The Commission is now operating in accordance with the Caretaker Conventions pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.

This page includes resources for implementation of the Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards and National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards.

Overview

The National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) is responsible for developing and maintaining the accreditation standards for pathology laboratories in Australia.

An image of the front cover of Tier 4 Requirements for Point of Care Testing (Second Edition 2021)

Requirements for point of care testing (Second Edition 2021)

2022
Publication, report or update

This document was published by the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) whilst under the governance of the Department of Health and Aged Care. From 1 July 2021, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) assumed responsibility for coordinating the National Pathology Accreditation (NPA) Scheme and supporting the development of the pathology accreditation standards.

Requirements for point of care testing (Second Edition 2021) is currently in use.

An image of the front cover of Tier 4 Requirements for Semen Analysis (First Edition 2017)

Requirements for semen analysis (First Edition 2017)

2022
Publication, report or update

This document was published by the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) whilst under the governance of the Department of Health and Aged Care. From 1 July 2021, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) assumed responsibility for coordinating the National Pathology Accreditation (NPA) Scheme and supporting the development of the pathology accreditation standards.

Requirements for semen analysis (First Edition 2017) is currently in use.

An image of the front cover of Tier 4 Requirements for Medical Testing of Microbial Nucleic Acids (Second Edition 2013)

Requirements for medical testing of microbial nucleic acids (Second Edition 2013)

2022
Publication, report or update

This document was published by the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) whilst under the governance of the Department of Health and Aged Care. From 1 July 2021, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) assumed responsibility for coordinating the National Pathology Accreditation (NPA) Scheme and supporting the development of the pathology accreditation standards.

Requirements for medical testing of microbial nucleic acids (Second Edition 2013) is currently in use.

An image of the front cover of Tier 4 Requirements for Procedures related to the Collection, Processing, Storage and Issue of Human Haemopoietic Progenitor Cells (Sixth Edition 2021)

Requirements for procedures related to the collection, processing, storage and issue of human haemopoietic progenitor cells (Sixth Edition 2021)

2022
Publication, report or update

This document was published by the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) whilst under the governance of the Department of Health and Aged Care. From 1 July 2021, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) assumed responsibility for coordinating the National Pathology Accreditation (NPA) Scheme and supporting the development of the pathology accreditation standards.

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