Industry News · November 6, 2024 National Asbestos Awareness Week: NATA’s Commitment to a Safer Australia Each year, National Asbestos Awareness Week serves as a vital reminder of the ongoing challenges posed by asbestos, a hazardous material still present in many buildings, infrastructure, and products. For NATA, this week (Nov 24-Dec 1)… Read more
Industry News · November 6, 2024 Australia’s Progress Toward a Future Without Cervical Cancer As we mark Cervical Cancer Awareness Week Australia is making remarkable strides in the fight against cervical cancer and is on track to be the first country in the world to eliminate it altogether. This progress… Read more
Industry News · November 5, 2024 Over 75% laboratories now accredited to ISO 15189:2022 standard More than 75% of laboratories in NATA’s accredited network have already transitioned to the new ISO 15189:2022 standard, just 15 months since NATA began assessing against it. Coincidentally, NATA reached the milestone on International Pathology Day,… Read more
Member News · October 10, 2024 Member News October 2024Member Milestones – October New Members – September Facility No Facility Name Facility Initial Operative Date Standard Activity 21472 Heart Diagnostics Pty Ltd 1/Sep/24 DIAS Diagnostic Imaging 21461 IVF Australia 10/Sep/24 DIAS Diagnostic Imaging Read more
Industry News · October 10, 2024 NATA’s 2024 Annual Report, new Board Members and Annual General Meeting.2024 Annual Report NATA’s 2024 Annual Report is now available and highlights key activities, initiatives, and NATA’s financial performance for the 2023-2024 financial year. We invite you to review the report here. New NATA Board Members … Read more
Industry News · October 10, 2024 A new dawn for global accreditationGLOBAC, a new organisation that will bring together the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) to become a single global accreditation organisation, is a step closer following a vote by ILAC… Read more
Industry News · October 10, 2024 Advancing Conformity Assessment in the Digital AgeBrett Hyland, NATA’s Stakeholder Engagement Manager and United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) Project Lead, recently published the paper “Verifiable and Traceable Product Conformity Data” in the International Journal for Conformity Assessment. … Read more
Industry News · October 10, 2024 Celebrating a better life with Standards on World Standards Day On October 14, we celebrate World Standards Day and acknowledge the intrinsic link between accreditation, national and international standards. As with accredited products and services, Standards play a key role in nearly every part of our… Read more
Member News · October 9, 2024 Precision in every test: Celebrating 30-years of NATA accreditation at The Chemistry Centre The Chemistry Centre, a leading authority in scientific expertise based in Brisbane’s Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, is celebrating 30-years of continuous NATA accreditation. This achievement highlights the Centre’s commitment to providing high-quality analytical services… Read more
Industry News · October 9, 2024 Risk management and why you should risk everything Risk is part of everyday laboratory operations and organisations that understand and embrace risk are more likely to succeed. We spoke to NATA Technical Manager, Danielle Dicker, on how ISO conformity Standards are increasingly becoming more… Read more
