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Welcome to the web site of Canadian
Association of HIV Clinical Laboratory Specialists (CAHCLS), where members
from all over Canada dedicate their professionalism to the advancement of
HIV laboratory excellence.
Read more about the
visions and goals of CAHCLS
Read more about CAHCLS's executive members
Soul Searching
CAHCLS's
annual consensus meeting on HIV clinical laboratory testing is into its
10th year. Barry Plant (photo at left) completed
a Needs Assessment Survey for CAHCLS members in December 2008. What has
been most successful? What do members see lacking? Where does CAHCLS go
from here? Can CAHCLS take on larger roles?
Read the Survey
Summary (password protected)
Read the complete
Survey Report (password protected)
Next ... Ottawa
The next consensus meeting on HIV
clinical laboratory testing is to be held
in June 2010 in Ottawa, Ontario. The host member for this event is Dr.
John Kim (photo at right), chief of
National Laboratory for HIV Reference Services (NLHRS). For
many years John works closely with CAHCLS members to ensure that HIV and
HTLV testing in Canada is among the best in the world. Please keep
checking into this page for the exact date of the conference.
Read
more about the event
Read more about NLHRS
Turn the Tide of AIDS in Africa
Sue Cousineau (photo at left) of
Grassroot Grannies delivered a compassionate presentation in June
2009 to CAHCLS members, recounting what she saw and felt from her visit to
sub-Saharan Africa last year. Grassroot Grannies are a group of
Canadian grandmothers who dedicated their effects to support African
grandmothers who have buried their own children to HIV/AIDS and then
struggle to raise orphan grandchildren alone.
Read more about Cousineau's visit to Africa
Read more about Grassroot Grannies
ISO 15189 Accredited
The
National HIV Reference Lab has become the first lab in Canada to become
accredited to the new ISO 15189 (Medical Laboratories-Particular
Requirements for Quality and Competence) standard by Standards Council
of Canada. Dr. John Kim of PHAC expressed his appreciation to many of the labs
which CAHCLS members work with whose quality systems have played an
important role in the accredition, "This has been the impetus for us in
our ISO accreditation process and hopefully demonstrates our commitment
from the National HIV/AIDS Labs and PHAC to provide high-quality lab
activities in the area of HIV and retrovirus testing."
Read more about the accredition
Look at the certificate in details
The Canadian Advantage
How good is HIV testing in Canada?
Dr. John Kim of PHAC indicated that the HIV/HTLV serology and HIV viral
load participants in PHAC's proficiency testing programs should get an
interesting perspective by reading the latest (2006) copy of the APHL (formerly ASTPHLD) Survey
on HIV Diagnostics in USA. Particularly worth noticing are the tests
described on page 3 (current lab screening algorithm) that are still in
use.
Read
the APHL Survey on HIV Diagnostics in USA
Read more about PHAC's Proficiency Testing Program on HIV
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