Media Releases
Canada Celebrates National Medical Laboratory Week
HAMILTON, ONTARIO. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have a better understanding of the laboratory’s role in testing, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. However, visible or not, medical laboratory professionals have always been a part of the...
MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS CONCERNED WITH ONGOING STATE OF LABORATORIES IN CANADA
Hamilton (May 4, 2021) The Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) is outlining serious concerns to government on the need for action to address inadequacies across Canada’s medical laboratory network. While many of these challenges were...
New project to increase the success of Internationally Educated Medical Laboratory Technologists entering the Canadian labour market
EDITOR'S NOTE: APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PROGRAM ARE NOW CLOSED (HAMILTON, ON) The Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) is pleased to announce the launch of a new project, Workplace Integrated Learning Pilot for IEMLTS. The project aims to create...
Medical lab professionals shine brightly (in indigo) amidst a global health crisis
HAMILTON, ON - In the past year, more Canadians have come to understand the relationship between their health and laboratory testing. What’s still not fully understood is that COVID-19 is just one of the 1.2 million tests conducted by medical laboratory professionals...
The Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science Thanks LifeLabs for Supporting its Medical Laboratory Professionals
Hamilton (December 2, 2020) The Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) applauds LifeLabs for providing its medical laboratory professionals with additional financial recognition during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical Laboratory Technologists and...
NEW CAMPAIGN ASKS CANADIANS TO ‘TAKE A CLOSER LOOK’ AT THE WORK OF CANADIAN MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS
The Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science launches #IndigoLabCoat as a symbol of pride for medical laboratory professionals across Canada to showcase the relentless dedication to their work.(HAMILTON, ON) The need for Canadians to undergo testing for...
Laboratory staffing approach key to Ontario’s response to COVID-19 pandemic
The Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) congratulates the Government of Ontario for its $1.07 billion investment in expanding COVID-19 testing and case and contact management. However, there is concern regarding the approach to staffing...
New Tool Created to Improve the Use of Laboratory Resources
HAMILTON, ON - An estimated 20–50% of all laboratory testing is inappropriately ordered, meaning that it is either an incorrect test, a redundant test or a correct test ordered at the wrong time. This results in large amounts of wasted public money, misdirected...
Investing in Alberta Laboratory Infrastructure
Today, the Alberta Government announced it is investing $15M in laboratory services. The CSMLS has been working with this government towards this goal, as our Alberta members have told us there is a dire need for investment in lab infrastructure. However, our work...
CSMLS to enhance certification exam process to ensure supply of new laboratory professionals amidst COVID-19 pandemic
The Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) is pleased to announce two significant changes to the General Medical Laboratory Technologist and Medical Laboratory Assistant certification exams: Additional exam sittings to be conducted in June, August,...