- Ontario community labs have over 17 million visitors a year.
- OAML Labs are responsible for over 95% of all patient diagnostic testing outside of hospitals.
- 100% of patients surveyed reported that the OAML member technicians’ abilities were good or very good (2012 independent survey by the Ontario Ministry of Health)
- The OAML has awarded more than $62,000 in scholarships to dedicated students pursuing careers in medical laboratory science
- The OAML was founded in 1978 to be the voice of the Community Laboratory Sector in Ontario.
- OAML member facilities are licensed by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
- The transportation network of OAML members moves 450,000 specimens a day
- Ontario Community Labs serve a geographic area the size of France and Spain combined, roughly 1 million square kilometers
- The OAML has been publishing and distributing clinical practice guidelines for 19 years to more than 20,000 physicians throughout Ontario
- Roughly 120 million tests are performed by member labs annually
- 12 OAML Guidelines have been accepted for inclusion in the CMA’s database of evidence-based Canadian clinical practice guidelines (CPGs)
