Member News · September 11, 2023 Being assessed to the revised ISO 15189 Standard: A Lead Assessor and Member perspectiveNATA is now assessing to the revised ISO 15189 Standard and to help those Members preparing for their 15189 assessments, we spoke to a NATA Lead Assessor and a recently assessed facility on their experience as… Read more
Industry News · September 11, 2023 OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) The OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) ensure the generation of high quality and reliable test data related to the safety of industrial chemicals. The Principles have been created in the context of harmonising testing… Read more
Industry News · September 11, 2023 NATA and the United Nations: Digital Conformity AssessmentThis month saw the publication by the United Nations e-Business group, UN/CEFACT, of a unique new paper dealing with conformity assessment. You can view it here We asked project lead, NATA’s own Brett Hyland to tell… Read more
Industry News · September 11, 2023 Confused about Human Pathology accreditationHuman pathology has one of the most rigorous frameworks for quality and patient safety in the world. To encourage transparency and minimise misconceptions surrounding the accreditation framework in Human Pathology, we have developed a comprehensive brochure… Read more
Media Releases · August 29, 2023 NATA becomes the second organisation to be internationally recognised for accreditation for biobankingWorld’s oldest accreditation body passes its latest APAC evaluation and continues to be at the forefront of accreditation with an expanded scope of recognition to include Biobanking 25 August, Sydney, Australia – The National Association of Testing… Read more
NATA News · August 10, 2023 NATA News August 2023 Welcome to our August edition of NATA News. Our NATA News August 2023 is now published. When is NATA News Published? NATA News is published at the beginning of each each month. Please email questions to natanews@nata.com.au Read more
Industry News · August 10, 2023 Celebrating National Science WeekNational Science Week 2023 As an integral part of Australia’s scientific community, NATA is always proud to celebrate and be involved in National Science Week (August 12-20). Each year there are more than 1000 events around… Read more
Industry News · August 8, 2023 Supporting developing countries accreditation bodies to better understand the changes to the ISO 15189 StandardWith the publication of the revised ISO 15189:2022 Standard in December 2022, NATA has been engaged in educating its Members, Technical Assessors and key stakeholders on the differences between the old and revised Standard and helping… Read more
Industry News · August 7, 2023 Accreditation Matters 2024 – calling for your ideasAs already announced, we have commenced planning for a conference-style Accreditation Matters event in 2024. An important part of our planning is that we want to hear from Members, our Technical Assessors, industry stakeholders and those… Read more
Industry News · August 7, 2023 Webinar: Introduction to Pathogen Genomics for Public Health The Communicable Diseases Genomics Network (CDGN) was established in 2015 to facilitate consistency in the use of microbial genomics for public health activities in Australia and New Zealand and coordinate jurisdictional capacity and expertise in microbial… Read more
