"Since a long time ago, I've had a passion for seniors," says Habtamu Amede, one of our mobile lab techs. He visits homes and care facilities to serve patients who can't travel to community lab sites. "They deserve it," he says. #LabWeek #WeAreLab

Thanks Ryan Jespersen for shining the spotlight on some of our biggest #labvocates during National Medical #LabWeek. A must-see panel of Alberta's current and future lab leaders! 👇

Lab technologist helps local girl with cancer overcome fear of needles. ❤️ #cochrane #ahs 1l.ink/FNS3GVK

We are proud to support the life-saving work of organ transplantation in Alberta, providing advanced testing to assess donor-recipient compatibility and the ongoing monitoring of patient health following transplants. #WeAreLab

A fantastic project that highlights the great work of our Genetics and Genomics team in helping to diagnose and treat serious genetic conditions. Thanks for sharing this story Genome Alberta! #WeAreLab

“So when this pandemic came, we were quickly able to be involved in these tests. I think we were one of the earliest involved labs in Canada,” says APL's Xiaoli Pang, co-lead of the Pan-Alberta Wastewater Monitoring Project. Read more Edify Magazine 👇 edifyedmonton.com/urban/innovati…

There are no restrictions in place on lab testing, but we continue to request physician assistance in limiting non-essential tests when possible to conserve resources. See Choosing Wisely Canada for helpful guidelines on appropriate test ordering CSMLS / SCSLM calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…

Lab testing is the single highest volume medical activity. Learn more about our efforts to decrease low-value labs and create better efficiencies in 🇨🇦's health care system on an upcoming webinar presented by @CADTH_ACMTS

We are honoured to receive this award as part of the AHS_CancerCare team! Thanks for recognizing how pathologists are enhancing breast cancer surgery through real-time analysis in the operating room➡️ improving patient outcomes and reducing surgery volumes. #innovation #WeAreLab

Tick screening increases for Lyme Disease Awareness Month fortsaskonline.com/articles/tick-…

“The faster we can get patients the right antibiotic, the better their outcome,” says APL's Dr. Hallgrimur Benediktsson. Read more about new U Calgary-led study published in Nature Communications 👇

APL microbiologist Dr. Kevin Fonseca was on CTV News Calgary this morning to discuss Alberta's tick screening program. Watch the interview to learn more about our work monitoring for Lyme disease in the province: calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2…

New lab contract expands access and saves money. Beginning Dec. 5, DynaLIFE Medical Labs will provide community and non-urgent hospital lab services in communities throughout Alberta: alberta.ca/release.cfm?xI…

DynaLIFE will open facility in Okotoks as part of new lab contract rmotoday.com/beyond-local/d…

“As a kid, I always wanted to be ‘doctoring people,’ as my family would say, and fixing people’s injuries,” says Marissa, a Combined Lab & X-ray Tech in Didsbury. Read more about why Marissa became a CLXT as we celebrate CLXT Week: albertaprecisionlabs.ca/news/Page13980… #CLXTWeek #WeAreLab

AHS is working to restore clinical IT services as well as full capacity for 8-1-1 Health Link. In an emergency, please call 9-1-1. Downtime procedures are being used at sites as needed. Updates on the outage are available on a temporary AHS website: ahsnow.ca.

AHS continues to experience a network outage, which is impacting services across AB. EMS dispatch is functioning with back-up procedures. Our teams are currently using downtime procedures to ensure we can continue to provide patient care. 1/4

The technical issue causing the provincial AHS network outage has been resolved & teams are working quickly to restore all clinical systems, which will take a few hours. We are reviewing the cause of the issue to learn how we can prevent this from happening in the future.