
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
NTPFES
Site
Forensic Science Branch – Berrimah
Accreditation No.
15007
Site No.
15293
Date of Accreditation
15 Dec 2003
Contact
Dr Paula Louise Hawthorne
P: +61 (08) 89221303
Availability
Services conditionally available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Forensic Science Branch – Berrimah
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Legal
Service | Product | Determinant |
---|---|---|
Suspended Examination of firearms, ammunition and weapons |
Ammunition; Ballistics | Examination and identification |
Firearms | Examination and identification; Firearm safety testing; Range determination; Trajectory reconstruction | |
Analysis of controlled substances | Any item received | Drug identification |
Plant material | Botanical identification | |
Crime scene investigations | Major crime scene; Non-crime related incidents (including suicides and natural disasters) | Assessment and control; Determination of the nature and extent of the scene; Examination and interpretation of the scene; Exhibit collection; Explosion examination; Fingerprint development (dusting/powders); Fire and explosion examination; Fire examinations; Physical fit comparisons; Presumptive screening for blood; Recording and imagery; Serial number restoration; Shoe impressions; Tyre impressions |
Examination of fingerprints | Fingerprints | Development |
Identification | ||
Examination of tool marks | Any item received | Comparison of impressed marks; Comparison of striated marks |
Forensic biology - Examination of biological material | Any item received | Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) |
Any item received | Collection, location and identification of biological material; Presumptive screening for blood; Presumptive screening for saliva; Presumptive screening for semen | |
Hair | Examination of hair | |
Forensic toxicology | Blood | Drugs in drivers; Drugs in living persons; Drugs of abuse |
Alcohol testing | ||
Blood; Body fluids | Drugs in drivers; Drugs in living persons; Drugs of abuse | |
Non-biological liquids | Alcohol testing | |
Genetic analysis | Biological material | DNA profiling for criminal case work - Direct comparison |
DNA profiling for relationship testing |
Katherine
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Legal
Service | Product | Determinant |
---|---|---|
Crime scene investigations | Major crime scene; Non-crime related incidents (including suicides and natural disasters); Volume crime scene | Assessment and control; Determination of the nature and extent of the scene; Development of latent prints at the scene for non-complex examinations; Development of latent prints in the laboratory for non-complex examinations; Examination and interpretation of the scene; Exhibit collection; Fingerprint development (dusting/powders); Presumptive screening for blood; Recording and imagery; Shoe impressions; Tyre impressions |
Examination of fingerprints | Fingerprints | Development |
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Accreditation No.
15007
Site No.
15293
Print date
04 Jul 2022
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