Dr. Selby presenting her talk New to Point of Care INR testing? How to Get it Right. To celebrate National Medical Laboratory Week, the Medical Laboratory Professionals' in Ontario (MLPAO) arranged a number of educational initiatives throughout the week, including a final education day to cap off the week called MPLAO Connect. This year, among... Continue Reading →
Dr. Kovacs completed his medical training at the Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary in 1994. He received qualification for Neurology (1998) and for Neuropathology (2003). He holds a PhD degree for Neuroscience (2002). Between 2004 and 2007 he was the Head of the Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Budapest, Hungary. Between... Continue Reading →
With over 25 LMP staff contributing to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s (USCAP) Annual Meeting, TeamUHN was well represented as was LMP’s vision for world class precision diagnostics. A big congratulations to all who taught and presented! In total, the Academy received more than 3,000 abstracts for this year’s meeting and with... Continue Reading →
From April 21 to April 27, celebrations were taking place across the country to acknowledge the significant role medical laboratory professionals have in our health care system. LMP was proud to partake by hosting a number of events throughout the week. Here's a recap by numbers: [View the photo album here] Four Wet Lab Grossing... Continue Reading →
In 2020, the Endocrine Pathology Society will fall under the leadership of LMP’s own Dr. Ozgur Mete, Endocrine Pathologist. At the most recent USCAP (United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology) Meeting, Dr. Mete was announced as the acting VP, slated to become President in the following year. “I’m very proud to become the President,”... Continue Reading →
LMP's Blood Transfusion Team Over this past week during a planned upgrade to the Laboratory Information System (LIS), an unexpected Code Grey descended upon LMP’s Blood Transfusion Team. Overall system slowness was observed and the turnaround times for the issue of blood products were adversely affected, particularly the Electronic crossmatch and issue of RBCs. As... Continue Reading →
Just in time to bid farewell and happy retirement to long-time LMP Phlebotomist, Elaine Wright. Elaine Wright (right), LMP Phlebotomist, draws Roger Boyle's (Communications Specialist) blood for reference range validation. Over the last couple of weeks, our Hematology Core Laboratory asked for 60 female and 60 male donors across Toronto General Hospital to donate a... Continue Reading →
Mentor, volunteer, conference organizer, workshop leader and girls in STEM champion. These are just a handful of titles that LMP’s Judy Tran has held outside of her work on the bench, and as of last week, the accolades continue. On Thursday, March 14, Judy was awarded the CSMLS David Ball Award, dedicated to laboratory professionals who volunteer their time and talent... Continue Reading →
Over a span of two weeks in February, two Health Canada assessors were on site in the LMP Blood Transfusion Laboratories. The assessors reviewed compliance for activities related to the processing, labelling, storage, distribution, and transformation of blood and blood products. Assessment is an important time. It give us the opportunity to reflect on our... Continue Reading →
