Below is the index of QMP-LS newsletters for 2000, listed by subject. Newsletter articles are also indexed by
issue number 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®.| SUBJECT HEADING | ARTICLE | ISSUE NO. | DATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis Worksheets | Immunology Analysis Worksheet Updated | 275 | 04/18/00 |
| Anatomic Pathology | Dr. David Murray Joins QMP-LS as Consultant Pathologist | 289 | 11/07/00 |
| QMP-LS Establishes an Anatomic Pathology Committee | 289 | 11/07/00 | |
| Bacteriology | Bacteriology Survey B-0004 | 274 | 04/04/00 |
| Bacteriology Survey B-0006 | 278 | 05/30/00 | |
| Bacteriology Survey B-0011-G | 289 | 11/07/00 | |
| FDA Alerts Health Professionals and Consumers to Nationwide Recall of Clinipad Antiseptic Sterile Products | 273 | 03/21/00 | |
| Legionnaires' Disease Continues to be a Threat | 277 | 05/16/00 | |
| NCCLS Publishes Updated Standards — M2-A7 and M7-A5 | 269 | 01/25/00 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Safety Alert: Presence of Salmonella Bacteria in Pet Treats | 269 | 01/25/00 | |
| Trichinellosis from Infected Salami | 269 | 01/25/00 | |
| Binders | LPTP Discipline Binders | 288 | 10/24/00 |
| Cardiac Markers | Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Survey Z-0010 | 287 | 10/11/00 |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Z-0004 Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Surveys | 274 | 04/04/00 | |
| Chemistry-General | Chemistry Survey C-0101-AE | 292 | 12/19/00 |
| Blood Gas Survey C-0005-BG | 276 | 05/02/00 | |
| Chemistry Survey C-0010-AE (Urine Albumin Excretion Rate) | 285 | 09/12/00 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Coagulation | Coagulation — Revised Method Codes | 270 | 02/08/00 |
| Has the INR Lived up to Expectations? Different Approaches to Its Determination | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Continuing Education | Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 268 | 01/11/00 |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 269 | 01/25/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 273 | 03/21/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 283 | 08/15/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 284 | 08/29/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 287 | 10/11/00 | |
| CLMA Trillium Chapter and the Schulich School of Business of York University Present Facilitative Leadership Workshop | 289 | 11/07/00 | |
| CLMA Trillium Chapter Education Day | 284 | 08/29/00 | |
| Global Odyssey 2001 | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| Graduate Studies Biotechnology Courses | 274 | 04/04/00 | |
| Hematology Laboratory Revisited: Insights on Established Techniques | 283 | 08/15/00 | |
| Laboratory Symposium — Sault Area Hospitals | 274 | 04/04/00 | |
| LPTP's Annual Symposium — The Hematology Laboratory Revisited: Insights on Established Techniques | 279 | 06/13/00 | |
| LPTP's Second Online Course — Erythrocyte Disorders: Detection & Diagnosis | 283 | 08/15/00 | |
| The Hematology Laboratory Revisited: Insights on Established Techniques | 268 | 01/11/00 | |
| Transfusion Medicine Workshop | 281 | 07/18/00 | |
| Cytology | Cytology Patterns-of-Practice Survey | 271 | 02/22/00 |
| Cytology Patterns-of-Practice Survey Y-0003 | 272 | 03/07/00 | |
| LPTP Educational Slide Survey: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Head and Neck | 285 | 09/12/00 | |
| LPTP Presents Five Posters at the World Congress of Medical Technology | 280 | 06/27/00 | |
| Ontario Quality Assurance Program in Gynecologic Cytology | 291 | 12/05/00 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| The Ontario Cervical Screening Program: Working Toward an Organized Approach for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer | 278 | 05/30/00 | |
| Update on the Ontario Quality Assurance (QA) Program in Gynecologic Cytology | 289 | 11/07/00 | |
| Drug Monitoring | Drug Monitoring — Drugs of Abuse Pilot Survey D-0010-DA | 286 | 09/26/00 |
| Drug Monitoring Surveys D-0005 and D-0005-CY | 276 | 05/02/00 | |
| LAPTOP Presents Five Posters at the World Congress of Medical Technology | 280 | 06/27/00 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Endocrinology | Endocrinology Patterns-of-Practice Survey R-0008-PP | 282 | 08/01/00 |
| Endocrinology Survey R-0002 | 270 | 02/08/00 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-0009 will Include PSA Testing | 283 | 08/15/00 | |
| It Is Time to Stop Testing Prostatic Acid Phosphatase | 283 | 08/15/00 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Enzymes | Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Survey Z-0010 | 287 | 10/11/00 |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Z-0004 Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Surveys | 274 | 04/04/00 | |
| Events/Meetings/Symposia | 2000 MDS Technical Services Seminar | 283 | 08/15/00 |
| 2000 OHA Annual Convention and Exhibition | 290 | 11/21/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 268 | 01/11/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 269 | 01/25/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 273 | 03/21/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 283 | 08/15/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 284 | 08/29/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 287 | 10/11/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science Symposium | >275 | 04/18/00 | |
| CLMA Trillium Chapter and the Schulich School of Business of York University Present Facilitative Leadership Workshop | 289 | 11/07/00 | |
| CLMA Trillium Chapter Education Day | 284 | 08/29/00 | |
| CLMA Trillium Chapter presents Crushing the Barriers to Laboratory Reform | 272 | 03/07/00 | |
| Global Odyssey 2001 | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| Has the INR Lived up to Expectations? Different Approaches to Its Determination | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| Hematology Laboratory Revisited: Insights on Established Techniques | 283 | 08/15/00 | |
| Is the Kleihauer Test Worth the Effort? Limitations in the Management of Fetal-maternal Hemorrhage | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| Laboratory Symposium — Sault Area Hospitals | 274 | 04/04/00 | |
| LPTP Symposium — Hematology Laboratory Revisited: Insights on Established Techniques | 281 | 07/18/00 | |
| LPTP's Annual Symposium — The Hematology Laboratory Revisited: Insights on Established Techniques | 279 | 06/13/00 | |
| OHA Hosts Conference on Blood Issues | 274 | 04/04/00 | |
| Start Planning your National Medical Laboratory Week | 273 | 03/21/00 | |
| Thalassemia: A Global Hematological Disorder — Is your Laboratory up to Scratch | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| The 10th Annual Interprovincial Quality Assurance Conference | 280 | 06/27/00 | |
| The Automated Reticulocyte Count: Is It a Better Test? Balancing Accuracy, Precision and Clinical Need | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| The Hematology Laboratory Revisited: Insights on Established Techniques | 268 | 01/11/00 | |
| Toronto Hosts International Hematology Symposium | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| Transfusion Medicine Workshop | 281 | 07/18/00 | |
| External Quality Assessment | Global Odyssey 2001 | 286 | 09/26/00 |
| General | CMLTO Online Survey | 292 | 12/19/00 |
| Employment Opportunity — Quality Assurance Coordinator, MOHLTC | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| For Sale — Ultra-Low (ULT) Upright Freezer | 271 | 02/22/00 | |
| Holiday Schedule | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| In Memoriam — John A. McBride | 279 | 06/13/00 | |
| In Memoriam — Kathleen Givan | 282 | 08/01/00 | |
| LPTP Discipline Binders | 288 | 10/24/00 | |
| Ontario CLMA Trillium Chapter wins "Chapter of the Year Award" at International Conference | 282 | 08/01/00 | |
| OSMT Elections | 287 | 10/11/00 | |
| Two Employment Opportunities | 285 | 09/12/00 | |
| Two Employment Opportunities | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| What's in a Name? New Committee, Newer Name |
281 | 07/18/00 | |
| Genetics | LPTP Patterns-of-Practice Survey: Molecular Diagnostics of Inherited Disorders | 272 | 03/07/00 |
| Molecular Diagnostics of Inherited Human Disorders — Pilot Challenge | 287 | 10/11/00 | |
| Ontario to Fund Genetic Cancer Tests | 276 | 05/02/00 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Hematology-General | Activated Protein C (APC) Resistance/Factor V Leiden Screening — Pilot Challenge Survey | 287 | 10/01/00 |
| External Quality Assessment of Reticulocyte Counting | 276 | 05/02/00 | |
| Flow Cytometry March Surveys | 273 | 03/21/00 | |
| Flow Cytometry Survey | 272 | 03/07/00 | |
| Flow Cytometry Survey to be conducted in August | 282 | 08/01/00 | |
| Hematology Laboratory Revisited: Insights on Established Techniques | 283 | 08/15/00 | |
| Hematology Survey H-0011-R: Reticulocyte Count | 290 | 11/21/00 | |
| Is the Kleihauer Test Worth the Effort? Limitations in the Management of Fetal-maternal Hemorrhage | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| Linearity and Reportable Range in Hematology | 282 | 08/01/00 | |
| LPTP Symposium — Hematology Laboratory Revisited: Insights on Established Techniques | 281 | 07/18/00 | |
| LPTP's Annual Symposium — The Hematology Laboratory Revisited: Insights on Established Techniques | 279 | 06/13/00 | |
| LPTP's Second Online Course — Erythrocyte Disorders: Detection & Diagnosis | 283 | 08/15/00 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Thalassemia: A Global Hematological Disorder — Is your Laboratory up to Scratch | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| The Automated Reticulocyte Count: Is It a Better Test? Balancing Accuracy, Precision and Clinical Need | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| The Hematology Laboratory Revisited: Insights on Established Techniques | 268 | 01/11/00 | |
| Toronto Hosts International Hematology Symposium | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| Upcoming Bone Marrow Survey H-0009-BM | 285 | 09/12/00 | |
| Hematology-Morphology | External Quality Assessment in the Examination of Blood Films for Malarial Parasites Within Ontario | 271 | 02/22/00 |
| Hematology-Morphology Survey M-0002 | 270 | 02/08/00 | |
| LPTP Presents Five Posters at the World Congress of Medical Technology | 280 | 06/27/00 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Immunology | Immunology Analysis Worksheet Updated | 275 | 04/18/00 |
| Immunology Survey L-0006 | 278 | 05/30/00 | |
| Immunology Survey L-0011 | 289 | 11/07/00 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Internet | CMLTO Online Survey | 292 | 12/19/00 |
| Frequently Asked Questions — LPTP Internet Courses | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| Passwords for Electronic Surveys | 272 | 03/07/00 | |
| IPQA | The 10th Annual Interprovincial Quality Assurance Conference | 280 | 06/27/00 |
| ISO | What's in a Name? New Committee, Newer Name |
281 | 07/18/00 |
| Lipids | Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Survey Z-0010 | 287 | 10/11/00 |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Z-0004 Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Surveys | 274 | 04/04/00 | |
| LPTP Review | LPTP — The Year in Review | 277 | 05/16/00 |
| LPTP Staff | LPTP Staff Directory | 269 | 01/25/00 |
| LPTP Staff Directory | 282 | 08/01/00 | |
| Two Employment Opportunities | 285 | 09/12/00 | |
| Two Employment Opportunities | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| Method Codes | Coagulation — Revised Method Codes | 270 | 02/08/00 |
| Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care | Employment Opportunity — Quality Assurance Coordinator, MOHLTC | 292 | 12/19/00 |
| MOHLTC Vacancies — Inspector, Laboratory Licensing & Inspection Services | 278 | 05/30/00 | |
| Molecular Diagnostics | LPTP Patterns-of-Practice Survey: Molecular Diagnostics of Inherited Disorders | 272 | 03/07/00 |
| Mycology | Summary of Antifungal Susceptibility Survey — National Centre for Mycology | 284 | 08/29/00 |
| NCCLS | NCCLS Publishes Updated Standards — M2-A7 and M7-A5 | 269 | 01/25/00 |
| Use of NCCLS Standards Contributes Value to the Quality of Patient Care | 275 | 04/18/00 | |
| Newsletters | LPTP Newsletter Index — 1999 | 269 | 01/25/00 |
| Parasitology | LPTP Presents Five Posters at the World Congress of Medical Technology | 280 | 06/27/00 |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Point-of-Care Testing | Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Summary of Pilot Glucose Meters Patterns-of-Practice Survey | 270 | 02/08/00 | |
| Proficiency Testing | Global Odyssey 2001 | 286 | 09/26/00 |
| Publications | Carryover and Contamination — Causes, Consequences and Cures | 288 | 10/24/00 |
| External Quality Assessment in the Examination of Blood Films for Malarial Parasites Within Ontario | 271 | 02/22/00 | |
| External Quality Assessment of Reticulocyte Counting | 276 | 05/02/00 | |
| Laboratory Medicine in Ontario: Its Downsizing and the Consequences on Quality | 268 | 01/11/00 | |
| LPTP Presents Five Posters at the World Congress of Medical Technology | 280 | 06/27/00 | |
| LPTP — The Year in Review | 277 | 05/16/00 | |
| QMP-LS | Holiday Schedule | 292 | 12/19/00 |
| Introducing QMP-LS | 288 | 10/24/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Staff | Dr. David Murray Joins QMP-LS as Consultant Pathologist | 289 | 11/07/00 |
| Quality Assessment | Use of NCCLS Standards Contributes Value to the Quality of Patient Care | 275 | 04/18/00 |
| Quality Assurance | Ontario Quality Assurance Program in Gynecologic Cytology | 291 | 12/05/00 |
| Update on the Ontario Quality Assurance (QA) Program in Gynecologic Cytology | 289 | 11/07/00 | |
| Questionnaires | Virus Testing Questionnaire V-0002-Q | 270 | 02/08/00 |
| Standards | Use of NCCLS Standards Contributes Value to the Quality of Patient Care | 275 | 04/18/00 |
| What's in a Name? New Committee, Newer Name |
281 | 07/18/00 | |
| Surveys | Activated Protein C (APC) Resistance/Factor V Leiden Screening — Pilot Challenge Survey | 287 | 10/11/00 |
| Bacteriology Survey B-0004 | 274 | 04/04/00 | |
| Bacteriology Survey B-0006 | 278 | 05/30/00 | |
| Bacteriology Survey B-0011-G | 289 | 11/07/00 | |
| Blood Gas Survey C-0005-BG | 276 | 05/02/00 | |
| Chemistry Survey C-0010-AE (Urine Albumin Excretion Rate) | 285 | 09/12/00 | |
| Chemistry Survey C-0101-AE | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Cytology Patterns-of-Practice Survey | 271 | 02/22/00 | |
| Cytology Patterns-of-Practice Survey Y-0003 | 272 | 03/07/00 | |
| Drug Monitoring — Drugs of Abuse Pilot Survey D-0010-DA | 286 | 09/26/00 | |
| Drug Monitoring Surveys D-0005 and D-0005-CY | 276 | 05/02/00 | |
| Endocrinology Patterns-of-Practice Survey R-0008-PP | 282 | 08/01/00 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-0002 | 270 | 02/08/00 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-0009 will Include PSA Testing | 283 | 08/15/00 | |
| Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Survey Z-0010 | 287 | 10/11/00 | |
| Flow Cytometry March Surveys | 273 | 03/21/00 | |
| Flow Cytometry Survey | 272 | 03/07/00 | |
| Flow Cytometry Survey to be Conducted in August | 282 | 08/01/00 | |
| Hematology Survey H-0011-R: Reticulocyte Count | 290 | 11/21/00 | |
| Hematology-Morphology Survey M-0002 | 270 | 02/08/00 | |
| Immunology Survey L-0006 | 278 | 05/30/00 | |
| Immunology Survey L-0011 | 289 | 11/07/00 | |
| LPTP Educational Slide Survey: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Head and Neck | 285 | 09/12/00 | |
| LPTP Patterns-of-Practice Survey: Molecular Diagnostics of Inherited Disorders | 272 | 03/07/00 | |
| Molecular Diagnostics of Inherited Human Disorders — Pilot Challenge | 287 | 10/11/00 | |
| Summary of Pilot Glucose Meters Patterns-of-Practice Survey | 270 | 02/08/00 | |
| Upcoming Bone Marrow Survey H-0009-BM | 285 | 09/12/00 | |
| Virology Survey V-0008 | 282 | 08/01/00 | |
| Z-0004 Enzymes, Cardiac Markers & Lipids Surveys | 274 | 04/04/00 | |
| Transfusion Medicine | Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 268 | 01/11/00 |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 269 | 01/25/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 273 | 03/21/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 283 | 08/15/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 284 | 08/29/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science | 287 | 10/11/00 | |
| Building Confidence in Transfusion Science Symposium | 275 | 04/18/00 | |
| LPTP Presents Five Posters at the World Congress of Medical Technology | 280 | 06/27/00 | |
| OHA Hosts Conference on Blood Issues | 274 | 04/04/00 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Transfusion Medicine Workshop | 281 | 07/18/00 | |
| Virology | Carryover and Contamination — Causes, Consequences and Cures | 288 | 10/24/00 |
| Imported Lassa Fever Reported in the United Kingdom | 273 | 03/21/00 | |
| Parameters to be Monitored in 2001 by Discipline | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| QMP-LS Plans New Initiatives for 2001 | 292 | 12/19/00 | |
| Virology Survey V-0008 | 282 | 08/01/00 | |
| Virus Testing Questionnaire V-0002-Q | 270 | 02/08/00 | |
| Web Sites | Frequently Asked Questions — LPTP Internet Courses | 286 | 09/26/00 |
| Passwords for Electronic Surveys | 272 | 03/07/00 |