🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL

PCA AB 560 • Ciechanów, Poland • 66 methods

Water & wastewaterFood & beveragesMicrobiologyPharma & cosmetics

POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 560 (Ciechanów, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 66 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Food & beverages, Microbiology, Pharma & cosmetics. Test objects include: Water, Meat and meat products;, Milk and milk products, Non-alcoholic beve…, Swimming pool water, Water, swimming pool water. Most frequently used techniques: Spectrophotometric method, Membrane filtration method, Plate method (pour plate).

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 560
  • Methods in scope: 66
  • Types of test objects: 20
  • Techniques used: 19
  • City: Ciechanów, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 560
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
W CIECHANOWIE, ODDZIAŁ LABORATORYJNY, ul. Sienkiewicza 27
City
Ciechanów, Poland

What this laboratory tests (20)

Analytical techniques used (19)

Accreditation scope — test methods (66)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Water intended for human consumption Presence of foreign taste qualitative method – simple descriptive test Taste threshold number
Range (1 - 8) TFN
Simplified method, paired, non-forced choice PN-EN 1622:2006
2 Water Presence of foreign odour qualitative method – simple descriptive test Threshold odour number
Range (1 - 8) TON
Simplified method, paired, non-forced choice PN-EN 1622:2006
3 Water Total content of calcium and magnesium (total hardness)
Range (5 - 900) mg/l CaCO3
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 6059:1999
4 Water Nitrite concentration
Range (0,020 - 0,82) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN 26777:1999
5 Water Ammonium ion concentration
Range (0,13 - 1,80) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-C-04576-4:1994
6 Water Chloride concentration
Range (5,0 - 280) mg/l
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 9297:1994
7 Water Total iron concentration
Range (30 - 2400) μg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06
8 Water Colour
Range (3,0 - 70) mg/l Pt
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN ISO 7887:2012+Ap1:2015-06 Metoda C
9 Swimming pool water Oxidation-reduction (redox) potential vs. Ag/AgCl 3,5 mol/l KCl
Range (260 - 850) mV
Potentiometric method PB-HKL-30, wydanie 2 z dnia 01.07.2021 r.
10 Swimming pool water Free chlorine concentration
Range (0,04 - 4,00) mg/l
Colorimetric method PB-HKL-31, wydanie 2 z dnia 01.07.2021 r. | na podstawie testu Hach Lange metoda 8021
11 Swimming pool water Total chlorine concentration
Range (0,04 - 4,00) mg/l
Colorimetric method PB-HKL-31, wydanie 2 z dnia 01.07.2021 r. | na podstawie testu Hach Lange metoda 8167
12 Swimming pool water Combined chlorine concentration (calculated) PB-HKL-31, wydanie 2 z dnia 01.07.2021 r.
13 Swimming pool water Trihalomethanes (THM) concentration
Trichloromethane (2,5 - 100) μg/l Tribromomethane (2,5 - 100) μg/l Dichlorobromomethane (2,5 - 100) μg/l Dibromochloromethane (2,5 - 100) μg/l
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) PB-HKL-32, wydanie 3 z dnia 25.11.2024 r.
14 Water, swimming pool water Permanganate index
Range (0,50 - 10,0) mg/l O2
Titrimetric method PN-EN ISO 8467:2001
15 Water, swimming pool water Nitrate concentration
Range (0,9 - 110) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-82/C-04576/08
16 Water, swimming pool water Turbidity
Range (0,20 - 100) NTU
Nephelometric method PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
17 Water, swimming pool water pH
Range 4,0 - 12,5
Potentiometric method PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
18 Water Fluoride concentration
Range (0,20 - 3,0) mg/l
Potentiometric method PN-78/C-04588.03
19 Water Boron concentration
Range (0,20 - 2,00) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-75/C-04563/01
20 Water Total cyanide concentration
Range (15 - 80) μg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-80/C-04603.01
21 Water Sulfate concentration
Range (10 - 500) mg/l
Turbidimetric method PN-79/C-04566.10
22 Water Electrical conductivity
Range (150 - 12800) μS/cm
Conductometric method PN-EN 27888:1999
23 Water Free chlorine concentration
Range (0,04 - 2,00) mg/l
Colorimetric method PB-HKL-31, wydanie 2 z dnia 01.07.2021 r. | na podstawie testu Hach Lange metoda 8021
24 Water Metal concentrations:
Cadmium (0,5 - 5) μg/l Lead (2,5 - 25) μg/l Nickel (2,5 - 25) μg/l Chromium (5 - 50) μg/l Copper (5 - 2600) μg/l Arsenic (1 - 20) μg/l Antimony (1 - 10) μg/l Selenium (1 - 10) μg/l Aluminium (20 - 200) μg/l Manganese (5 - 300) μg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
25 Water Sodium concentration
Range (0,1 - 300) mg/l
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-ISO 9964-1:1994+Ap1:2009
26 Water Concentration of highly volatile halogenated hydrocarbons
Trichloromethane (2,5 - 100) μg/l Tribromomethane (2,5 - 100) μg/l Dichlorobromomethane (2,5 - 100) μg/l Dibromochloromethane (2,5 - 100) μg/l Range 1,2 dichloroetan (0,9 - 100) μg/l Trichloroethene (1,0 - 100) μg/l Tetrachloroethene (1,0 - 100) μg/l
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) PB-HKL-32, wydanie 3 z dnia 25.11.2024 r.
27 Water Total viable count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
28 Water Pseudomonas aeruginosa count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
29 Water Intestinal enterococci count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
30 Water Coagulase-positive staphylococci count Membrane filtration method Metodyka PZH ZHK:2007
31 Water Count of bacteria of the genus Legionella
Matrix A: Procedure 5 (medium A), 7 (medium C – GVPC) Matrix B: 7 (medium C – GVPC) Range od 1 jtk/100 ml, 1/1000 ml
Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 +Ap1:2019-12
32 Water Count of spores of sulphite-reducing anaerobes (Clostridia) Membrane filtration method PN-EN 26461-2:2001
33 Water Coliform bacteria count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
34 Water Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
35 Water Clostridium perfringens count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10
36 Surface water Most probable number, E. coli Miniaturized method (MPN) PN-EN ISO 9308-3:2002
37 Surface water Most probable number of intestinal enterococci Miniaturized method (MPN) PN-EN ISO 7899-1:2002
38 Fruit, Vegetables and their products Nitrate and nitrite content
NO3 (11,2 - 7000) mg/kg NO2 (0,75 - 15) mg/kg
Spectrophotometric method PN-92/A-75112
39 Vegetable products, fruit products, concentrates, delicatessen products, vegetable fats, mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, dairy products, non-alcoholic beverages Sorbic acid content
Range (10 - 2000) mg/kg
Spectrophotometric method PN-90/A-75101/25
40 Vegetable products, fruit products, concentrates, delicatessen products, mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, vinegar, mushrooms and mushroom products Sulfur dioxide content
Range (9,0 - 4000) mg/kg
Titrimetric method PN-90/A-75101/23 pkt.3
41 Vegetable products, concentrates, delicatessen products, mayonnaises , sauces, non-alcoholic beverages, fruit and fruit products Benzoic acid content
Range (40,0 - 5000) mg/kg
Spectrophotometric method PN-90/A-75101/24 pkt.3
42 Vegetable oils and fats, animal fats excluding milk fats Acid value
Range (0,06 - 75) mg/g KOH
Titrimetric method PN-EN ISO 660:2021-03 bez pkt.9.1 i 9.2
43 Vegetable oils and fats, animal fats excluding milk fats Peroxide value
Range (0,1 - 7,0) milirównoważników active oxygen/kg
Titrimetric method PB-HZL-11, wydanie 4 z dnia 18.07.2025 r.
44 Bread, flour, breadcrumbs Acidity
Range (0,2 - 40) °
Titrimetric method PN-A-74108:1996 pkt.3.4
45 Meat products Nitrate and nitrite content
Nitrites (3,0 - 268) mg/kg of NO2 ion Nitrates (4,4 - 360) mg/kg of NO3 ion
Spectrophotometric method PB-HZL-03, wydanie 4 z dnia 17.07.2025 r.
46 Meat and meat products, fish and fish products, milk and dairy products, fruit and fruit products, vegetables and vegetable products, cereals and cereal products, mushrooms and mushroom products, non-alcoholic beverages, food concentrates, confectionery products, herbs and spices, delicatessen products, coffee and tea, frozen food, mayonnaises, mustards, sauces fats, food supplements, food additives, alcoholic beverages Cadmium and lead content / concentration
Cadmium (0,0012 – 5,0) mg/kg / mg/l Lead (0,0065 – 5,0) mg/kg / mg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN 14082:2004
47 Meat and meat products;, Milk and milk products, Non-alcoholic beverages, juices, Fruit, vegetables and their preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and pastry products, Coffee, tea and cocoa, Food concentrates, Herbal raw materials and spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and food supplements, Animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal-flour products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products, Eggs and egg products Total viable count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 +A1:2022-06
48 Meat and meat products;, Milk and milk products, Non-alcoholic beverages, juices, Fruit, vegetables and their preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and pastry products, Coffee, tea and cocoa, Food concentrates, Herbal raw materials and spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and food supplements, Animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal-flour products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products, Eggs and egg products Presence of Listeria monocytogenes Culture method with biochemical confirmation PN-EN ISO-11290-1:2017-07
49 Meat and meat products;, Milk and milk products, Non-alcoholic beverages, juices, Fruit, vegetables and their preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and pastry products, Coffee, tea and cocoa, Food concentrates, Herbal raw materials and spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and food supplements, Animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal-flour products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products, Eggs and egg products Presence of Salmonella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09
50 Meat and meat products;, Milk and milk products, Non-alcoholic beverages, juices, Fruit, vegetables and their preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and pastry products, Coffee, tea and cocoa, Food concentrates, Herbal raw materials and spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and food supplements, Animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal-flour products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products, Eggs and egg products Count of β-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli Plate method (pour plate) PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
51 Meat and meat products;, Milk and milk products, Non-alcoholic beverages, juices, Fruit, vegetables and their preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and pastry products, Coffee, tea and cocoa, Food concentrates, Herbal raw materials and spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and food supplements, Animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal-flour products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products, Eggs and egg products Coliform bacteria count Plate method (pour plate) PN-ISO 4832:2007
52 Meat and meat products;, Milk and milk products, Non-alcoholic beverages, juices, Fruit, vegetables and their preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and pastry products, Coffee, tea and cocoa, Food concentrates, Herbal raw materials and spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and food supplements, Animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal-flour products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products, Eggs and egg products Coagulase-positive staphylococci count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03 +A1:2024-02
53 Meat and meat products;, Milk and milk products, Non-alcoholic beverages, juices, Fruit, vegetables and their preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and pastry products, Coffee, tea and cocoa, Food concentrates, Herbal raw materials and spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and food supplements, Animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal-flour products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products, Eggs and egg products Coagulase-positive staphylococci count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6888-2:2022-03 +A1:2024-02
54 Meat and meat products;, Milk and milk products, Non-alcoholic beverages, juices, Fruit, vegetables and their preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and pastry products, Coffee, tea and cocoa, Food concentrates, Herbal raw materials and spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and food supplements, Animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal-flour products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products, Eggs and egg products Listeria monocytogenes count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO-11290-2:2017-07
55 Meat and meat products;, Milk and milk products, Non-alcoholic beverages, juices, Fruit, vegetables and their preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and pastry products, Coffee, tea and cocoa, Food concentrates, Herbal raw materials and spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and food supplements, Animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal-flour products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products, Eggs and egg products Presumptive Bacillus cereus count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 7932:2005 +A1:2020-09 z wył. pkt. 9.5
56 Meat and meat products;, Milk and milk products, Non-alcoholic beverages, juices, Fruit, vegetables and their preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and pastry products, Coffee, tea and cocoa, Food concentrates, Herbal raw materials and spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and food supplements, Animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal-flour products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products, Eggs and egg products Enterobacteriaceae count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
57 Meat and meat products Campylobacter spp. count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 10272-2:2017-10 + A1:2023-08
58 Food with a water activity higher than 0,95: Fruits, vegetables and their preserves, Milk and milk products, Non-alcoholic beverages, juices, Frozen food Yeast and mould count Plate method (spread plate) PN ISO 21527-1:2009
59 Food with a water activity lower than or equal to 0,95 : Herbal raw materials and spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and dietary supplements, Food concentrates, Cereals and cereal-flour products, Animal and vegetable fats, Fruits (dried) Yeast and mould count Plate method (spread plate) PN ISO 21527-2:2009
60 Environmental samples from the food production and trade area: - swabs from a template-delimited surface - swabs from a surface not delimited by a template Total viable count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 +A1:2022-06
61 Environmental samples from the food production and trade area: - swabs from a template-delimited surface - swabs from a surface not delimited by a template Presence of Salmonella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09
62 Environmental samples from the food production and trade area: - swabs from a template-delimited surface - swabs from a surface not delimited by a template Enterobacteriaceae count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
63 Faeces, rectal swab Presence and identification of rods, Salmonella and Shigella in healthy persons Method: culture-biochemical-serological PB-EPL-02 wydanie 4 z dnia 20.09.2019 r.
64 Faeces, rectal swab Presence and identification of rods, Salmonella and Shigella in convalescents, carriers, contacts and sick persons Method: culture-biochemical-serological PB-EPL-04 wydanie 5 z dnia 20.09.2019 r.
65 Bacterial strain Serological identification of bacilli, Salmonella-Shigella Method: slide agglutination test PB-EPL-07 wydanie 3 z dnia 20.09.2019 r.
66 Bacterial strain Biochemical and serological identification of Salmonella Method: culture-biochemical-serological PB-EPL-08 wydanie 4 z dnia 20.09.2019 r.

Reference standards (59)

Metodyka PZH ZHK:2007
PB-EPL-02 wydanie 4 z dnia 20.09.2019 r.
PB-EPL-04 wydanie 5 z dnia 20.09.2019 r.
PB-EPL-07 wydanie 3 z dnia 20.09.2019 r.
PB-EPL-08 wydanie 4 z dnia 20.09.2019 r.
PB-HKL-30, wydanie 2 z dnia 01.07.2021 r.
PB-HKL-31, wydanie 2 z dnia 01.07.2021 r.
PB-HKL-32, wydanie 3 z dnia 25.11.2024 r.
PB-HZL-03, wydanie 4 z dnia 17.07.2025 r.
PB-HZL-11, wydanie 4 z dnia 18.07.2025 r.
PN ISO 21527-1:2009
PN ISO 21527-2:2009
PN-75/C-04563/01
PN-78/C-04588.03
PN-79/C-04566.10
PN-80/C-04603.01
PN-82/C-04576/08
PN-90/A-75101/23 pkt.3
PN-90/A-75101/24 pkt.3
PN-90/A-75101/25
PN-92/A-75112
PN-A-74108:1996 pkt.3.4
PN-C-04576-4:1994
PN-EN 14082:2004
PN-EN 1622:2006
PN-EN 26461-2:2001
PN-EN 26777:1999
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN ISO 10272-2:2017-10 + A1:2023-08
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 +Ap1:2019-12
PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10
PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 +A1:2022-06
PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09
PN-EN ISO 660:2021-03 bez pkt.9.1 i 9.2
PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03 +A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 6888-2:2022-03 +A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012+Ap1:2015-06 Metoda C
PN-EN ISO 7899-1:2002
PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 7932:2005 +A1:2020-09 z wył. pkt. 9.5
PN-EN ISO 8467:2001
PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
PN-EN ISO 9308-3:2002
PN-EN ISO-11290-1:2017-07
PN-EN ISO-11290-2:2017-07
PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
PN-ISO 4832:2007
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06
PN-ISO 9297:1994
PN-ISO 9964-1:1994+Ap1:2009
na podstawie testu Hach Lange metoda 8021
na podstawie testu Hach Lange metoda 8167