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Media Releases September 7, 2021

NATA accredits first Australian lab for both mobile Rapid Antigen Tests and Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing

Melbourne’s Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory at Doherty Institute is recognised as Australia’s longest continuously serving public health laboratory 7 September, Melbourne – National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) today announces it has accredited its…

Media Releases August 23, 2021

NATA Explains: Wastewater testing

NATA Explains COVID-19 Water Sewage testing. Testing sewage is providing health authorities early warnings that the COVID-19 virus may be circulating in the community.

Industry News August 20, 2021

Working with NATA Accredited PPE Testing Laboratories

Industry User Guide 8 Testing is a conformity assessment activity used to determine whether a product or material meets one or more defined criteria. The results of the test apply to the particular example of the…

Media Releases August 4, 2021

NATA Explains: Rapid Antigen Testing

NATA has accredited 161 laboratories for COVID-19 testing in Australia

Media Releases August 3, 2021

NATA Explains: PCR Testing

With over 170,000 COVID-19 tests in Australia in the past 24 hours, NATA Explains how the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test for SARS-CoV 2 works

Media Releases August 3, 2021

August issue of NATA News

August 2021 NATA News is now published on the website. We’ve updated the way we share our news with you, because we know that communicating effectively to you is an essential part of the role NATA…

Media Releases July 22, 2021

Scope of Accreditation – Service Descriptors for Legal (including Forensic Science) updated

Scope of Accreditation – Service Descriptors for Legal (including Forensic Science) document has been recently updated on the website. The document can be downloaded form the ‘Accreditation’ section of the website under Testing and Calibration (ISO 17025)…

Media Releases July 20, 2021

NATA backs changes to pathology and diagnostic imaging sectors

NATA welcomes the Australian Government Department of Health’s announcement that it will transfer accreditation functions for pathology and diagnostic imaging to the see the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). The formal arrangement,…

Media Releases July 15, 2021

Service Descriptors for Human Pathology updated

Service Descriptors for Human Pathology has been recently updated on the website. The updated document can be downloaded from the ‘Accreditation’ section of the website; Accreditation > Human Pathology (ISO 15189) > Publication > Specific Accreditation…

Media Releases July 7, 2021

June issue of NATA News

June 2021 NATA News is now published on the website. We’ve updated the way we share our news with you, because we know that communicating effectively to you is an essential part of the role NATA plays…

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