Below is the index of QMP-LS newsletters for 2001, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomic Pathology | QMP-LS Anatomic Pathology Program Update | 7 | 01/05/01 |
| QMP-LS to Distribute Anatomic Pathology Patterns-of-Practice Survey P-0106-PP | 10 | 01/06/12 | |
| Anatomic Pathology Patterns-of-Practice Survey P-0110-PP | 20 | 01/10/30 | |
| Bacteriology | Antimicrobial Resistance in Ontario: Are We Making Progress? | 293 | 01/01/09 |
| Bacteriology Survey B-0102 | 294 | 01/01/23 | |
| NCCLS Publishes Updated Standards | 1 | 01/02/06 | |
| New Insights into TB Bacterium's Persistence | 1 | 01/02/06 | |
| Antimicrobial Resistance in Ontario Hospital: Are We Making Progress? | 10 | 01/06/12 | |
| QMP-LS Presents three Posters at International Meetings | 12 | 01/07/10 | |
| Troubleshooting the Gram Stain | 12 | 01/07/10 | |
| Troubleshooting the Gram Stain Workshop | 13 | 01/07/24 | |
| QMP-LS Assists the Institutes of Public Health, Kosovo Microbiology Quality Control Workshop | 14 | 01/08/08 | |
| Bacteriology Survey B-0109 | 15 | 01/08/21 | |
| Bacteriology Survey B-0109 | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Troubleshooting the Gram Stain | 17 | 01/09/18 | |
| Bioterrorism Procedure Manual (Draft) | 19 | 01/10/16 | |
| Cardiac Markers | New Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction | 2 | 01/02/20 |
| Enzymes, Cardiac Markers and Lipids Survey Z-0104 | 4 | 01/03/20 | |
| Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Chemistry-General | Blood Gas Survey C-0105-BG | 7 | 01/05/01 |
| Chemistry Survey C-0107 (Albumin Excretion Rate) | 11 | 01/06/26 | |
| Chemistry-General Survey C-0110-AE | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 19 | 01/10/16 | |
| New Diabetes Guidelines | 20 | 01/10/30 | |
| Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 21 | 01/11/13 | |
| Just Released! Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium Video | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Over 300 Attended Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Coagulation | K-0106-PP Patterns-of-Practice Survey in D-dimer Testing | 10 | 01/06/12 |
| Lab Error Leads to Tragic Warfarin Overdoses | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Coagulation Committee Comments K-0106 | 19 | 01/10/16 | |
| Coagulation Survey K-0201-IL | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Continuing Education | Integrating GYN Cytology QA into Daily Practice (CME) Event | 1 | 01/02/06 |
| Integrating GYN Cytology QA into Daily Practice | 294 | 01/23/01 | |
| CLMA Seminar Offers the Roadmap to Quality | 3 | 01/03/06 | |
| NORONT Hosts Its 2001 Laboratory Technology Convention | 4 | 01/03/20 | |
| The Canadian Society of Transfusion Medicine Conference | 4 | 01/03/20 | |
| Online Education Courses | 6 | 01/04/17 | |
| QMP-LS Hosts Successful Cytology Workshop and Symposium | 6 | 01/04/17 | |
| Integrating GYN Cytology QA into Daily Practice Videos | 7 | 01/05/01 | |
| OSMT Workshop | 7 | 01/05/01 | |
| QMP-LS Hosts Successful Cytology Workshop and Symposium | 7 | 01/05/01 | |
| The Hospital for Sick Children, Dept. of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine & the University of Toronto 5th Annual Symposium | 9 | 01/05/29 | |
| QMP-LS Presents three Posters at International Meetings | 12 | 01/07/10 | |
| Troubleshooting the Gram Stain | 12 | 01/07/10 | |
| Troubleshooting the Gram Stain Workshop | 13 | 01/07/24 | |
| 2001 MDS Technical Services Seminar - Cytology | 14 | 01/08/08 | |
| Body Fluids Workshops | 14 | 01/08/08 | |
| CDC Parasitology CD | 14 | 01/08/08 | |
| QMP-LS Assists the Institutes of Public Health, Kosovo Microbiology Quality Control Workshop | 14 | 01/08/08 | |
| Annual Scientific Meeting - OSCC/QMP-LS | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Two Workshops | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Mini-Symposium (POCT) | 17 | 01/09/18 | |
| Troubleshooting the Gram Stain | 17 | 09/18/01 | |
| Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| One Day Workshop in Electrocardiography | 20 | 01/10/30 | |
| Troubleshooting the Gram Stain | 20 | 01/10/30 | |
| Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 21 | 01/11/13 | |
| Just Released! Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium Video | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Over 300 Attended Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Cytology | Integrating GYN Cytology QA into Daily Practice | 294 | 01/01/23 |
| Ontario Cervical Screening Guidelines | 294 | 01/01/23 | |
| Ontario Quality Assurance Program in Gynecologic Cytology | 294 | 01/01/23 | |
| Integrating GYN Cytology QA into Daily Practice (CME) Event | 1 | 01/02/06 | |
| Cytology Patterns-of-Practice Survey | 4 | 03/20/01 | |
| QMP-LS Hosts Successful Cytology Workshop and Symposium | 6 | 04/17/01 | |
| Integrating GYN Cytology QA into Daily Practice Videos | 7 | 01/05/01 | |
| QMP-LS Hosts Successful Cytology Workshop and Symposium | 7 | 01/05/01 | |
| Standards of Practice Guidelines: Gynecological Cytology | 7 | 01/05/01 | |
| QMP-LS Presents three Posters at International Meetings | 12 | 01/07/10 | |
| Cytology Committee Comments - Now in Colour | 13 | 01/07/24 | |
| 2000 CytoBase Report - Cervical Cytology Database Statistics | 14 | 01/08/08 | |
| 2001 MDS Technical Services Seminar - Cytology | 14 | 08/08/01 | |
| Drug Monitoring | Drug Monitoring Survey D-0110-DA | 18 | 01/10/02 |
| Drug Monitoring Survey D-0201 | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Endocrinology | Endocrinology Survey R-0104 | 6 | 01/04/17 |
| Enzymes | Enzymes, Cardiac Markers and Lipids Survey Z-0104 | 4 | 01/03/20 |
| Enzymes Survey Z-0110-HS | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Enzymes and Lipids Surveys Z-0201 | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Events/Meetings/Symposia | Integrating GYN Cytology QA into Daily Practice | 294 | 01/01/23 |
| Integrating GYN Cytology QA into Daily Practice (CME) Event | 1 | 01/02/06 | |
| The Canadian Society of Transfusion Medicine Conference | 4 | 01/03/20 | |
| National Medical Laboratory Week | 5 | 01/04/03 | |
| QMP-LS Hosts Successful Cytology Workshop and Symposium | 6 | 04/17/01 | |
| Integrating GYN Cytology QA into Daily Practice Videos | 7 | 01/05/01 | |
| OSMT Workshop | 7 | 01/05/01 | |
| QMP-LS Hosts Successful Cytology Workshop and Symposium | 7 | 01/05/01 | |
| The Hospital for Sick Children, Dept. of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine & the University of Toronto 5th Annual Symposium | 9 | 01/05/29 | |
| Troubleshooting the Gram Stain | 12 | 01/07/10 | |
| Troubleshooting the Gram Stain Workshop | 13 | 01/07/24 | |
| 2001 MDS Technical Services Seminar - Cytology | 14 | 01/08/08 | |
| Body Fluids Workshops | 14 | 01/08/08 | |
| QMP-LS Assists the Institutes of Public Health, Kosovo Microbiology Quality Control Workshop | 14 | 01/08/08 | |
| The Roadmap to Quality | 15 | 01/08/21 | |
| Annual Scientific Meeting - OSCC/QMP-LS | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Two Workshops | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Mini-Symposium (POCT) | 17 | 01/09/18 | |
| Troubleshooting the Gram Stain | 17 | 01/09/18 | |
| Mini-Symposium - POCT | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 19 | 01/10/16 | |
| One Day Workshop in Electrocardiography | 20 | 01/10/30 | |
| Troubleshooting the Gram Stain | 20 | 01/10/30 | |
| Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 21 | 01/11/13 | |
| Just Released! Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium Video | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Over 300 Attended Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| External Quality Assessment | QMP-LS Decision Path for the External Quality Assessment of Laboratories | 8 | 01/05/15 |
| Flow Cytometry | Flow Cytometry Patterns-of-Practice Survey H-0110-FCB-PP | 20 | 01/10/30 |
| General | Benchmarking Project -- Ontario Hospitals | 293 | 01/01/09 |
| For Sale: StarTalk Flash Voice Mail Module | 293 | 01/01/09 | |
| For Sale: StarTalk Flash Voice Mail Module | 294 | 01/01/23 | |
| CMLTO Elections | 2 | 01/02/20 | |
| In Memoriam -- Ilaine Matuscin | 4 | 01/03/20 | |
| National Medical Laboratory Week | 5 | 01/04/03 | |
| New Report Demands Action to Avert Nationwide Shortage of Medical Laboratory Technologists | 11 | 01/06/26 | |
| In Memoriam - David Ball | 13 | 01/07/24 | |
| We're Moving up | 15 | 01/08/21 | |
| QMP-LS Employment Opportunity | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| In Memoriam - Dr. Julius Kane | 17 | 01/09/18 | |
| QMP-LS Has Moved to the 15th Floor | 17 | 01/09/18 | |
| Bioterrorism Procedure Manual (Draft) | 19 | 01/10/16 | |
| OSMT Elections | 19 | 01/10/16 | |
| National Committee for Medical Laboratory Quality Systems | 21 | 01/11/13 | |
| Ontario Association of Medical Laboratories | 21 | 01/11/13 | |
| Holiday Schedule | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Genetics | Patterns-of-Practice Questionnaire N-0104-PP Molecular Diagnostics of Inherited Human Disorders | 5 | 01/04/03 |
| Screening for Factor V Leiden Mutation | 20 | 01/10/30 | |
| Genetics Survey G-0111 Cancelled | 22 | 01/11/27 | |
| www.ongene.ca -- Internet Access to Comprehensive Information on Ontario Genetic Services | 22 | 01/11/27 | |
| Guidelines | Ontario Cervical Screening Guidelines | 294 | 01/01/23 |
| New Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction | 2 | 01/02/20 | |
| QMP-LS Releases Draft Guidelines for the Laboratory Investigation of Hemoglobinopathies | 6 | 01/04/17 | |
| Hematology-General | Upcoming Bone Marrow Survey: H-0103-BM | 3 | 01/03/06 |
| Flow Cytometry Survey to be Conducted in March | 4 | 01/03/20 | |
| Online Education Courses | 6 | 01/04/17 | |
| QMP-LS Releases Draft Guidelines for the Laboratory Investigation of Hemoglobinopathies | 6 | 01/04/17 | |
| Hematology Survey H-0107-PP | 12 | 01/07/10 | |
| Upcoming Bone Marrow Survey H-0109-BM | 15 | 01/08/21 | |
| Hematology-Morphology | Referral Practice for Hematology-Morphology Blood Films | 3 | 01/03/06 |
| Hematology-Morphology Survey M-0112-PP | 21 | 01/11/13 | |
| Immunology | Immunology Survey L-0106 | 9 | 01/05/29 |
| Immunology Survey L-0109 | 15 | 01/08/21 | |
| Immunology Survey L-0109 | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Inherited Diseases | Screening for Factor V Leiden Mutation | 20 | 01/10/30 |
| Internet | www.ongene.ca -- Internet Access to Comprehensive Information on Ontario Genetic Services | 22 | 01/11/27 |
| OLA Presentations Online | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Lipids | Enzymes, Cardiac Markers and Lipids Survey Z-0104 | 4 | 03/20/01 |
| Enzymes and Lipids Surveys Z-0201 | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| LPTP Staff | Jane Gun-Munro Joins QMP-LS as Manager, External Quality Assessment | 293 | 01/01/09 |
| Maternal Serum Screening | MSS S-0109 Survey Cancelled | 15 | 08/21/01 |
| Medical Laboratory Technologists | New Report Demands Action to Avert Nationwide Shortage of Medical Laboratory Technologists | 11 | 01/06/26 |
| MOHLTC | Assessment of Late and Non-reporting Laboratories | 21 | 01/11/13 |
| Two Job Opportunities, MOHLTC | 21 | 01/11/13 | |
| NCCLS | NCCLS Publishes Updated Standards | 1 | 01/02/06 |
| NCCLS Publishes Updated Standards (Correction) | 2 | 01/02/20 | |
| New of Updated NCCLS Documents | 5 | 01/04/03 | |
| NCCLS Publishes Updated Standards | 19 | 01/10/16 | |
| Newsletters | QMP-LS (LPTP) Newsletter Index -- 2000 | 1 | 01/02/06 |
| Ontario Laboratory Accreditation | Ontario Laboratory Accreditation Proposed Requirements to be Released Soon | 13 | 01/07/24 |
| Two Employment Opportunities | 13 | 01/07/24 | |
| Two Employment Opportunities -- OLA | 14 | 01/08/08 | |
| Two Employment Opportunities | 15 | 01/08/21 | |
| OLA Releases Accreditation Process and Requirements | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Ontario Laboratory Accreditation Focus Groups | 17 | 01/09/18 | |
| Proposed Ontario Laboratory Accreditation Requirements | 19 | 01/10/16 | |
| Upcoming Focus Groups in Your Area | 19 | 01/10/16 | |
| Upcoming Focus Groups in Your Area | 20 | 01/10/30 | |
| Upcoming OLA Focus Groups | 21 | 11/13/01 | |
| Upcoming OLA Focus Groups | 22 | 01/11/27 | |
| OLA Presentations Online | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Parasitology | CDC Parasitology CD | 14 | 01/08/08 |
| Point-of-Care Testing | Emergence of Point-of-Care HIV Testing | 5 | 01/04/03 |
| Glucometer Survey U-0105 | 8 | 01/05/15 | |
| Glucometer Survey U-0108 | 13 | 01/07/24 | |
| Mini-Symposium - POCT | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Publications | QMP-LS Publishes Its Annual Review | 9 | 01/05/29 |
| Just Released! Ontario 2001 Chemistry Symposium Video | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| QMP-LS | Holiday Schedule | 23 | 01/12/11 |
| QMP-LS Decision Path | QMP-LS Decision Path for the External Quality Assessment of Laboratories | 8 | 01/05/15 |
| QMP-LS Policy | Assessment of Late and Non-reporting Laboratories | 21 | 01/11/13 |
| QMP-LS Review | QMP-LS Publishes Its Annual Review | 9 | 01/05/29 |
| QMP-LS Staff | Anne Raby joins QMP-LS as Consultant Technologist | 5 | 01/04/03 |
| QMP-LS Directory | 17 | 01/09/18 | |
| Questionnaires | Patterns-of-Practice Questionnaire N-0104-PP Molecular Diagnostics of Inherited Human Disorders | 5 | 01/04/03 |
| QMP-LS Participant Survey | 8 | 01/05/15 | |
| QMP-LS Participant Survey Reminder | 9 | 01/05/29 | |
| Antimicrobial Resistance in Ontario Hospital: Are We Making Progress? | 10 | 01/06/12 | |
| Standards | NCCLS Publishes Updated Standards | 1 | 01/02/06 |
| NCCLS Publishes Updated Standards (Correction) | 2 | 01/02/20 | |
| New of Updated NCCLS Documents | 5 | 01/04/03 | |
| Standards of Practice Guidelines: Gynecological Cytology | 7 | 01/05/01 | |
| National Committee for Medical Laboratory Quality Systems | 21 | 01/11/13 | Surveys | Bacteriology Survey B-0102 | 294 | 01/01/23 |
| Referral Practice for Hematology-Morphology Blood Films | 3 | 01/03/06 | |
| Upcoming Bone Marrow Survey: H-0103-BM | 3 | 01/03/06 | |
| Virology Survey V-0103 | 3 | 01/03/06 | |
| Cytology Patterns-of-Practice Survey | 4 | 01/03/20 | |
| Enzymes, Cardiac Markers and Lipids Survey Z-0104 | 4 | 01/03/20 | |
| Flow Cytometry Survey to be Conducted in March | 4 | 01/03/20 | |
| Patterns-of-Practice Questionnaire N-0104-PP Molecular Diagnostics of Inherited Human Disorders | 5 | 01/04/03 | |
| Endocrinology Survey R-0104 | 6 | 01/04/17 | |
| Blood Gas Survey C-0105-BG | 7 | 01/05/01 | |
| Glucometer Survey U-0105 | 8 | 01/05/15 | |
| QMP-LS Participant Survey | 8 | 01/05/15 | |
| Immunology Survey L-0106 | 9 | 01/05/29 | |
| QMP-LS Participant Survey Reminder | 9 | 01/05/29 | |
| Antimicrobial Resistance in Ontario Hospital: Are We Making Progress? | 10 | 01/06/12 | |
| K-0106-PP Patterns-of-Practice Survey in D-dimer Testing | 10 | 01/06/12 | |
| QMP-LS to Distribute Anatomic Pathology Patterns-of-Practice Survey P-0106-PP | 10 | 01/06/12 | |
| Chemistry Survey C-0107 (Albumin Excretion Rate) | 11 | 01/06/26 | |
| Hematology Survey H-0107-PP | 12 | 01/07/10 | |
| Cytology Committee Comments - Now in Colour | 13 | 01/07/24 | |
| Glucometer Survey U-0108 | 13 | 01/07/24 | |
| Bacteriology Survey B-0109 | 15 | 01/08/21 | |
| Immunology Survey L-0109 | 15 | 01/08/21 | |
| MSS S-0109 Survey Cancelled | 15 | 01/08/21 | |
| Upcoming Bone Marrow Survey H-0109-BM | 15 | 01/08/21 | |
| Addition of RSV Antigen Testing to Virology Survey | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Bacteriology Survey B-0109 | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Immunology Survey L-0109 | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Transfusion Medicine Survey I-0109-Q | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Chemistry-General Survey C-0110-AE | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Drug Monitoring Survey D-0110-DA | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Enzymes Survey Z-0110-HS | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Pilot Survey for RSV Antigen Testing | 18 | 01/10/02 | |
| Anatomic Pathology Patterns-of-Practice Survey P-0110-PP | 20 | 011/0/30 | |
| Flow Cytometry Patterns-of-Practice Survey H-0110-FCB-PP | 20 | 01/10/30 | |
| Assessment of Late and Non-reporting Laboratories | 21 | 01/11/13 | |
| Hematology-Morphology Survey M-0112-PP | 21 | 01/11/13 | |
| Changes to Survey I-0111 | 22 | 01/11/27 | |
| Genetics Survey G-0111 Cancelled | 22 | 01/11/27 | |
| Coagulation Survey K-0201-IL | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Drug Monitoring Survey D-0201 | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Enzymes and Lipids Surveys Z-0201 | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Virology Survey V-0201 | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Test Review | Test Review Committee for Tests Not on the Schedule of Benefits | 19 | 01/10/16 |
| Transfusion Medicine | Transfusion Medicine Survey I-0109-Q | 16 | 01/09/05 |
| Changes to Survey I-0111 | 22 | 01/11/27 | |
| Videos | Integrating GYN Cytology QA into Daily Practice Videos | 7 | 01/05/01 |
| Virology | Virology Survey V-0103 | 3 | 01/03/06 |
| Emergence of Point-of-Care HIV Testing | 5 | 01/04/03 | |
| West Nile Virus (Encephalitis) - What is it and how can you help? | 15 | 01/08/21 | |
| Addition of RSV Antigen Testing to Virology Survey | 16 | 01/09/05 | |
| Pilot Survey for RSV Antigen Testing | 18 | 011/0/02 | |
| Bioterrorism Procedure Manual (Draft) | 19 | 01/10/16 | |
| Virology Survey V-0201 | 23 | 01/12/11 | |
| Web Sites | www.ongene.ca -- Internet Access to Comprehensive Information on Ontario Genetic Services | 22 | 01/11/27 |
| OLA Presentations Online | 23 | 01/12/11 |