Australian Laboratory Services Pty Ltd

Site

Newcastle Biology Laboratory – ALS Environmental

Accreditation No.

825

Site No.

9847

Date of Accreditation

05 Apr 1995

Address

5/585 Maitland Road
Mayfield West, NSW 2304
Australia

alsglobal.com

Contact

Ms Andrea Swan P: +61 (02) 40142500

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Newcastle Biology Laboratory – ALS Environmental

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
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)

Legionella pneumophila; Legionella spp. Spread plate

AS 3896 (in-house method MW021)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Membrane filter

AS 4276.13 (in-house method MW010)

Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Defined substrate technology

AS 4276.21 (in-house method MW004)

Plate count Membrane filter

APHA 9215 (in-house method MW040)

Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms - Thermotolerant Membrane filter

AS 4276.5 (in-house method MW006)

Heterotrophic colony count Pour plate

AS 4276.3 (in-house method MW002)

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

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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