This week Blood Transfusion Medicine at UHN underwent joint accreditation assessments by the American Association of Blood Banks (aaBB) and College of American Pathologists (CAP).   The accreditation team comprised of Dr. Ramesh Borad and Dr. Elpidio Pena assessed the combined  1572 requirements against the Laboratory Medicine Program’s -  Blood Transfusion Laboratories and the patient care... Continue Reading →

Recently, Dr. Anna Porwit and Amr Rajab, from UHN’s Laboratory Medicine Program (LMP) had their work on flow cytometry protocols presented at a Chicago conference featuring technological innovations in laboratory hematology. Due to high international interest, their protocols for investigating new onset cytopenias have been published in a special issue of the International Journal of... Continue Reading →

This year our Big Bike team, led by 10 year captain, Jennifer Hardaker rallied hard and fundraised $6,235 to support the Heart and Stroke Foundation with our ride up and down University Avenue. The ride brought out nearly 30 members of the Laboratory Medicine Program (LMP), all of which pedaled the Big Bike from the... Continue Reading →

Going above and beyond is a common characteristic among many LMP staff, and Sandeep Uppal, a lab technician in the Toronto Western Hospital’s Blood Collection ECG Lab, proved her commitment to excellent patient care when she acted quickly to ensure an at risk pre-admission patient in the LMP’s ECG lab received the immediate care he... Continue Reading →

Even as work, school, and volunteering crowd their schedules, it doesn’t stop the BSP team from cycling the full distance of 75km for this year’s Becel Heart & Stroke Ride for Heart organized by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, taking place on Sunday May 31, 2015. Nicholas Pasquale and Zahra Maamir, both from the BioSpecimens... Continue Reading →