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| January 2007 |
Acid-fast bacilli (AFB): change in reporting the enumeration of AFB in smears |
(LAB-SD-018-000) |
| November 2006 |
Anaerobic culture |
(LAB-SD-012-000) |
| July 2012 |
Antifungal drug susceptibility testing - yeast |
(LAB-SD-061-001) |
| November 2010 |
Arthropod identification services |
(LAB-SD-023-001) |
| January 2007 |
Blood collection using serum separator tubes |
(LAB-SD-008-001) |
| December 2008 |
Bordetella molecular testing - changes to result reporting |
(LAB-SD-047-000) |
| April 2012 |
Bordetella testing by Real-Time PCR - Addition of Bordetella holmesii |
(LAB-SD-078-000) |
| March 2010 |
Changes in HHV-6 Reference testing at the National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg |
(LAB-SD-063-000) |
| May 2011 |
Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae SCG |
(LAB-SD-004-005) |
| May 2011 |
Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae - sensitivity |
(LAB-SD-005-004) |
| August 2008 |
Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae - laboratory testing |
(LAB-SD-039-001) |
| November 2008 |
Clostridium difficile - specimen acceptance and testing during outbreaks |
(LAB-SD-045-000) |
| August 2008 |
Clostridium difficile toxin testing - apecimen acceptance criteria |
(LAB-SD-002-002) |
| October 2011 |
Cobas Ampliprep/Cobas Taqman HIV 1 Qual Test - New test for HIV1 PCR Change in Testing Methodology/Sample Submission |
(LAB-SD-074-000) |
| June 2011
|
Coxiella burnetii, Brucella Spp. and Francisella tularensis
- Changes in serological testing algorithms |
(LAB-SD-077-000)
|
| October 2012 |
Cumulative Reporting for Hepatitis and HIV |
(LAB-SD-089-000) |
| January 2012 |
Dengue fever - interpreting serology results (Updated) |
(LAB-SD-037-000) |
| December 2008 |
Diagnostic interpretation of viral specific IgM and IgG serology |
(LAB-SD-044-000) |
| January 2010 |
Discontinuation of Diphtheria and Tetanus Serology testing at PHL |
(LAB-SD-040-001) |
| June 2008 |
Documentation - criteria for acceptance |
(LAB-SD-001-003) |
| February 2007 |
Entamoeba histolytica/dspar differentiation test |
(LAB-SD-013-000) |
| June 2009 |
Enteric viral cultures |
(LAB-SD-055-000) |
| September 2012 |
Epstein‐Barr Virus (EBV) Serology– VCA IgG, VCA IgM, EA IgG, EBNA IgG
Change in testing methodology |
(LAB-SD-087-000) |
| August 2007 |
Fungal blood culture requests |
(LAB-SD-022-001) |
| April 2012 |
Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) – Change in reporting
|
(LAB-SD-085-000) |
| Febuary 2008 |
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA testing and interpretation - update |
(LAB-SD-031-000) |
| February 2009 |
Hepatitis C antibody - change in supplementary testing, interpretation, and recommended follow-up testing |
(LAB-SD-020-001) |
| February 2008 |
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA and genotype testing and interpretation - update |
(LAB-SD-033-001) |
| April 2008 |
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) - anti-HCV positive results, next steps |
(LAB-SD-034-000) |
| May 2013
|
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) Genotype/Subtype Testing - Change in Testing Methodology
|
(LAB-SD-092-000) |
| December 2007 |
Herpes Simplex virus - discontinuation of IgM antibody testing |
(LAB-SD-027-000) |
| June 2007 |
Herpes Simplex virus testing - culture |
(LAB-SD-021-000) |
| March 2012 |
HIV IMPORTANT NOTICE - New Proviral HIV DNA Tropism (V3) assay at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence |
(LAB-SD-082-001) |
| February 2007 |
HIV and Hepatitis - testing cadaveric / autopsy / post-mortem specimens |
(LAB-SD-017-000) |
| February 2013 |
HIV‐1 Qual Test using Dried Blood Spots (DBS) by Cobas Ampliprep/Cobas Taqman |
(LAB-SD-086-001) |
| October 2011 |
Implementation of multiplex assay for detection of carbapenemase activity in the Enterobacteriaceae |
(LAB-SD-075-000) |
| October 2012 |
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viral Testing for 2012-2013 |
(LAB-SD-070-002) |
| May 2012 |
Influenza and other Respiratory Viral Testing for Spring and Summer 2012 (June 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012) |
(LAB-SD-076-001) |
| April 2009 |
KPC, a newly emerging carbapenemase |
(LAB-SD-052-000) |
| April 2012 |
Legionella – Change in testing methodology to Real-Time PCR testing
|
(LAB-SD-084-000) |
| March 15, 2010 |
Listeria monocytogenes testing - specimen collection for foodborne illness |
(LAB-SD-043-003) |
| October 2012 |
Lyme Disease IgG/IgM – Implementation of C6 peptide assay for Borrelia burgdorferi |
(LAB-SD-088-000) |
| May 2009 |
Malaria-genotyping of drug resistance markers |
(LAB-SD-056-000) |
| May 2009 |
Malaria realtime PCR |
(LAB-SD-054-000) |
| April 2013 |
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) and Varicella‐Zoster Virus (VZV) Immune Status Serology |
(LAB-SD-090-000) |
| June 2011 |
Measles PCR - Addition to Testing menu at PHO Laboratories |
(LAB-SD-079-000) |
| July 2011
|
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)
- Susceptibility Testing Update |
(LAB-SD-083-000)
|
| March 2008 |
N. meningitidis - criteria for nucleic acid amplification testing |
(LAB-SD-028-000) |
| June 2011 |
Non 0157 Shiga Toxin Producing E coli (STEC) Laboratory Testing Guidelines |
(LAB-SD-081-000) |
| August 2010 |
Norovirus outbreak testing |
(LAB-SD-016-001) |
| May 2006 |
Ontario Newborn Screening Program - enhanced |
(LAB-SD-009-000) |
| September 2011
|
Ova and parasites - A change to the Public Health Laboratories (PHL) stool collection kit
|
(LAB-SD-071-001)
|
| March 2007 |
Pandemic / avian influenza is suspected - specimen collection and transportation guidelines |
(LAB-SD-015-000) |
| September 2007 |
Parasitology - Clinical Information requirements |
(LAB-SD-024-000) |
| June 2008 |
Parvovirus B19 - interpreting serology results |
(LAB-SD-036-000) |
| June 2011
|
Parvovirus B19 IgG and IgM serology – Change in testing methodology |
(LAB-SD-080-000)
|
| May 19, 2011 |
PHL Contingency Plan for Canada Post Strike |
|
| July 2010 |
Public Health Laboratories Implement A New Screening Test for HIV -1/2 |
(LAB-SD-065-000) |
| September 2010 |
Public Health Laboratories Implement New Viral Load Test for HIV1 |
(LAB-SD-069-000) |
| October 2012 |
Syphilis (Treponema pallidum) serology testing and interpretation - update |
(LAB-SD-057-001) |
| February 2009 |
Systemic Mycoses - change in specimen submission guidelines |
(LAB-SD-050-000) |
| December 2007 |
S.pneumoniae and fastidious or Infrequently isolated bacteria - susceptibility test method change |
(LAB-SD-030-000) |
| December 2005 |
Susceptibility testing of M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates |
(LAB-SD-006-000) |
March 2011 |
Toxoplasma gondii IgG serology - Change in screen testing methodology |
(LAB-SD-048-000) |
| May 2010 |
Tuberculosis (TB) and Mycobacteriology Laboratory Update |
(LAB-SD-064-001) |
| August 2010 |
Tuberculosis (TB) and Mycobacteriology Laboratory Update – Second-line Drug Susceptibility Testing of M.tuberculosis |
(LAB-SD-067-000) |
| August 2010 |
Tuberculosis (TB) and Mycobacteriology Laboratory Update – New Test for the Rapid Detection of M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) |
(LAB-SD-068-000) |
| January 2010 |
Updated OAHPP Laboratory General Test Requisition Form now available |
(LAB-SD-019-001) |
| January 2009 |
Urine viral cultures: changes to testing procedures |
(LAB-SD-049-000) |
| November 2008 |
Viridans group streptococci changes to laboratory identification procedures |
(LAB-SD-046-000) |
| March 2008 |
West Nile interpretations |
(LAB-SD-011-002) |
