SCC accreditation of Olympic Lab on local news

2010-01-22

Calling the accreditation "their own personal version of a gold medal", on January 20th, the Global Montreal evening news provided viewers with some insight into the importance of this milestone for the Laval-based INRS Doping Control Laboratory.  Accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), the laboratory will perform thousands of tests on athletes at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympics Games.

 To view the clip (only available in English) forward the video to 2:41 minutes from the end

Additional coverage, including a word from the director of the Bureau de normalization, Jacques Girard, was also seen by Montreal viewers of Radio-Canada who will have noted how “précieux” (valuable) the accreditation certificate is to the laboratory.

 To view the clip (only available in French)