Accreditation

Internationally recoginzed

As an accredited testing laboratory (EN ISO/IEC 17025) and inspection body (EN ISO/IEC 17020), we give our customers the certainty of an internationally recognized test of products and processes.

Due to its accreditation as a testing laboratory in accordance with EN ISO/IEC 17025 and as an inspection body in accordance with EN ISO/IEC 17020 by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs in Vienna, Austria, HygCen meets all conformity requirements of those bodies. 

Accreditation means "according credibility" and is the formal national and international recognition as a testing laboratory and inspection body for the carrying out of certain activities, tests, and inspections. 

If laws, regulations, directives, etc. do not require any study/testing/inspection by an accredited body, for instance, then the current legal interpretation is "that the obligation to exercise due diligence is only met through the selection of an accredited institution." In other words, "Those who chose an unaccredited institution must be able to give good justification for doing so."
Due to its scope of accreditation, HygCen Austria GmbH is able to not only offer isolated tests for products or processes to be tested but also a broad but interconnected inspection, analysis, evaluation, and test matrix. 
In addition to decades of know-how, our primary strengths also include flexibility and speed.

EN ISO / IEC 17020

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Document number of the standard or SOP Title of the standard or SOP Type Inspection procedures/inspection methods Scope Comment
21-010 (2015-11)Hygiene Management System in laundriestype A

site inspection, documentation review, environmental investigation, air technology systems, thermoelectric examination, examination of process- and program parameters, testing of cleaning and disinfection

inspection Laundry

21-011 (2014-04)Hygiene Management System - reprocessing of textile operating room materials - examination of processes and procedurestype A

site inspection, documentation review, environmental investigation, air technology systems, determination of a population of microorganisms on products, thermoelectric examination, examination of process- and program parameters, sterility testing of operation materials used as medical devices for patients, clinic staff and devices,

inspection operating theatre centre, reprocessing of surgical textiles

21-055 (2014-05)Hygienic assessment of IVF institutestype A

site inspection, documentation review, environmental investigation

inspection IVF institutes

21-070 (2019-12)Site inspection, documentation review, environmental investigationtype A

documentation review, testing of cleaning and disinfection, thermoelectric examination, impression investigation, examination of process- and program parameters

inspection dishwashing system

21-074 (2020-02)Validation of manual cleaning and manual chemical disinfection of medical devices (guideline 2013)type A

documentation review, testing of cleaning and disinfection, examination of process- and program parameters

inspection medical devices

AK KAB - Arbeitskreis Käfigaufbereitung (2016-01)Cage processing in animal facilities (5th Edition)type A

documentation review, thermoelectric examination, examination of process- and program parameters, testing of cleaning and disinfection, water analysis

cage, animal facilities

BGBl. 04/2002 (2002-04)Hygiene requirements to the structural and functional design and equipment of endoscopy units, RKItyp A

site inspection, documentation review

inspection endoscopy units

BGBl. II Nr. 262/2008 (2008-07)Regulation of the Minister of Economy and Labor on exercise rules for foot care, cosmetics and massage by professionalstype A

site inspection, documentation review, environmental investigation, determination of a population of microorganisms on products, sterility of products, thermoelectric examination, biological indicators

§ 4, inspection activity for the preparation of a certificate of harmlessness for piercing, tattoo, permanent make-up and foot care.

BGesBl. 07/1995 (1995-07)Hygiene requirements to laundry and washing procedures and conditions for granting of laundry reprocessing to commercial laundries; RKItype A

site inspection, documentation review, environmental investigation, thermoelectric examination, examination of process- and program parameters, testing of cleaning and disinfection

inspection Laundry

EN ISO / IEC 17025

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Document number (release) 1) Title of the standard or SOP 2) Executed testings/ Kinds of testings/Techniques/ Methods/ Materials/Products Components/ Parameters/ Features Comment
EN 149+A1 (2009-05)NRespiratory protective devices - Filtering half masks to protect against particles - Requirements, testing, markingTemperature conditioning, simulation of wearing, visual inspection, application test, breathing resistance, exhalation valve flow, filter medium passage.

Safety, Personal Protective Equipment, Respirators

Minimum requirement for filtering half masks as respirators for protection against particles

The following chapters are not accredited: (7.9.1) Total leakage measurement, (7.9.2) NaCI aerosol and paraffin oil leakage tests, (7.12) Carbon dioxide content measurement, (7.17) Storage test.

EN 143 (2021-02)NRespiratory protective devices - Particle filters - Requirements, testing, markingChapter 7.3 Mechanical strength is used as conditioning for EN 149 Chapter 8.3.3

Safety, Personal Protective Equipment, Respirators

conditioning

16-009 (2014-05)STesting of the cleaning efficacy of washer disinfectors for thermostable & thermolabile medical devices in accordance with the guideline of ÖGSV respectively DGKH, DGSV and AKIPhotometry

thermolabile medical devices

Protein residues after cleaning

The cleaning performance is checked with the aid of test specimens which are soiled; the evaluation according to the modified OPA-method

16-010 (2014-11)STesting of the cleaning efficacy of washer disinfectors for thermolabile endoscopes in accordance with the guideline of ÖGSVPhotometry

thermolabile endoscopes

Residual proteins after cleaning

The cleaning performance is checked with the help of endoscopic Dummies; the evaluation is done optically

17-008 (2019-07)SQuantitative determination of free NH2 groups of blood-proteins by the modified OPA methodPhotometry

aqueous liquids

NH2-groups (proteins)

The determination of the residual proteins of soiling by the modified OPA-method is carried out photometrically and serves to demonstrate the cleaning performance.

ASTM F 1670/F 1670Ma (2017-01)NStandard Test Method for Resistance of Materials Used in Protective Clothing to Penetration by Syn- thetic BloodPenetration procedure with synthetic blood

Fabrics of Protective Clothing

Resistance to penetration

ASTM F 1671/F 1671M (2013-01)NStandard Test Method for Resistance of Materials Used in Protective Clothing to Penetration by Blood-Borne Pathogens Using Phi-X174 Bacteriophage Penetration as a Test SystemPhi-X174-Bacteriophage- Intrusion procedure

Fabrics for Protective Clothing

Pathogenic germs

DVGtest guidelines, V. animal husbandry (2017-11)NMethods of testing chemical disinfectants for animal husbandryQuantitative carrier test on poplar wood

chemical disinfectants for keeping animals

virucidal activity

EN 1040 (2005-12)NChemical disinfectants and antiseptics – Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of basic bactericidal activity of chemical disinfectants and antiseptics – Test method and requirements (phase 1)quantitative suspension test

chemical disinfectants and antiseptics

bactericidal activity