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Raising your Profile
Because you work in a lab out of sight, the life-saving importance of what you do can be a hidden. The MLPAO raises your profile within provincial government, within your hospital, and within your communities.
As Medical Laboratory professionals continue to fight COVID-19 as front-line healthcare workers, the MLPAO has been speaking with local, provincial, and national media sources about turnaround times, COVID-19 testing processes, and the hidden heroes working hard in labs across the province.
Check out some of our coverage below.
October 16, 2020 - Global News Toronto
"Ontario to receive 2 rapid COVID-19 tests next week, expert says"
October 15, 2020 - CHCH
"Medical testing needs"
October 14, 2020 - Global News Canada
"70% of Ontario labs were understaffed prior to pandemic, says expert"
September 28, 2020 - CTV Ottawa
"How to Reduce the Backlog of COVID-19 Test Results"
September 23, 2020 - CTV Ottawa
"Increasing Testing Capacity"
June 20, 2020 - CP24
"COVID-19 Testing is Putting a Strain on Labs"
May 30, 2020 - CP24
"Low morale for Lab Professionals after not being included in TPP initiatives"
May 21, 2020 - CTV National
"Provinces Struggle to Meet Testing Targets"
May 16, 2020 - CP24
"Lab Workers Say Morale Is Low Because They Don't Get Pandemic Pay"
May 5, 2020 - CTV Ottawa
"Lab technicians ask Premier to be included in 'pandemic pay' for health care workers"
April 24, 2020 - CTV Ottawa
"Ontario ramping up testing"
April 11, 2020 - CP24
"Backlog of 7,000 Lab Tests is Now Cleared"
April 3, 2020 - Global News Kingston
"How lab techs are keeping busy during COVID -19 Crisis"
March 24, 2020 - CTV News London
"Only high-priority patients tested for COVID-19 in London"
October 15, 2020 - CTV Ottawa
"New Rapid Testing Coming to Ontario"
October 5, 2020 - Global News Kingston
"Medical Laboratory Professionals’ Association of Ontario talks to GNM about lab technicians and COVID-19 results"
September 27, 2020 - CTV Ottawa
"Testing Backlog a Concern"
September 23, 2020 - CP24
"Pressure is on Ontario Lab Workers to Process COVID-19 Tests Quickly"
June 9, 2020 - CP24
"Survey of Lab Workers Raising Concerns About Burnout"
May 24, 2020 - CP24
"Province Wants to Reach 19,000 Tests Each Day"
May 21, 2020 - CHCH
"Drop in testing"
May 10, 2020 - CTV National
"Ontario records lowest cases in over a month"
April 26, 2020 - CTV National
"Caution Urged on COVID-19 Immunity Passports"
April 15, 2020 - CTV Ottawa
"Ontario's testing backlog doubles in a day"
April 9, 2020 - CTV Ottawa
"Can Ontario do 13,000 COVID-19 tests per day?"
March 31, 2020 - CHCH Hamilton
"Covid-19 Testing"
March 23, 2020 - CTV News Ottawa
"Ottawa medical labs ramp up testing for COVID-19"
October 20, 2020 - Global News, Andrew Russell and Carolyn Jarvis: "Coronavirus: Inside the supply chain crisis slowing Canadian labs"
October 14, 2020 - Global News, Andrew Russell and Carolyn Jarvis: "Ontario training hundreds of lab workers to deal with testing backlog. But is it enough?"
October 11, 2020 - CP24, Kerrisa Wilson: "Majority of Canadians in favour of closing non-essential businesses during second wave of COVID-19: poll"
October 11, 2020 - CP24, Kerrisa Wilson: "Ontario reports 649 new COVID-19 cases, one new death"
October 9, 2020 - Radio-Canada, Thalia D’Aragon-Giguère: "COVID-19 : le système de dépistage face à un goulot d’étranglement en laboratoire"
October 8, 2020 - The Brantford Expositor, Ryan Tumilty: "Ontario's COVID testing system slowed by shortage of key chemical from Swiss company"
October 6, 2020 - CBC Ottawa, Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan: "How the testing backlog impacts labs."
October 5, 2020 - CP24, Chris Fox: "Many COVID-19 assessment centres not open today as province works to cut through lab backlog."
October 5, 2020 - CBC Metro Morning, Ismalia Alfa
September 29, 2020 - 580 CFRA News Talk Radio, Ottawa Now: "Every COVID test has to be processed by a Medical Lab Technologist…those Technologists are where the shortage is": Calls For More Lab Technologists Grow As Wait Times For COVID-19 Test Results Reach Up To 7 Days"
September 27, 2020 - CTV National: "Some Ontario Pharmacies Now Offering COVID-19 Testing"
September 27, 2020 - CTV Ottawa, Dave Charbonneau: "Ottawa residents frustrated with multi-day wait for COVID-19 test results"
September 25, 2020 - CBC Radio, Ontario Morning: "Michelle Hoad of the Medical Laboratory Professionals' Association of Ontario, explains that a lack of qualified technologists will create a bottleneck if the province hopes to increase testing for COVID-19."
September 23, 2020 - NEWSTALK 1010, Jim Richards Showgram: "COVID-19 Tests."
August 5, 2020 - The Hamilton Spectator, Michelle Hoad: "Here are the reasons COVID-19 testing got off to a rocky start."
July 6, 2020 - The Hamilton Spectator, Aline Letourneau: "Medical lab staff working in the shadows to help defeat COVID-19."
May 15, 2020 - Windsor Star, Dave Battagello: "Frontline lab workers, diagnostic technicians not receiving pandemic top-up pay."
April 2, 2020 - CBC News, Brandie Weilke: "Long waits for COVID-19 test results reveal Canada's shortage of lab workers."
March 28, 2020 - 580 CFRA News Talk Radio Ottawa, Dahlia Kurtz: "Behind-the-Scenes in Canada's Labs Fighting COVID-19"
March 27, 2020 - SXM Canada Talks, Jeff Sammut: "The Importance of Medical Laboratory Professionals During COVID-19"
March 24, 2020 - CTV Kitchener
March 24, 2020 - CTV Ottawa Morning Live: "CHEO Joins Lab Testing for COVID-19"
March 24, 2020 - CTV National: "Challenges of COVID-19 Testing"
March 17, 2020 - CBC News, Brandie Weilke: "What to do if you think you have COVID-19: A guide to each province and territory."