🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL

PCA AB 572 • Słupsk, Poland • 62 methods

Water & wastewaterMicrobiologyFood & beveragesPharma & cosmetics

POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 572 (Słupsk, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 62 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology, Food & beverages, Pharma & cosmetics. Test objects include: Water, Water intended for human consumption, Food, including: coffee and tea; food concentrates; meat and meat p…, Swimming pool water, Mineral water, Spring water, Table water. Most frequently used techniques: Membrane filtration method, Plate method (pour plate), Spectrophotometric method.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 572
  • Methods in scope: 62
  • Types of test objects: 12
  • Techniques used: 19
  • City: Słupsk, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 572
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
W SŁUPSKU, ul. Piotra Skargi 8, 76-200 Słupsk
City
Słupsk, Poland

What this laboratory tests (12)

Analytical techniques used (19)

Accreditation scope — test methods (62)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Water, Water intended for human consumption Turbidity
Range (0,2 - 50) NTU
Nephelometric method PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
2 Water, Water intended for human consumption pH
Range 5,0 - 10,0
Potentiometric method PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
3 Water, Water intended for human consumption Electrical conductivity
Range (149 -1999) μS/cm
Conductometric method PN-EN 27888:1999
4 Water, Water intended for human consumption Ammonium nitrogen concentration
Range (0,16 - 1,55) mg/l Ammonium ion concentration Range (0,2 -2,0) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-C-04576-4:1994
5 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nitrate nitrogen concentration
Range (0,2 - 16,0) mg/l Nitrate concentration Range (1,0 - 70,0) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-82/C-04576.08
6 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nitrite nitrogen concentration
Range (0,008 - 0,24) mg/l Nitrite concentration Range (0,03 - 0,80) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN 26777:1999
7 Water, Water intended for human consumption Iron concentration
Range (0,030 - 2,000) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 6332:2001 | PN-ISO 6332:2001/Ap1:2016-06
8 Water, Water intended for human consumption Colour
Range (2 – 40) mg/l Pt
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 p.6 | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 p.6/Ap1:2015-06
9 Water, Water intended for human consumption Chloride concentration
Range (5 - 250) mg/l
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 9297:1994
10 Water, Water intended for human consumption Calcium concentration
Range (2,8 - 200) mg/l
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 6058:1999
11 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total concentration of calcium and magnesium (total hardness)
Range (15 - 400) mg/l CaCO3
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 6059:1999
12 Water, Water intended for human consumption Manganese concentration
Range (0,030 - 0,800) mg/l
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PB-5/PŚP(PBW), wydanie 5 data wydania 20.03.2024 r
13 Swimming pool water, Water, Water intended for human consumption Trihalomethanes (THM) concentration
trichloromethane (chloroform) Range (0,005-0,240) mg/l bromodichloromethane (0,005-0,240) mg/l dibromochloromethane (0,005-0,240) mg/l tribromomethane (0,005-0,240) mg/l
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) ∑ THM - trichloromethane - bromodichloromethane - dibromochloromethane - tribromomethane (calculated) PN-EN ISO 10301:2002
14 Water, Water intended for human consumption Chromium concentration
Range (0,005 - 0,020) mg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN 1233:2000
15 Water, Water intended for human consumption Cadmium concentration
Range (0,0005 - 0,0020) mg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
16 Water, Water intended for human consumption Lead concentration
Range (0,010 - 0,025) mg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
17 Water, Water intended for human consumption Fluoride concentration
Range (0,20 - 1,60) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-75/C-04588
18 Water, Water intended for human consumption Permanganate index
Range (0,50 – 11,00) mg/l
Titrimetric method PN-EN ISO 8467:2001
19 Water, Water intended for human consumption Sulfate concentration
Range (2,50 - 100,00) mg/l
Turbidimetric method PN-79/C-04566.10
20 Swimming pool water Free chlorine concentration
Range (0,10 – 2,00) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PB-26/PBW, wydanie 3, data wydania 28.08.2019 r. | na podstawie testu MACHEREY NAGEL PF 3Pool Nr. 5151+5153
21 Swimming pool water Total chlorine concentration
Range (0,10 – 2,00) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PB-26/PBW, wydanie 3, data wydania 28.08.2019 r. | na podstawie testu MACHEREY NAGEL PF 3Pool Nr. 5151+5153
22 Swimming pool water Combined chlorine concentration (calculated) PB-26/PBW, wydanie 3, data wydania 28.08.2019 r.
23 Water, Water intended for human consumption Coliform bacteria count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12/A1:2017-04
24 Water, Water intended for human consumption Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12/A1:2017-04
25 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total bacterial colony count at 22°C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
26 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total bacterial colony count at 36°C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
27 Water, Water intended for human consumption Intestinal enterococci count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
28 Water, Water intended for human consumption Pseudomonas aeruginosa count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
29 Water, Water intended for human consumption Count of bacteria of the genus Legionella
Matrix A: Procedure 5 (medium A-BCYE) Procedure 7 (C-GVPC medium) from 1 CFU/100 ml from 1 CFU/1000 ml
Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08/Ap1:2019-12
30 Swimming pool water Coliform bacteria count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12/A1:2017-04
31 Swimming pool water Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12/A1:2017-04
32 Swimming pool water Total bacterial colony count at 36°C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
33 Swimming pool water Pseudomonas aeruginosa count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
34 Swimming pool water Coagulase-positive staphylococci count Membrane filtration method PB-6/PBW, wydanie 2 data wydania 15.10.2007 r. | na podstawie metodyki PZH:ZHK:2007
35 Swimming pool water Count of bacteria of the genus Legionella
Matrix A: Procedure 5 (medium A-BCYE) Procedure 7 (C-GVPC medium) from 1 CFU/100 ml
Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08/Ap1:2019-12
36 Mineral water, Spring water, Table water Coliform bacteria count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12/A1:2017-04
37 Mineral water, Spring water, Table water Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12/A1:2017-04
38 Mineral water, Spring water, Table water Intestinal enterococci count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
39 Mineral water, Spring water, Table water Count of sulphite-reducing Clostridium including spores Membrane filtration method PN-EN 26461-2:2001 | Instrukcja uzupełniająca IB-1/PBW Wyd. 1, 13.06.2019
40 Mineral water, Spring water, Table water Pseudomonas aeruginosa count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
41 Mineral water, Spring water, Table water Total bacterial colony count at 37°C Plate method (pour plate) PB-2/PBW, wydanie 2 data wydania 20.07.2007 r.
42 Bathing water, Surface water Most probable number of Escherichia coli Miniaturized method PN-EN ISO 9308-3:2002
43 Bathing water, Surface water Intestinal enterococci count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
44 Food, including: coffee and tea; food concentrates; meat and meat products; milk and milk products; non-alcoholic beverages; fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves; fish and fish products; sweets and confectionery products; herbal raw materials and preparations, spices; foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses; animal and vegetable fats; cereals and cereal products; frozen food; delicatessen products; food supplements; eggs and egg products; potato products; poultry and poultry products Presence of Salmonella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04+A1:2020-09
45 Food, including: coffee and tea; food concentrates; meat and meat products; milk and milk products; non-alcoholic beverages; fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves; fish and fish products; sweets and confectionery products; herbal raw materials and preparations, spices; foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses; animal and vegetable fats; cereals and cereal products; frozen food; delicatessen products; food supplements; eggs and egg products; potato products; poultry and poultry products Count of ß – glucuronidase-positive, Escherichia coli Plate method (pour plate) PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
46 Food, including: coffee and tea; food concentrates; meat and meat products; milk and milk products; non-alcoholic beverages; fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves; fish and fish products; sweets and confectionery products; herbal raw materials and preparations, spices; foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses; animal and vegetable fats; cereals and cereal products; frozen food; delicatessen products; food supplements; eggs and egg products; potato products; poultry and poultry products Presence of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) Tube culture method PN-EN ISO 6888-3:2004+AC:2005
47 Food, including: coffee and tea; food concentrates; meat and meat products; milk and milk products; non-alcoholic beverages; fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves; fish and fish products; sweets and confectionery products; herbal raw materials and preparations, spices; foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses; animal and vegetable fats; cereals and cereal products; frozen food; delicatessen products; food supplements; eggs and egg products; potato products; poultry and poultry products Coagulase-positive staphylococci count (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03+A1:2024-02
48 Food, including: coffee and tea; food concentrates; meat and meat products; milk and milk products; non-alcoholic beverages; fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves; fish and fish products; sweets and confectionery products; herbal raw materials and preparations, spices; foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses; animal and vegetable fats; cereals and cereal products; frozen food; delicatessen products; food supplements; eggs and egg products; potato products; poultry and poultry products Coliform bacteria count Plate method (pour plate) PN-ISO 4832:2007
49 Food, including: coffee and tea; food concentrates; meat and meat products; milk and milk products; non-alcoholic beverages; fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves; fish and fish products; sweets and confectionery products; herbal raw materials and preparations, spices; foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses; animal and vegetable fats; cereals and cereal products; frozen food; delicatessen products; food supplements; eggs and egg products; potato products; poultry and poultry products Presumptive Bacillus cereus count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 7932:2005
50 Food, including: coffee and tea; food concentrates; meat and meat products; milk and milk products; non-alcoholic beverages; fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves; fish and fish products; sweets and confectionery products; herbal raw materials and preparations, spices; foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses; animal and vegetable fats; cereals and cereal products; frozen food; delicatessen products; food supplements; eggs and egg products; potato products; poultry and poultry products Total viable count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12+A1:2022-06
51 Food, including: coffee and tea; food concentrates; meat and meat products; milk and milk products; non-alcoholic beverages; fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves; fish and fish products; sweets and confectionery products; herbal raw materials and preparations, spices; foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses; animal and vegetable fats; cereals and cereal products; frozen food; delicatessen products; food supplements; eggs and egg products; potato products; poultry and poultry products Presence of Listeria monocytogenes Culture method with biochemical confirmation PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07
52 Food, including: coffee and tea; food concentrates; meat and meat products; milk and milk products; non-alcoholic beverages; fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves; fish and fish products; sweets and confectionery products; herbal raw materials and preparations, spices; foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses; animal and vegetable fats; cereals and cereal products; frozen food; delicatessen products; food supplements; eggs and egg products; potato products; poultry and poultry products Listeria monocytogenes count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07
53 Food, including: coffee and tea; food concentrates; meat and meat products; milk and milk products; non-alcoholic beverages; fruit and vegetables and fruit and vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves; fish and fish products; sweets and confectionery products; herbal raw materials and preparations, spices; foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses; animal and vegetable fats; cereals and cereal products; frozen food; delicatessen products; food supplements; eggs and egg products; potato products; poultry and poultry products Enterobacteriaceae count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
54 Milk and dairy products, Non-alcoholic beverages, Fruit and vegetables, Fruit and vegetable products, Delicatessen products Yeast and mould count Plate method (spread plate) PN-ISO 21527-1:2009
55 Herbal raw materials and products, Spices, Potato products, Cereals and cereal products Yeast and mould count Plate method (spread plate) PN-ISO 21527-2:2009
56 Environmental samples from the food production and food trade area Presence of Salmonella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04+A1:2020-09
57 Environmental samples from the food production and food trade area Presence of presumptive, Escherichia coli Tube culture method PN-ISO 7251:2006
58 Environmental samples from the food production and food trade area Presence of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) Tube culture method PN-EN ISO 6888-3:2004+AC:2005
59 Faeces Presence of rods of the genus Salmonella and Shigella Culture-biochemical-serological method PB-1/PMP, wydanie 4 data wydania 15.10.2007 r.
60 Faeces Presence of rotaviruses and adenoviruses Immunochromatographic method PB-12/PMP wydanie 5 z dnia 10.07.2025 r.
61 Biological indicator for sterilization process control/sporal A Presence of Geobacillus stearothermophilus bacilli Culture method PB-2/PMP wydanie 5 z dnia 19.03.2021 r.
62 Biological indicator for sterilization process control/sporal S Presence of Bacillus subtilis bacilli Culture method PB-3/PMP, wydanie 3 data wydania 30.05.2019 r.

Reference standards (52)

Instrukcja uzupełniająca IB-1/PBW Wyd. 1, 13.06.2019
PB-1/PMP, wydanie 4 data wydania 15.10.2007 r.
PB-12/PMP wydanie 5 z dnia 10.07.2025 r.
PB-2/PBW, wydanie 2 data wydania 20.07.2007 r.
PB-2/PMP wydanie 5 z dnia 19.03.2021 r.
PB-26/PBW, wydanie 3, data wydania 28.08.2019 r.
PB-3/PMP, wydanie 3 data wydania 30.05.2019 r.
PB-5/PŚP(PBW), wydanie 5 data wydania 20.03.2024 r
PB-6/PBW, wydanie 2 data wydania 15.10.2007 r.
PN-75/C-04588
PN-79/C-04566.10
PN-82/C-04576.08
PN-C-04576-4:1994
PN-EN 1233:2000
PN-EN 26461-2:2001
PN-EN 26777:1999
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN ISO 10301:2002
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07
PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07
PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08
PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08/Ap1:2019-12
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 6888-1:2022-03+A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 6888-3:2004+AC:2005
PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 p.6
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 p.6/Ap1:2015-06
PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 7932:2005
PN-EN ISO 8467:2001
PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12
PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12/A1:2017-04
PN-EN ISO 9308-3:2002
PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
PN-ISO 21527-1:2009
PN-ISO 21527-2:2009
PN-ISO 4832:2007
PN-ISO 6058:1999
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 6332:2001
PN-ISO 6332:2001/Ap1:2016-06
PN-ISO 7251:2006
PN-ISO 9297:1994
na podstawie metodyki PZH:ZHK:2007
na podstawie testu MACHEREY NAGEL PF 3Pool Nr. 5151+5153