Accreditation
The Australian National
Quality Assurance Program (ANQAP) obtained NATA accreditation in February 2006
under the Proficiency Testing Scheme Providers accreditation program.
NATA has accredited ANQAP
as demonstrating technical competence to operate in accordance with ILAC G13
which includes the requirements of ISO / IEC 17025 applicable to the
characterisation, homogeneity and stability testing of proficiency testing
materials.
The scope of accreditation
covers the provision of veterinary proficiency testing schemes involving test
materials in the following classes and subclasses of test:
20.14
Virology
For production animals
.02
Diagnostic virology – cultural methods of detection and identification of
organisms
.04
Identification by molecular techniques
20.25
Serology of
Infection
For
production animals, production avian species and equine species
.01 Agar gel
immunodiffusion tests
.02 Complement fixation
tests
.03 Enzyme linked
immunosorbent assays
.04 Haemagglutination
inhibition
.06 Microscopic
agglutination tests
.07 Rose bengal plate
tests
.08 Serum agglutination
tests
.09 Serum neutralisation
tests
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