Microbiology of the food chain — Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for the detection of ...
This standard would provide general requirements and guidance for the development and application of LAMP-based methods for the detection of microorganisms and associated genetic markers sampled along the food chain (e.g., ingredients, human food, animal food, and the production environment), and includes sample preparation, isothermal amplification, signal detection, data interpretation, and…
Healthcare organization management — Guidance for healthcare organizations’ response to the surging ...
This document provides guidance and considerations for healthcare organizations to deliver diagnostic tests timely and accurately in a pandemic by leveraging innovative approaches to overcome the limitations of laboratory capacity as follows:
– mitigating threats encountered in providing diagnostic services during a pandemic;
– consideration for quality assurance of diagnostic service provision…
Protective clothing for firefighters — Laboratory test methods and performance requirements for wild...
This document specifies methods of test and minimum performance requirements for personal protective clothing, designed to protect the wearer's body, except for the head, hands, and feet, that is worn during wildland firefighting and associated activities. This clothing is not intended to provide protection during fire entrapment. This document covers the general design of the garment, the…
Water quality — Sampling — Part 15: Preservation and handling of samples of sludge, sediment and sus...
ISO 5667-15:2009 provides guidance on procedures for the preservation, handling and storage of samples of sewage and waterworks sludge, suspended matter, saltwater sediments and freshwater sediments, until chemical, physical, radiochemical and/or biological examination can be undertaken in the laboratory.
The procedures in ISO 5667-15:2009 are only applicable to wet samples of sludge, sediment…
Water quality — Gross alpha and gross beta activity — Test method using liquid scintillation countin...
This document specifies a method for the determination of gross alpha and gross beta activity concentration for alpha- and beta-emitting radionuclides using liquid scintillation counting (LSC).
The method is applicable to all types of waters with a dry residue of less than 5 g/l and when no correction for colour quenching is necessary.
Gross alpha and gross beta activity measurement is not…
Soil quality — Sampling — Part 206: Collection, handling and storage of soil under aerobic condition...
This document provides standard procedures for the collection, handling and storage of soil for subsequent biological testing under aerobic conditions in the laboratory. It applies to the collection, handling and storage for assessing the effects of soil on microorganisms, invertebrates (e.g. survival, reproduction, growth, behaviour) and plants (e.g. development, growth). This document is not…
Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results — Part 2: Basic method for the ...
1.1 This document
— amplifies the general principles for designing experiments for the numerical estimation of the precision of measurement methods by means of a collaborative interlaboratory experiment;
— provides a detailed practical description of the basic method for routine use in estimating the precision of measurement methods;
— provides guidance to all personnel concerned with designing,…
Laboratory test of dust collection systems utilizing filter media with automatic online cleaning — P...
This Standard specifies the standard test method useful to assess the performance of dust collection systems utilizing integrated fans (compact type dust collector), which shall be applied with or without flow control.
This standard is not intended to offer the superiority or inferiority of performance between dust collectors, but specifies a standard test method that provides users with…
Sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal — Laboratory chemical conditioning procedure
This international standard specifies a chemical conditioning procedure for sludge/biosolids thus allowing results obtained in different places and laboratories, and on different times to be compared when selecting type and dosage of a conditioning product at laboratory scale.