CEQAL Inc.

Canadian External Quality Assessment Laboratory

The Canadian External Quality Assessment Laboratory (CEQAL)is a
Canadian Health care company with roots in academic
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. It originated as a
collaborative initiative of laboratory professionals in Canada
and companies from the pharmaceutics, diagnostics and food
industries.

CEQAL partners with its customers to develop and provide high
quality products and services that support the quality
objectives of clinical and laboratory medicine. The company
designs and implements internal and external quality assessment
programs that monitor performance, assure quality and promote
the standardization of process. The company's proficiency
testing (PT) products and systems are used in both Canada and
the United States for both educational and regulatory purposes.

CEQAL's Reference Method Laboratory serves as an accuarcy base
for its PT programs. This laboratory is a member of the
Cholesterol Reference Method Laboratory Network - an
international network of Reference Method Laboratories. Through
this affiliation and certification, the company's laboratory has
documented traceability for lipid measurements to the accuracy
base at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the
United States.

The company operates a number of other reference methods in its
Reference Method Laboaratory. These methods are used for the
assignment of 'target values' to PT quality control materials
and calibrators.

Company Details

Year Established: 1996

Total Sales ($CDN): $1 - $100,000

Number of Employees: 9

Company Information

David Seccombe
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
Telephone: (604) 222-1355
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Services

Telehealth

Reference Method Laboratory The Canadian External Quality Assessment Laboratory (CEQAL) operates a Reference Method Laboratory. The Reference Methods as performed in this laboratory are used to assign 'target values' to calibrators and quality control materials. These materials are used by clinical laboratories and instrument manufacturers to establish a base of accuracy for the measurement of selected analytes. This Laboratory also serves an accuracy base for the standardization of testing in routine clinical laboratories and 'core' laboratories that are used in national and international clinical trials.

Medical Laboratories - Quality Control Systems CEQAL provides a broad range of external quality assessment (EQA) and proficiency testing (PT) programs that monitor the quality of testing in clinical laboratories in both Canada and the United States. It operates a Reference Method Laboratory which serves as an accuracy base for its external quality assessment programs. The company's systems have been designed to facilitate the standardization of test results and document traceability to the reference method accuracy base that operates within the company's Reference Method Laboratory. CEQAL's data management systems are unique to the industry. Its HealthMetrx system is a web based application that has been designed to support the delivery of CEQAL's PT programs. The HealthMetrx system provides all clinical laboratories that subscribe to the CEQAL's PT programs the opportunity of participating directly in the monitoring process through this internet application.