriology Questionnaire B-9902-MBQ | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| Virology Questionnaire V-9912-Q Update | 267 | 12/14/99 | |
| Standards | |||
| NCCLS Publishes Updated Standards | 245 | 01/26/99 | |
| Surveys | |||
| Change in Format for Endocrinology Survey Reports | 257 | 07/20/99 | |
| Bacteriology Survey B-9909 | 260 | 09/07/99 | |
| Blood Gas Survey C-9910-BG | 261 | 09/21/99 | |
| Bone Marrow Examination Testing Model Modified | 256 | 07/06/99 | |
| CD34+ Cell Enumeration by Flow Cytometry | 249 | 03/23/99 | |
| CD34+ Stem Cell Enumeration | 257 | 07/20/99 | |
| Chemistry-General Surveys C-99070HbA1c and C-9907-AE | 257 | 07/20/99 | |
| Coagulation Survey K-9902 | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| Coagulation Survey K-9906 | 254 | 06/01/99 | |
| Cytology Patterns-of-Practice Survey Y-9904 | 255 | 06/15/99 | |
| Cytology Survey G-9908 Delayed | 261 | 09/21/99 | |
| Drug Monitoring Survey D-9905 | 252 | 05/04/99 | |
| Drug Monitoring Survey D-9910, D-9910-CY | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| Drug Monitoring Surveys D-9907 and D-9907-CY | 257 | 07/20/99 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-9904 and Patterns-of-Practice Survey R-9904-PP | 250 | 04/06/99 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-9906 | 255 | 06/15/99 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-9909 PSA Testing | 259 | 08/24/99 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-9911 | 264 | 11/02/99 | |
| Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Survey Z-9906 | 254 | 06/01/99 | |
| Hematology Committee to Ascertain Reporting Practices of Band Neutrophils and Atypical/Reactive Lymphocytes | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Hematology Survey H-9911-R | 264 | 11/02/99 | |
| Hematology-General Survey H-9904 | 249 | 03/23/99 | |
| Immunology Survey L-9906 | 255 | 06/15/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| LPTP to Conduct Fetal Cell Pilot Survey in September | 259 | 08/24/99 | |
| LPTP to Conduct Pilot Point-of-Care Survey for Glucose Meters | 260 | 08/24/99 | |
| Patterns-of-Practice Survey on Hepatitis | 248 | 03/09/99 | |
| Troponin I Testing | 244 | 01/12/99 | |
| Troponin I Testing | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| Virology Survey V-9908 includes Varicella-Zoster (VZV) Testing | 258 | 08/10/99 | |
| Testing Program | |||
| How to Safely Transport Infectious Materials in Canada | 247 | 02/23/99 | |
| Survey Testing Material Replacement | 251 | 04/20/99 | |
| Bone Marrow Examination Testing Model Modified | 256 | 07/06/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Transfusion Medicine | |||
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 264 | 11/02/99 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science -- Successful Workshop Held in Kingston, Ontario | 267 | 12/14/99 | |
| Increase Your Confidence in Transfusion Science | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Virology | |||
| Guidelines Issued for the Serological Diagnosis of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection | 247 | 02/23/99 | |
| Influenza Outbreaks | 245 | 01/26/99 | |
| Influenza Vaccine Composition | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| Internet-Based Virology Questionnaire -- V-9912-Q | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| LPTP Introduces Internet-Based Questionnaire | 265 | 11/16/99 | |
| LPTP Looks Ahead to Testing Plans for the Year 2000 | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2000, by Discipline | 266 | 11/30/99 | |
| Patterns-of-Practice Survey on Hepatitis | 248 | 03/09/99 | |
| Surveillance for St. Louis Encephalitis in New York City | 261 | 09/21/99 | |
| Surveillance for St. Louis Encephalitis in New York City | 261 | 09/21/99 | |
| Toronto Man Dies from Virus Picked Up in New York | 263 | 10/19/99 | |
| Virology Questionnaire V-9912-Q Update | 267 | 12/14/99 | |
| Virology Survey V-9908 includes Varicella-Zoster (VZV) Testing | 258 | 08/10/99 | |
| Web Site | |||
| LPTP Hosts its own Online Course--The Erythrocyte | 262 | 10/05/99 | |
| LPTP Introduces Internet-Based Questionnaire | 265 | 11/16/99 | |
| Check out LPTP's Revamped Web Site — http://www.lptp.on.ca | 246 | 02/09/99 | |
| Provisional Reports by Internet: Easy access, fast delivery — LPTP Proposes Phasing-out Hard Copies | 254 | 06/01/99 | |
| Provisional Reports via Internet Only | 260 | 09/07/99 | |