Summer time is now officially ended in Australia. Over the summer, I had some time to reflect on what summer means. For me, it means holidays, sun, sand, …read more
Your Guide to Reading Standards and Finding Loop Holes
By Abigail Nackash, Senior Consultant The laboratory shall, if relevant, to the extent necessary, maintain records of competence to read standards. Understood? Deciphering these kinds of phrases …read more
Solving the NATA Accreditation maze with a little help from your friends
Finally achieving “the holy grail” of NATA accreditation might be your resolution for 2018. Problem is, you don’t know where to start. You might have even started down …read more
Transitioning to 17025:2017
You can see it looming ahead of you- ISO 17025:2017. You vaguely know that there’s some change you have to grapple with. The question is, how? You …read more
Preparing for your NATA audit: Tips to help you show off how good you are
When you have done hundreds of NATA audits, you get to know what the issues are that get laboratories stuck. One question a NATA auditor asks is, what …read more
Designing your Lab to be Future-Ready!
By Abigail Nackash, Senior Consultant I was left with a lot to think about after the Australian Laboratory Managers Association’s Laboratory Design & Management Forum the …read more
3 more ways to make your management system work for you
In my last article, I talked about how you can take steps to simplify your management system. But as a true systems expert, I like to deal with …read more
3 easy steps to making your management system work for you
Many organisations have a quality (or environment, or safety) management system. If you’re in one of these organisations, then I bet you’ve sometimes felt like the “system” rules …read more
3 ways measurement help us to get around
It’s a nice, sunny Sunday afternoon and you’ve decided to take a drive. So you hop in your car and off you go. But I bet you’ve …read more
Time to take a close look at ISO 17025
The progress with updating ISO 17025 has taken a big step forward with the release of a draft for comment. NATA has made the draft document available for …read more