SA Pathology

Site

Food and Environment Laboratory & Calibration and Testing Laboratory

Accreditation No.

2348

Site No.

1514

Date of Accreditation

02 Apr 1981

Address

SA Pathology Building, Level 1,, Frome Road
Adelaide, SA 5000
Australia

sapathology.sa.gov.au

Contact

Mr Jason Graefling P: +61 (08) 82223137

Availability

Services conditionally available to external clients

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Scope of Accreditation

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Calibration and Testing Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Calibration

  • The uncertainty of measurement is reported as an expanded uncertainty having a level of confidence of 95% unless stated otherwise
Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Temperature metrology - Temperature measuring equipment Digital temperature measuring systems; Temperature loggers - Single and multi-channel Temperature Comparison with a reference standard

by the methods of -

PRC-CEN-23;  AS 3864

Capability

with Calibration and Measurement Capability of -

0.3 °C from -196 °C to - 80 °C

0.3 °C from above- 80 °C to - 30 °C
0.06 °C from above- 30 °C to 200 °C for RTD sensors only
0.3 °C from above -30 °C to 200 °C for T/C sensors


0.5 ºC from -80 ºC to 200 ºC for recorders and digital indicators only (including on site)
Temperature metrology - Verification of controlled enclosures Autoclaves and sterilising ovens Temporal uniformity Direct temperature measurement

By the methods of -

AS/NZS 4187:2014 Section 7.4, PRC-CEN-6

Capability

with Calibration and Measurement capability of -

0.5 ºC from 23ºC to 180 ºC
Temperature metrology - Verification of controlled enclosures Baths Temperature; Temporal uniformity Direct temperature measurement

Calibration of baths

By the methods of -

AS 2853, PRC-CEN-24

In-house calibration of baths

By the methods of -

PRC-CEN-21

Capability

with Calibration and Measurement Capability of -

Calibration of baths

0.5 ºC from -80ºC to 200ºC

In-house calibration of baths

0.15 ºC from -80ºC to 200ºC
Temperature metrology - Verification of controlled enclosures Environmental chambers - Temperature; Ovens Spatial uniformity; Temperature Direct temperature measurement

By the methods of -

AS 2853, PRC-CEN-24, PRC-CEN-4

Capability

with Calibration and Measurement Capability of -

0.5 ºC from  0 ºC to 100 ºC 

1 ºC above 100 ºC to 200 ºC
Temperature metrology - Verification of controlled enclosures Freezers Temperature Direct temperature measurement

By the methods of -

AS 2853, PRC-CEN-4

Capability

with Calibration and Measurement Capability of -

0.5 ºC from -80ºC to 0ºC
Temperature metrology - Verification of controlled enclosures Incubators Spatial uniformity; Temperature Direct temperature measurement

By the methods of -

AS 2853, PRC-CEN-24

Capability

with Calibration and Measurement Capability of -

0.5 ºC from 23ºC to 100ºC
Temperature metrology - Verification of controlled enclosures Medical refrigeration equipment Temperature; Temporal uniformity Direct temperature measurement

By the methods of -

AS 3864.2, PRC-CEN-4

Capability

with Calibration and Measurement Capability of -

0.5 ºC from -80ºC to 100ºC
Volume and density - Laboratory volumetric glassware and measures Piston operated volumetric apparatus (POVA) Volume Gravimetric

ISO 8655-6

Capability

with Calibration and Measurement Capability of -

0.03 μL from 0.4 μL to 4 μL
0.05 μL above 4 μL to 25 μL
0.16 μL above 25 μL to 100 μL
0.32 μL above 100 μL to 1200 μL
1.5 μL above 1200 μL to 2000 lL
1.8 μL at 5000 μL
5.1 μL at 10000 μL

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Evaluation of air control equipment Biological safety cabinets Sound level Face velocity AS 1807 clause 4.7
 For determining compliance with requirements of
 AS 2252.1(2002) clause 5.3.1
Inward air velocity Cold DOP AS 1807 clause 4.8 For determining compliance with requirements of
AS 2252.1(2002) clause 5.2.2
Biological safety cabinets; Cytotoxic drug safety cabinets Air barrier containment Cold DOP AS 1807 clause 4.9 For determining compliance with requirements of
 AS 2252.2 clause 5.2.2
AS 2252.5 clause 7.2.2
Integrity of HEPA filter installations Cold DOP AS 1807 clause 4.4
 For determining compliance with requirements of
AS 2252.1(2002) clause 5.2.1,
AS 2252 clause 5.2.1
AS 2252.5 clause 7.2.1
Ultraviolet intensity Not applicable AS 1807 clause 4.10 For determining compliance with requirements of
 AS 2252.1(2002) clause 5.3.4:
AS 2252.5 clause 7.3.2
Illuminance Not applicable AS 1807 clause 4.5 For determining compliance with requirements of
 AS 2252.1(2002) clause 5.3.2;
AS 2252. 2 clause 5.3.2:
AS 2252.5 clause 7.3.4
Air velocity and uniformity of air velocity Cold DOP AS 1807 clause 4.1
 for determining compliance with the requirements of
AS 2252.1(2002) clause 5.2.2
AS 2252.2 clause 5.2.4,
AS 2252.5 clause 7.2.1
Clean workstations Integrity of HEPA filter installations Cold DOP AS 1807 clause 4.4
 For determining compliance with requirements of
AS 2252. 6 clause 3.2.3
Sound level Not applicable AS 1807 clause 4.7
 For determining compliance with requirements of
 AS 2252.6 clause 3.3.3
Illuminance Not applicable AS 1807 clause 4.5
 For determining compliance with requirements of
AS 2252. 6 clause 3.3.2
Ultraviolet intensity Not applicable AS 1807 clause 4.10
 For determining compliance with requirements of
 AS 2252.6 clause 3.3.5
Clean workstations; Cytotoxic drug safety cabinets Work zone integrity Cold DOP AS 1807 clause 4.3
 For determining compliance with requirements of
AS 2252.5 clause 7.2.3,
AS 2252.6 clause 3.2.2
Fume cupboards and recirculating fume cabinets Illuminance Not applicable AS 1807 clause 4.5
 For determining compliance with
AS/NZS 2243.8 section 4.2.5
AS 2243.9 section 2.3.6
Extraction performance Smoke visualisation AS/NZS 2243.8 Appendix A
AS 2243.9 Appendix A

 For determining compliance with
 AS/NZS 2243.8 section 3.1.2.
AS 2243.9 section 4.1.2
Sound level Not applicable AS 1807 clause 4.7
 For determining compliance with
 AS/NZS 2243.8 section 4.2.4
AS 2243.9 section 5.2.5
Extraction performance Face velocity

AS/NZS 2243.8 Appendix B

 for determining compliance with the requirements of
 AS/NZS 2243.8 sections 3.1.1
AS 2243.9 sections 4.1.1
Food and Environment Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Agribusiness

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for microorganisms Meat meal; Pet foods Osmophilic yeasts; Xerophilic yeasts Spread plate in-house method PRC-MBI-622
Salmonella spp. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in-house method PRC-MBI-611
Staphylococcus spp. - Coagulase producing strains Spread plate - Petrifilm AOAC 2003.07
Psychrotrophic microorganisms Pour plate AS 5013.23
Clostridium perfringens; Clostridium spp.​​​​ Pour plate

AS 5013.16
Yeasts and moulds Spread plate in-house method PRC-MBI-662
Coliforms Most probable number (MPN) AS 5013.3
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Thermotolerant Most probable number (MPN)

AS 5013.15
Lactic acid bacteria Pour plate in-house method PRC-MBI-620
Plate count Pour plate AS 5013.5
Listeria monocytogenes; Listeria spp. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in-house method PRC-MBI-641
Colony count Spread plate AS 5013.14.3
Escherichia coli​​​​ Spread plate - Petrifilm AOAC 991.14
Staphylococcus spp. - Coagulase producing strains Spread plate - Petrifilm AOAC 2003.08
Enterobacteriaceae Spread plate

AOAC 2003.1
Yeasts and moulds Pour plate in-house method PRC-MBI-662
Escherichia coli​​​​ Spread plate - Petrifilm AOAC 998.08
Salmonella spp. Qualitative selective enrichment AS 5013.10
Staphylococcus spp. - Coagulase producing strains Spread plate - Petrifilm AOAC 2003.11
Campylobacter spp. Qualitative selective enrichment

AS 5013.6
Yeasts and moulds Spread plate AS 5103.29
Vibrio cholerae; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Vibrio spp. Qualitative selective enrichment in-house method PRC-MBI-613

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for microorganisms Air - Indoor Plate count; Yeasts and moulds Settle plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-639
Plate count; Yeasts and moulds Settle plate in-house method PRC-MBI-648
Egg wash and egg humidifier reverse osmosis water; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Potable waters; Purified and processed waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Coliforms Membrane filter in-house method PRC-MBI-598
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Potable waters; Purified and processed waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Pseudomonas aeruginosa Membrane filter

AS/NZS 4276.13
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Defined substrate technology

AS 4276.21
Clostridium perfringens; Clostridium spp. - Sulfite reducing Membrane filter

AS/NZS 4276.17.1
Legionella pneumophila; Legionella spp. Spread plate

AS 3896
Vibrio cholerae; Vibrio spp. Qualitative selective enrichment AS/NZS 4276.15
Plate count Pour plate AS/NZS 4276.3.2
Plate count Pour plate

AS 4276.3.1
Enterococci; Enterococcus spp.; Streptococcus - Faecal Membrane filter

in-house method PRC-MBI-606
Listeria monocytogenes Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in-house method PRC-MBI-641
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Thermotolerant Membrane filter

in-house method PRC-MBI-599
Yeasts and moulds Membrane filter in-house method PRC-MBI-624
Salmonella spp. Qualitative selective enrichment

AS/NZS 4276.14
Salmonella spp. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in-house method PRC-MBI-611
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Potable waters; Purified and processed waters; Swimming pool and spa waters Pseudomonads Membrane filter in-house method PRC-MBI-630
Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Purified and processed waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters; Trade wastes Plate count Membrane filter AS 4276.1
Surfaces Plate count Spread plate AS 4709
Listeria monocytogenes; Listeria spp. Qualitative selective enrichment

In-house method PRC-MBI-665
Salmonella spp. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in-house methods PRC-MBI-611; PRC-MBI-649
Listeria monocytogenes; Listeria spp. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in-house method PRC-MBI-641
Plate count Pour plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-638
Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli​​​​; Salmonella spp.; Staphylococcus aureus; Coliforms; Coliforms - Faecal; Pseudomonads; Yeasts and moulds Spread plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-649

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Food and Beverage

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for microorganisms Beverages; Cereal products; Cocoa and cocoa products; Confectionery; Crustaceans; Dairy products; Eggs and egg products; Fish; Fruit and fruit products; Gelatine and other gums; Heat-processed foods in hermetically sealed containers; Herbs and spices; Honey; Meat and meat products; Mixed foods; Molluscs (including shell); Nuts and nut products; Poultry and poultry products; Sugar products; Vegetables and vegetable products Coliforms Most probable number (MPN)

AS 5013.3
Yeasts and moulds Spread plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-662
Plate count Spread plate

AS 5013.14.3
Clostridium perfringens; Clostridium spp.​​​​ Pour plate

AS 5013.16
Psychrotrophic microorganisms Pour plate

AS 5013.23
Escherichia coli​​​​ Spread plate - Petrifilm

AOAC 991.14
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Spread plate - Petrifilm

AOAC 998.08
Bacillus cereus; Bacillus spp. Spread plate

CCFRA 3.7.1
Pseudomonas spp. Spread plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-630
Vibrio cholerae; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Vibrio spp. Qualitative selective enrichment

in-house method PRC-MBI-613
Yeasts and moulds Spread plate

AS 5013.29
Listeria monocytogenes; Listeria spp. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in-house method PRC-MBI-641
Plate count Membrane filter

AS 5013.14.2
Staphylococcus spp. - Coagulase producing strains Spread plate

AOAC 2003.08
Staphylococcus spp. - Coagulase producing strains Spread plate - Petrifilm

AOAC 2003.11
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Thermotolerant Most probable number (MPN)

AS 5013.15
Plate count Pour plate

AS 5013.5
Staphylococcus spp. - Coagulase producing strains Spread plate

AOAC 2003.07
Enterobacteriaceae Spread plate - Petrifilm

AOAC 2003.1
Salmonella spp. Qualitative selective enrichment

AS 5013.10
Osmophilic yeasts; Xerophilic moulds Spread plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-622
Campylobacter spp. Qualitative selective enrichment

AS 5013.6
Yeasts and moulds Pour plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-662
Lactic acid bacteria; Microaerophilic Lactobacilli Pour plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-620
Salmonella spp. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in-house method PRC-MBI-611
Beverages; Cereal products; Cocoa and cocoa products; Confectionery; Dairy products; Heat-processed foods in hermetically sealed containers Bacillus coagulans GBI-30 6086 Pour plate in-house method PRC-MBI-684
Dairy products Inhibitory substances in milk Antibiotic assay - Delvotest

Delvotest SP NT

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Media Products

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Biological analysis of cosmetics, perfumes and essentials oils Cosmetic products Plate count; Yeasts and moulds Pour plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-644
Candida albicans; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli​​​​; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Salmonella spp.; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus spp. - Coagulase producing strains; Coliforms; Pseudomonads Qualitative selective enrichment

in-house method PRC-MBI-644
Cosmetic waters Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Plate count; Pseudomonads Membrane filter

in-house method PRC-MBI-646
Plate count Pour plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-646
Biological analysis of human and veterinary medicines including vaccines Dialysates; Pharmaceutical waters Plate count Pour plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-619
Plate count Membrane filter

in-house method PRC-MBI-619
Pharmaceutical waters Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Plate count; Pseudomonads Membrane filter

in-house method PRC-MBI-646
Plate count Pour plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-646
Pharmaceuticals Plate count; Yeasts and moulds Pour plate

in-house method PRC-MBI-645
Candida albicans; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli​​​​; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Salmonella spp.; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus spp. - Coagulase producing strains; Coliforms; Pseudomonads Enrichment

in-house method PRC-MBI-645
Biological analysis of medical devices Medical devices Identification of bacterial contaminants Immunological test kit

in-house method PRC-MBI-669

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