registered under other industry specific IANZ
laboratory accreditation programmes, including:
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NZ Food Safety Authority
(NZFSA) Laboratory Approval Scheme more
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Ministry of Health Approved
Drinking Water Laboratory Register more
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Medical Testing (where the
specimen is of human origin and the test is diagnostic in nature)
more
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Biological Testing (for such
things as veterinary diagnostic testing) more
Chemical tests can normally be classified into
the areas of organic, inorganic or physical chemistry. However,
some laboratories in the Chemical Testing programme will be accredited
for purely physical or functional testing of sample properties
e.g. particularly in the areas of food testing and petroleum related
products, or for tests biochemical in nature e.g. ELISA and related
testing. Biochemical tests may also appear in the accreditation
scope of Biological Testing Laboratories.
Accreditation Criteria
General
IANZ Laboratory Accreditation for chemical testing is in compliance
with NZS ISO/IEC 17025 General Requirements for the Competence
of Testing and Calibration Laboratories, and specific technical
criteria where appropriate.
Specific
The specific criteria that elaborate on the general criteria for
accrediting Chemical Testing laboratories are published in:
Supplementary
Chemical testing laboratories working in specialised areas of
testing that have their own set of unique supplementary criteria,
include:
Classes of Test
Scopes of accreditation of Chemical Testing Laboratories are,
in general, classified according to the type(s) of samples tested.
These Classes of Test include:
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