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Ontario's community laboratories are working with our partners in health care to ensure that Ontario's health system is ready to respond to an influenza pandemic. For information on flu and flu resources, visit our pandemic preparedness page.
The 2008 version of the Ontario Health Plan for an Influenza Pandemic (OHPIP) was released on August 12, 2008. It includes updates to existing chapters as well as new chapters and tools designed to further guide and support planning across the healthcare system. There are revisions to the planning guidelines for laboratories and more detail is provided on surveillance and reporting systems.
The 2008 plan can be viewed in its entirety or in sections by visiting the Ministry of Health's website or by clicking here.
OAML for Students is a “one-stop shop” for information on careers and education in the medical laboratory sciences in Ontario. Got an interest in science and a desire to help people? Check out OAML for Students.
Ontario’s community
laboratories have begun routine reporting of an estimated
glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), based on the Modification
of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation, for all adult patients
(19 and older) for whom a serum creatinine level is ordered.
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Updated January 20, 2010
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OAML Scholarships for 2009-2010 Academic Year Awarded
The OAML is pleased to announce that for the fifth year. five OAML scholarships of $1,000 each were awarded to Ontario students enrolled in programs in Medical Laboratory Sciences for the academic year 2009-2010.
The successful applicants are Tara Eplett from St. Clair College, Janet Lau and Jana Braja from the Michener Institute and Sean Chin and Helen Litchfield from University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT).
The OAML congratulates all of the winners and wish them the very best as they pursue careers in Medical Laboratory Science.
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OAML Revises and Issues New Guidelines - New Versions Available Online
The OAML's Quality Assurance Committee, in collaboration with an expert panel, has completed revisions to one Guideline and issued a new Guideline.
These documents and others produced by the OAML are available on the website by clicking on the following link.
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Colorectal Cancer Screening Program
Community laboratories are playing a significant role in the province-wide program to provide early detection of colorectal cancer. On April 1, 2008, the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care launched ColonCancerCheck, a program targeted at individuals aged 50 and over who are at average risk - having no family history of colorectal cancer or symptoms. These individuals will have access to any easy-to-use at home Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) screening kit available through physicians' offices, walk-in clinics, community health centres and pharmacies as well as through Telehealth Ontario.
Ontario's community laboratories have worked with the Ministry and Cancer Care Ontario for over a year helping to design and plan for the distribution and testing of the FOBT kits and the information management of program results.
Using the community laboratories' comprehensive province wide logistics system, laboratories distributed program test kits to more than 12,000 participating physicians and 3,000 pharmacies throughout the province and will continue to supply them with kits for the life of the program.
In addition, laboratories designed standardized fecal occult blood testing procedures and a comprehensive quality assurance program specifically for this program.
The community laboratories' LIS are a vital program component providing CCO with a mechanism to gather program information critical to program design, change requirements and program success. Laboratory information systems have been modified to report test results and program information to the Colorectal Cancer Screening Registry in addition to usual results reporting to the ordering primary care physicians.
The OAML and its member laboratories are committed to helping the program achieve success as measured by increased screening rates in the province. |
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Finding a Patient Services Centre or Specimen Collection Centre (SCC's)
OAML member laboratories have patient services centres and specimen collection centres located in most areas of Ontario. For your convenience we have listed OAML member SCC's and their addresses, alphabetically by city or town.
Search for an SCC near you.
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The Lab Counsellor™
The OAML's Lab Counsellors™ were created to answer the most common questions that patients have about their laboratory tests.
If your doctor has ordered laboratory tests for you, there are steps you can take to make sure that the results of the test are as accurate as possible. If your doctor has told you to fast before your tests, check out our Fasting Lab Counsellor™ or if you are taking Digoxin there's a Lab Counsellor™ to answer your questions too.
If you are on Anticoagulant Therapy, you will find very useful our Patient Guide to Anitcoagulant Therapy.
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