Accreditation

The VIFM has a number of accreditations covering a large range of the services performed in our facility. 
These include:

National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA)

The VIFM is accredited to:

ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for Forensic Science in the following applications:         

• Forensic Toxicology,
• Forensic Biology including DNA and Parentage Testing

AS 4633:2004 (ISO 15189:2003) for Medical Testing incorporating the Forensic Operations Module in the following applications:

• Microbiology
• Bacteriology
• Serology of infection
• Anatomical Pathology
• Histopathology
• Autopsy service
• Autopsy facilities
• Chemical pathology
• General chemistry, and
• Molecular Genetics

Therapeutic Goods Administration - TGA

The Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria is licensed by the TGA to retrieve, process, store and distribute human allograft tissue nationally.

The DTBV operates a TGA licensed laboratory to perform microbiology testing of virology screening, syphilis and microbiological contamination testing for tissue donors.

International Standard Organisation - ISO Certification

Corporate Services and Development of the Institute (incorporating Quality & Improvement, Finance & Business Services and Human Resources & Organisational Development), has certification in ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Systems since November 2003.