National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Australian Laboratory Services Pty Ltd
Site
Newcastle Biology Laboratory – ALS Environmental
Accreditation No.
825
Site No.
9847
Date of Accreditation
05 Apr 1995
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Environment
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure |
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Analysis for enteric protozoa | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Marine waters; Potable waters; Recycled waters; Sewage (including biosolids and sediments); Swimming pool and spa waters | Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts - Detection and enumeration | Centrifugation; Filtration; Immunomagnetic separation; Microscopic examination | in-house method MM546 |
Analysis for microorganisms | Estuarine waters; Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Marine waters; Potable waters; Purified and processed waters; Recycled waters; Sewage; Swimming pool and spa waters | Enterococci | Membrane filter |
AS 4276.9 (in-house method MW023) |
Escherichia coli; Coliforms | Membrane filter |
AS 4276.5 (in-house method MW007) |
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Legionella pneumophila; Legionella spp. | Spread plate |
AS 3896 (in-house method MW021) |
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Membrane filter |
AS 4276.13 (in-house method MW010) |
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Escherichia coli; Coliforms | Defined substrate technology |
AS 4276.21 (in-house method MW004) |
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Plate count | Membrane filter |
APHA 9215 (in-house method MW040) |
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Escherichia coli; Coliforms - Thermotolerant | Membrane filter |
AS 4276.5 (in-house method MW006) |
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Heterotrophic colony count | Pour plate |
AS 4276.3 (in-house method MW002) |
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Fresh waters; Potable waters; Recycled waters; Sewage | Clostridium perfringens | Membrane filter | in-house method MM506 | |
Analysis for planktonic microalgae and cyanobacteria | Fresh waters; Industrial waters; Swimming pool and spa waters | Cyanobacteria - Biovolume | Microscopic examination |
in-house method MW024-025 |
Enumeration; Identification; Potentially toxic Cyanobacteria - Identification to genus level; Potentially toxic Cyanobacteria - Identification to species level | Microscopic examination |
in-house method MW024-025 |
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Fresh waters; Potable waters | Cyanobacteria - Total - 16s rRNA gene; Cylindrospermopsin gene; Microcystin/Nodularin gene; Saxitoxin gene | PCR - Quantitative (qPCR) | in-house method MM316 | |
Sample collection | Estuarine waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating; Potable waters | Not applicable | Grab |
in-house method EN 67 |
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Accreditation No.
825
Site No.
9847
Print date
28 Mar 2024