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Analytical posters are now listed under discipline specific categories on the Resources page of IQMH.org.

Poster Publications

Chemistry

• Accuracy and Precision of Cholesterol, Triglycerides and HDL-Cholesterol Methods: A Retrospective Assessment of Quality
• Analytical Performance of Creatinine Methods: A Proficiency Testing Provider Perspective
• Clinical chemistry sample interferences reporting patterns in Ontario laboratories
• Comparability of Urinary Albumin and Creatinine Measurements
• Discordant Finding and Error Types Observed in Urine Drug Screens: An External Quality Assessment Program Perspective
• How are laboratories in Ontario reporting lithium for therapeutic drug monitoring
• Precision performance and error types observed in the point-of-care glucose testing: an external quality assessment program perspective
• Survey of Practices for Performance of Urinary Albumin in Laboratories from Ontario and Newfoundland
• Survey of quality assurance practices and clinical locations for POC glucose meter testing in Canada hospitals
• Use of Biological Variation for Establishing and Harmonizing Performance Limits for Clinical Chemistry Proficiency Testing Programs
• Use of the reference change value concept in comparison of two results from blind identical proficiency testing samples

Cytopathology

• Practice Patterns in Gynecological and Non-Gynecological Cytopathology: Findings from 2009-16 Surveys of Ontario Laboratories

Hematology

• Bone Marrow Sample Preparation and Processing: An IQMH Survey on Laboratory Practices
• Challenges faced by laboratories in differentiating between non-neoplastic, reactive lymphocytes and abnormal lymphocytes, neoplastic in a blood smear
• Immunophenotyping for Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Canada
• Introducing immature granulocytes (IG) in a proficiency testing program as a new parameter on automated hematology analyzers
• IQMH Laboratory Practices for Manual Blood Film Review
• Setting Appropriate Precision Limits in Routine Hematology

Microbiology

• How modern is your lab? (oral presentation)
• How modern is your lab?
• Patterns-of-Practice survey demonstrates the need for national guidelines regarding the implementation of microbiology point-of-care tests across Canada (oral presentation)
• Patterns-of-Practice survey demonstrates the need for national guidelines regarding the implementation of microbiology point-of-care tests across Canada