Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS)

Laboratories

Quality Assurance

Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC

• Participates in annual Inter-Laboratory Proficiency testing program with two other laboratories (since 2004)

Salmonella Typing Laboratory, Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Guelph, ON

• Participates in annual Inter-Laboratory Proficiency testing program with two other laboratories (since 2004)
• Participates in annual World Health Organization (WHO) Global Salm-Surv External Quality Assurance System (since 2002) http://www.who.int/salmsurv/activities/GSS_EQAS/en/
• Standards Council of Canada ISO 17025 Accredited Laboratory since 2002

National Microbiology Laboratory , Winnipeg, MB

• Participates in annual Inter-Laboratory Proficiency testing program with two other laboratories.
• Participated in annual Intra-Laboratory Proficiency testing program.
• Participates in annual World Health Organization (WHO) Global Salm-Surv External Quality Assurance System.
  http://www.who.int/salmsurv/activities/GSS_EQAS/en/
• Standards Council of Canada ISO 17025 Accredited Laboratory (2005).

Standardized Laboratory Analyses

Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC

• Farm, abattoir and retail samples
• E.coli, Enterococcus and Campylobacter antimicrobial susceptibility testing for animal or food isolates

Salmonella Typing Laboratory, Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Guelph, ON

• Salmonella typing & antimicrobial susceptibility testing for animal or food isolates
• Molecular characterization

National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg

• Salmonella typing and antimicrobial susceptibility testing for human isolates
• Molecular characterization

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods

• Sensititre®: automated micro-dilution AMR test
• NARMS plate – 16 antimicrobials
• E-test Campylobacter – 8 antimicrobials
• Same methods agri-food and human
• Same methods as USA

Please refer to the Integrated Analysis and Reporting section for information on breakpoints.

Please refer to the Report and Publications section for methodologies.