If your laboratory uses a Class II Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC), the new AS 2252.2:2025 standard directly affects you. This update replaces the 2009 edition and strengthens Australia’s independent framework for safety, testing and operator protection. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know; what’s changed, why it matters, and how to ensure […]
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The introduction of AS 16890 marks a turning point in how Australia evaluates and specifies air filtration. While it draws its foundation from the international ISO 16890 series, this modified version is not a copy-paste. It is a deliberate evolution that adapts global test methods to the demands of local industry, regulation, and climate. From […]
AES Environmental is excited to announce the capacity to provide AS1324 NATA testing for Air Filters within it’s laboratory based in Sydney, NSW. NATA is an independent testing organisation responsible for accrediting AS1324 test facilities in Australia. The Covid Pandemic highlighted the need for greater compliance and repeatability when testing air filtration products, Australia is […]
Concerns regarding the status of AS 1324.2:2003 as a test standard for air filter efficiency have been addressed. The recent edition of the ABCB handbook ‘Indoor Air Quality Verification Methods’ confirms that AS 1324.2:2003 remains relevant and applicable for Performance Solutions and Deemed-to-Satisfy (DTS) Solutions, for the purposes of the NCC (National Construction Code). The […]
Download AES Environmental: Filter Testing Capabilities to AS 1324 and other methods below In the late 1960’s AES Environmental established its first filtration N.A.T.A test facility as Vokes Australia, in Rockdale, NSW.Then in 1973 AES Environmental became a founding member of the first Australian Standard AS1132.1: Methods of test for determining properties of air filters. […]
Background: The new AS1807 series was developed from a requirement to consolidate TWENTY-SIX individual standards in to ONE comprehensible test method that could be applied to a range of products. As a result there have been some notable improvements in transparency, test methodology and a reduction in the barriers of entry. In this context the […]
Cytotoxic Standard Changes, Publication of AS2252.5. Standards Australia has published a new document, AS 2252.5, which concerns the construction and performance validation for Cytotoxic Drug Safety Cabinet’s (CDSC’s). The aim of this letter is to provide you with a brief on some of those changes and how they may impact on your laboratory in the future. […]