CEO SUMMARY: Experts point out that widely publicized episodes of lab testing deficiencies in several provinces are signs that chronic underfunding of lab testing services is a key factor in these failures. To restore public confidence in breast cancer testing, the Canadian Association of Pathologists is developing a voluntary proficiency testing system for hospital labs […]
Canadian Pathologists Start PT Testing for ER/PR
Voluntary proficiency testing program created in response to public disclosure of test deficiencies
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XV No. 11 - August 18, 2008 Issue
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