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The current version of the IQMH Medical Laboratory Accreditation Requirements (Version 7.1) is due for a complete review to ensure continued suitability in light of changes to the referenced documents and current methodologies.

All laboratories undergoing scheduled surveillance visits as part of the ISO 15189 Plus™ program are advised of the following change to the criteria for escalating minor non-conformance to major non-conformances between assessment events.

In April 2018 CSA group published a new National Standard of Canada developed by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Technical Committee, Medical Laboratory Quality Systems (Z252), which also serves as the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) Mirror Committee (SMC) for ISO Technical Committee ISO/TC212 Clinical Laboratory Testing and In Vitro Diagnostic Test Systems. IQMH expects to incorporate important details from the first edition of CSA Z316.8  Requirements for the design, development, and validation of laboratory-developed tests used for the screening, diagnosis, and management of clinical conditions. into the IQMH Accreditation Requirements, which is due for full review in 2019.

Make your professional development education plans for 2019 with the newly released Centre for Education Courses & Events Catalogue.

In preparation for the 2019 year, the Centre for Proficiency Testing would like to remind program participants that you are in control of your QView™ account. If you are a QView™ account holder, you can manage your displayed name, email address, password and email subscriptions in your profile settings.

 

IQMH is pleased to share an article about the work of core laboratory technicians at Southlake Regional Health Centre. We encourage facilities to share effective processes with their laboratory peers.

Ontario Association of Radiology Managers (OARM) held its Annual Fall Conference, September 12 –14, 2018 in Port Carling, Ontario at the beautiful JW Marriot –The Rosseau Muskoka Resort & Spa.

Newborn Screening Ontario (NSO) is the program responsible for coordinating newborn screening (NBS) for the province of Ontario. Newborn Screening (NBS) is a test that is performed shortly after birth to identify infants at increased risk for targeted serious or potentially fatal diseases. 

By Manuel Giraldo

While laboratory testing is an integral component of patient care, unnecessary testing increases healthcare costs and triggers additional invasive procedures, specialist referrals, and follow-up testing.¹ It is generally accepted that between 10% and 50% of laboratory tests are unnecessary and that defining what constitutes appropriate testing can be challenging.²