🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO - EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL
Water & wastewaterMicrobiologyEnvironmentFood & beverages
POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO - EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 603 (Zamość, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 57 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology, Environment, Food & beverages. Test objects include: Water, water intended for human consumption, Workplace environment − air, Meat, offal and meat products, milk and milk products, vegetables,…, Rectal swab, Faeces, Faecal swab. Most frequently used techniques: Membrane filtration method, Direct measurement method, Spectrophotometric method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 603
- Methods in scope: 57
- Types of test objects: 19
- Techniques used: 29
- City: Zamość, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 603
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- W ZAMOŚCIU, ul. Peowiaków 96, 22-400 Zamość
- City
- Zamość, Poland
What this laboratory tests (19)
- Water, water intended for human consumption — 29 methods
- Workplace environment − air — 4 methods
- Meat, offal and meat products, milk and milk products, vegetables, fruit and their products — 2 methods
- Rectal swab, Faeces, Faecal swab — 2 methods
- Vegetables, fruit and their preserves — 2 methods
- Workplace environment − hand-arm vibration — 2 methods
- Workplace environment − lighting — 2 methods
- Workplace environment − noise — 2 methods
- Workplace environment − whole-body vibration — 2 methods
- Biological indicators of sterilization process efficacy, Sporal S BBS — 1 method
- Confectionery and pastry products — 1 method
- Food: foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, delicatessen and culinary products, milk and milk products, meat, offal and meat products, poultry and poultry products, fish, seafood and their products, confectionery and pastry products, cereal grains and cereal-flour products, fruits and vegetables and fruit and vegetable preserves, frozen food — 1 method
- Food: herbs and spices, confectionery and pastry products, milk and milk products, cereal grains and cereal-flour products, meat, offal and meat products, delicatessen and culinary products, poultry and poultry products, fish, seafood and their products, eggs and egg products, fruits and vegetables and fruit and vegetable preserves, coffee, tea, food concentrates, frozen food, dietary supplements, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses — 1 method
- Food: herbs and spices, milk and milk products, confectionery and pastry products, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, meat, offal and meat products, poultry and poultry products, fish, seafood and their products, cereal grains and cereal-flour products, fruits and vegetables and fruit and vegetable preserves, delicatessen and culinary products, frozen food, dietary supplements — 1 method
- Milk and dairy products, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses — 1 method
- and 4 more
Analytical techniques used (29)
- Membrane filtration method — 5 methods
- Direct measurement method — 4 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 4 methods
- Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) — 3 methods
- Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) — 3 methods
- Potentiometric method — 3 methods
- Titrimetric method — 3 methods
- Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation — 2 methods
- Culture method with biochemical confirmation — 2 methods
- Gravimetric method — 2 methods
- Plate method, pour plate — 2 methods
- Plate method, spread plate — 2 methods
- Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) — 1 method
- Colorimetric method — 1 method
- Conductometric method — 1 method
- and 14 more
Accreditation scope — test methods (57)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Water, water intended for human consumption | pH Range 1,7 – 10,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 2 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,025 - 1,00) mg/l Ammonium ion concentration Range (0,032 - 1,288) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 7150-1:2002 | |
| 3 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,003 - 0,25) mg/l Nitrite ion concentration Range (0,010 - 0,822) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 4 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Nitrate nitrogen concentration Range (0,04 - 32) mg/l Nitrate ion concentration Range (0,18 - 140) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-82/C-04576/08 | |
| 5 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Colour Range (2,0 - 100) mg/l Pt |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012+Ap1:2015-06 rozdz. 6 | |
| 6 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Fluoride concentration Range (0,1 – 3,0) mg/l |
Potentiometric method | PN-78/C-04588/03 | |
| 7 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Turbidity Range (0,10 - 50) NTU |
Nephelometric method | PN-EN ISO 7027-1: 2016-09 | |
| 8 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Chloride concentration Range (5,00 - 400) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 9297:1994 | |
| 9 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Electrical conductivity Range (20 - 5000) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 10 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Total calcium and magnesium content (hardness) Range (5 - 700) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6059:1999 | |
| 11 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Permanganate index Range (1,0 - 10) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 8467:2001 | |
| 12 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Sulfate concentration Range (1,0 - 300) mg/l |
Turbidimetric method | PN-79/C-04566.10 | |
| 13 | Water intended for human consumption, swimming pool water | Free chlorine concentration Range (0,03 – 4,50) mg/l Total chlorine concentration Range (0,03 – 4,50) mg/l Combined chlorine concentration (calculated) |
Colorimetric method | PBL–4 wyd. 1 z dnia 12. 04. 2016 na podstawie testu Merck 1.00599 0001 | |
| 14 | Swimming pool water | Oxidation-reduction (redox) potential vs. Ag/AgCl 3,5 mol/l KCl Range (212 – 900) mV |
Potentiometric method | PBL–17 wyd. 1 z dnia 05. 05. 2016 r. | |
| 15 | Food: herbs and spices, confectionery and pastry products, milk and milk products, cereal grains and cereal-flour products, meat, offal and meat products, delicatessen and culinary products, poultry and poultry products, fish, seafood and their products, eggs and egg products, fruits and vegetables and fruit and vegetable preserves, coffee, tea, food concentrates, frozen food, dietary supplements, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses | Presence of Salmonella spp. | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 | PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04/A1:2020-09 | |
| 16 | Food: foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, delicatessen and culinary products, milk and milk products, meat, offal and meat products, poultry and poultry products, fish, seafood and their products, confectionery and pastry products, cereal grains and cereal-flour products, fruits and vegetables and fruit and vegetable preserves, frozen food | Presence of Listeria monocytogenes | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07 | |
| 17 | Food: herbs and spices, milk and milk products, confectionery and pastry products, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, meat, offal and meat products, poultry and poultry products, fish, seafood and their products, cereal grains and cereal-flour products, fruits and vegetables and fruit and vegetable preserves, delicatessen and culinary products, frozen food, dietary supplements | Listeria monocytogenes count | Plate method, spread plate | PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07 | |
| 18 | Meat, offal and meat products, milk and milk products, vegetables, fruit and their products | Coagulase-positive staphylococci count (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) | Plate method, spread plate | PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03 | PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03/A1:2024-02 | |
| 19 | Vegetables, fruit and their preserves | Mould and yeast count | Plate method at 25°C, surface plating | PN-ISO 21527-1:2009 | PN-ISO 21527-2:2009 | |
| 20 | Vegetables, fruit and their preserves | Coliform bacteria count | Plate method, pour plate | PN-ISO 4832:2007 | |
| 21 | Meat, offal and meat products, milk and milk products, vegetables, fruit and their products | Count of β - glucuronidase - positive Escherichia coli | Plate method at 44°C, pour plating | PN-ISO 16649-2:2004 | |
| 22 | Confectionery and pastry products | Bacillus cereus count | Plate method at 30°C, surface plating | PN-EN ISO 7932:2005 | |
| 23 | Milk and dairy products, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses | Enterobacteriaceae count | Plate method, pour plate | PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08 | |
| 24 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Escherichia coli and coliform bacteria 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 | Count of microorganisms on nutrient agar at 36°C and 22°C | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 26 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Enterococci count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004 | |
| 27 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Coagulase-positive staphylococci count | Membrane filtration method | Metodyka PZH ZHK: 2007 | |
| 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 | Enterococci count | MPN method (Enterolert E test) | PBL- 25 wydanie 1 z dnia 06.05.2009 r. | na podstawie aplikacji firmy IDEXX | |
| 30 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Coliform bacteria count and, Escherichia coli | MPN method (Colilert 18 test) | PN-EN ISO 9308-2:2014-06 | |
| 31 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Count of bacteria of the genus Legionella Matrix A Procedure 5 (medium BCYE) 7, (medium GVPC) |
Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08/Ap1: 2019-12 | |
| 32 | Water | Escherichia coli count | Miniaturized MPN method | PN-EN ISO 9308-3:2002 | |
| 33 | Water intended for human consumption | Count of bacteria of the genus Legionella Matrix A; Procedure 1; medium A BCYE, medium B BCYE+AB |
Plate method (spread plate) | PN-EN ISO 11731: 2017-08 | PN-EN ISO 11731: 2017-08 / Ap1: 2019-12 | |
| 34 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Metal concentrations Iron (50 – 100000) μg/l Manganese (10 – 15000) μg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PBL- 6 wydanie 3 z dnia 17.10.2024 r | |
| 35 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Arsenic concentration Range (1,0 - 20) μg/l |
Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) | PN-EN ISO 11969:1999 | |
| 36 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Chromium concentration Range (10 - 10000) μg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-EN 1233:2000 | |
| 37 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Sodium concentration Range (0,5 - 250) mg/l |
Flame atomic emission spectrometry (FEAS) | PN-ISO 9964-3:1994 | |
| 38 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Selenium concentration Range (1,0 - 20) μg/l |
Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) | PN-ISO 9965:2001 | |
| 39 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Antimony concentration Range (1,0 - 20) μg/l |
Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) | PBL- 23 wydanie 1 z dnia 09.01.2008 r. | |
| 40 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Copper concentration Range (0,2 - 10,0) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-ISO 8288: 2002 | |
| 41 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Metal concentrations Nickel (5,0 - 50) μg/l Aluminium (10 - 500) μg/l Lead (5,0 - 50) μg/l Cadmium (1,0 - 10,0) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 15586: 2005 | |
| 42 | Water, water intended for human consumption | Mercury concentration Range (0,30 - 5,00) μg/l |
Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) | PN-EN 1483: 2007 pkt. 4 | |
| 43 | Rectal swab, Faeces, Faecal swab | Presence and identification, Yersinia enterocolitica and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | PBL-8 wydanie 2 z dnia 03.01.2012 r. | na podstawie Metodyk PZH | |
| 44 | Rectal swab, Faeces, Faecal swab | Presence and identification of Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp. rods | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PBL-7 wydanie 3 z dnia 03.01.2012 r. | na podstawie Metodyk PZH Schemat White’a – Kauffmanna – Le Minora, 2007 | |
| 45 | Biological indicators of sterilization process efficacy, Sporal S BBS | Presence of indicator microorganisms, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus stearothermophilus (Geobacillus stearothermophilus) | Culture method | PBL-13 wydanie 3 z dnia 03.10.2006 r. | na podstawie Instrukcji producenta testów | |
| 46 | Workplace environment − noise | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level Range (27 – 136) dB Maximum A-weighted sound level C-weighted peak sound level Range (69 - 140) dB |
Direct measurement method | PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmujacej strategię 2 i strategię 3 punkt 10 i 11 | |
| 47 | Workplace environment − noise | Noise exposure level referred to: an 8-hour daily working time the average weekly working time (calculated) |
PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmujacej strategię 2 i strategię 3 punkt 10 i 11 | ||
| 48 | Workplace environment − lighting | Illuminance Range (5 – 5000) lx |
Direct measurement method | PBL- 20 wydanie 3 z dnia 15.12.2021 r. | |
| 49 | Workplace environment − lighting | Uniformity of lighting (calculated ) | PBL- 20 wydanie 3 z dnia 15.12.2021 r. | ||
| 50 | Workplace environment − hand-arm vibration | Weighted r.m.s. values of vibration acceleration Range (0,1 - 100) m/s2 |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11 | |
| 51 | Workplace environment − hand-arm vibration | Daily exposure expressed as the 8-hour energy-equivalent vector sum of the frequency-weighted RMS vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components (ahwx,ahwy, ahwz), Exposure lasting 30 minutes and less, expressed as the vector sum of the frequency-weighted RMS vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components (ahwx,ahwy, ahwz) (calculated ) | PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11 | ||
| 52 | Workplace environment − whole-body vibration | Weighted r.m.s. values of vibration acceleration Range (0,01 – 10) m/s2 |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN 14253 + A1: 2011 | |
| 53 | Workplace environment − whole-body vibration | Daily exposure expressed as the 8-hour energy-equivalent frequency-weighted RMS vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components taking into account the appropriate coefficients (1,4awx,1,4awy, awz), Exposure lasting 30 minutes and less, expressed as the frequency-weighted RMS vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components taking into account the appropriate coefficients (1,4awx,1,4awy, awz) (calculated) | PN-EN 14253 + A1: 2011 | ||
| 54 | Workplace environment − air | Sampling for the assessment of occupational exposure to dust agents: inhalable fraction respirable fraction |
Personal dosimetry method | PN-Z-04008-7: 2002 + Az1:2004 | |
| 55 | Workplace environment − air | Exposure index (calculated) | PN-Z-04008-7: 2002 + Az1:2004 | ||
| 56 | Workplace environment − air | Concentration of harmful dust agents – inhalable fraction: wood dusts flour dusts organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts carbon black Range (0,19 - 17) mg / m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04507:2022-05 | PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1-2022-08 | |
| 57 | Workplace environment − air | Concentration of harmful dust agents – respirable fraction: organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts Range (0,18 – 7) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04508:2022-05 | PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | |
Reference standards (67)
Metodyka PZH ZHK: 2007
PBL- 20 wydanie 3 z dnia 15.12.2021 r.
PBL- 23 wydanie 1 z dnia 09.01.2008 r.
PBL- 25 wydanie 1 z dnia 06.05.2009 r.
PBL- 6 wydanie 3 z dnia 17.10.2024 r
PBL-13 wydanie 3 z dnia 03.10.2006 r.
PBL-7 wydanie 3 z dnia 03.01.2012 r.
PBL-8 wydanie 2 z dnia 03.01.2012 r.
PBL–17 wyd. 1 z dnia 05. 05. 2016 r.
PBL–4 wyd. 1 z dnia 12. 04. 2016 na podstawie testu Merck 1.00599 0001
PN-78/C-04588/03
PN-79/C-04566.10
PN-82/C-04576/08
PN-EN 1233:2000
PN-EN 14253 + A1: 2011
PN-EN 1483: 2007 pkt. 4
PN-EN 26777:1999
PN-EN 27888:1999
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 11731:2017-08
PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08/Ap1: 2019-12
PN-EN ISO 11969:1999
PN-EN ISO 15586: 2005
PN-EN ISO 16266: 2009
PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11
PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04
PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04/A1:2020-09
PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03
PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03/A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 7027-1: 2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012+Ap1:2015-06 rozdz. 6
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 9308-2:2014-06
PN-EN ISO 9308-3:2002
PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmujacej strategię 2 i strategię 3 punkt 10 i 11
PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
PN-ISO 21527-1:2009
PN-ISO 21527-2:2009
PN-ISO 4832:2007
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
PN-ISO 8288: 2002
PN-ISO 9297:1994
PN-ISO 9964-3:1994
PN-ISO 9965:2001
PN-N-01307:1994
PN-Z-04008-7: 2002 + Az1:2004
PN-Z-04507:2022-05
PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1-2022-08
PN-Z-04508:2022-05
PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
na podstawie Instrukcji producenta testów
na podstawie Metodyk PZH
na podstawie Metodyk PZH Schemat White’a – Kauffmanna – Le Minora, 2007
na podstawie aplikacji firmy IDEXX