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 Established in 1982, CMPT provides external assessment challenges (EQA) for   Clinical   Microbiology and Water Testing Laboratories.

  CMPT's Proficiency Testing samples, to the extent possible, look and act like true   samples,   so that they can be handled and processed in as normal a fashion   possible.

  CMPT performs quality control and assurance procedures to ensure that samples,   again to   the extent possible, are sufficiently similar so that all participants receive   the same   sample.


CMPT's EQA Programs are designed to fit the needs of a variety of laboratory sizes and capabilities.
    PROGRAM      DESCRIPTION
Clinical Bacteriology
   
 learn more        order form		 - 4 shipments/year
- 1 to 8 samples/shipment (depending on laboratory category)
- challenge critique: comparison of results, literature review,   recommendations by   reviewers (critique example)
Clostridium difficile Toxin Assay

  learn more        order form		 - 2 shipments/year
- 2 samples/shipment
- samples simulating stool; positive or negative for C. difficile toxin and   C. difficile common antigen.
- challenge critique: comparison of results, literature review,   recommendations by   reviewers (critique example)
Supplementary Gram Smears

  learn more        order form		  Complementary Gram program available to laboratories with one year  subscription to  Clinical Bacteriology program
- 2 shipments/year
- 2 extra slides/shipment (simulated CSF and sterile fluid samples)
- challenge critique: comparison of results, literature review,   recommendations by   reviewers (critique example)
Enteric Parasitology

  learn more        order form		 - 3 shipments/year
- 3 samples/shipment
- challenge critique: comparison of results, literature review,   recommendations by reviewers (critique example)
Mycology Plus

  learn more        order form		 - 3 shipments/year
- 3 samples/shipment
- challenge critique: comparison of results, literature review,   recommendations by   reviewers (critique example)
Dermatophyte Mycology

  learn more        order form		 - 2 shipments/year
- 2 samples/shipment
- challenge critique: comparison of results, literature review,   recommendations by reviewers (critique example)
Water Microbiology

  learn more        order form		 Drinking
- 3 shipments/year
- 4 samples/shipment
- charts, comparison or results, methods (see example)
Recreational (P. aeruginosa, Enterococcus, E. coli)
- 3 shipments/year
- 4 samples/shipment
- charts, comparison or results, methods (see example)
Trichomonas vaginalis Antigen

  learn more        order form		 - 3 shipments/year
- 4 samples/shipment
- results comparison, literature review
Molecular
- MRSA
- VRE
- group B streptococcus

                            order form		 - 2 shipments/year
- 5 samples (swabs)/shipment
Shiga Toxin

                            order form

- 2 shipments/year
- 3 samples /shipment

International EQA Training program

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2 weeks EQA Training Course

The course is suitable for laboratorians with a minimum of 5-years experience in clinical microbiology and requires a 2-week stay in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This training is for technologists who are currently running a PT program or producing PT samples in their respective countries.

For more information please contact CMPT                   SHIPPING DATES

Revised: 17 May 2012

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