🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL

PCA AB 624 • Krosno, Poland • 47 methods

Water & wastewaterMicrobiologyFood & beveragesEnvironmentPharma & cosmetics

POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 624 (Krosno, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 47 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology, Food & beverages, Environment. Test objects include: Water, Water intended for human consumption, Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultr…, Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water, Workplace environment - air. Most frequently used techniques: Membrane filtration method, Spectrophotometric method, Plate method (pour plate).

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 624
  • Methods in scope: 47
  • Types of test objects: 14
  • Techniques used: 16
  • City: Krosno, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 624
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
W KROŚNIE, ul. Kisielewskiego 12, 38-400 Krosno
City
Krosno, Poland

What this laboratory tests (14)

Analytical techniques used (16)

Accreditation scope — test methods (47)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Workplace environment - noise A-weighted equivalent sound level Maximum A-weighted sound level
Range (44 – 136) dB C-weighted peak sound pressure level Range (44 – 136) dB
Direct measurement method PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 i 3, pkt. 10 i 11
2 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 obejmującej strategię 2 i 3, pkt. 10 i 11
3 Workplace environment - whole-body mechanical vibration RMS, frequency-weighted vibration accelerations
Range (0,06 – 100) m/s2
Direct measurement method - Daily exposure expressed as the energy-equivalent for 8 hours of action r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration acceleration, dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components taking into account the appropriate factors (1,4awx, 1,4awy, awz) - Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the r.m.s. frequency-weighted vibration acceleration, dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components taking into account the appropriate factors (1,4awx, 1,4awy, awz) (calculated) PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
4 Workplace environment - hand-arm mechanical vibration RMS, frequency-weighted vibration accelerations
Range (0,06 – 100) m/s2
Direct measurement method - Daily exposure expressed as the energy-equivalent for 8 hours of action vector sum of the r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz) - Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the vector sum of the r.m.s. frequency-weighted 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
5 Workplace environment - air Sampling for the assessment of occupational exposure to:
dust agents -inhalable fraction -respirable fraction organic substances, including -inhalable fraction metals and their compounds, including -inhalable fraction -respirable fraction inorganic substances, including -inhalable fraction -respirable fraction
Personal dosimetry method PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
6 Workplace environment - air Exposure index (calculated) PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
7 Workplace environment - air Concentration of harmful dust agents - inhalable fraction: -wood dust -flour dust -dusts not classified according to toxicity -organic dusts of animal and plant origin except wood and flour dust
portland cement coal (hard, brown) natural graphite Range (0,20 – 42) mg/m3
Gravimetric method PN-Z-04507:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08
8 Workplace environment - air Concentration of harmful dust agents - respirable fraction -organic dusts of animal and plant origin except wood and flour dust
portland cement coal (hard, brown) natural graphite Range (0,22 – 14) mg/m3
Gravimetric method PN-Z-04508:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08
9 Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting Illuminance
Range (5 – 5000) lx
Direct measurement method PB/HP-01 Wydanie 2 z dnia 2025-04-29 | PN-83/E-04040.03
10 Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting Illuminance uniformity (calculated) PB/HP-01 Wydanie 2 z dnia 2025-04-29 | PN-83/E-04040.03
11 Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements Presence of Salmonella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09
12 Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements Coliform bacteria count Plate method (pour plate) PN-ISO 4832:2007
13 Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements Presence of Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria spp. Culture method with biochemical confirmation PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07
14 Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements Enterobacteriaceae count at 37 °C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
15 Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements Escherichia coli count Plate method (pour plate) PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
16 Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements Count of Listeria monocytogenes rods, Listeria spp. Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07
17 Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements Total viable count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 +A1:2022-06
18 Foodstuffs: milk and milk products meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products confectionery and pastry products delicatessen and culinary products Count of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphyloccocus aureus and other species) Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO-6888-1:2022-03+A1:2024-02
19 Foodstuffs: confectionery and pastry products delicatessen and culinary products Presumptive Bacillus cereus count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 7932:2005+A1:2020-09 z wył. pkt.9.5
20 Meat and meat products Nitrite and nitrate content
nitrites (0,50 – 150) mg/kg (NaNO2) nitrates (3,70 – 200) mg/kg (KNO3)
Spectrophotometric method PN-74/A-82114
21 Meat and meat products Sodium chloride content
Range (0,50 - 7,00) %
Titrimetric method PN-73/A-82112+Az1:2002
22 Non-alcoholic beverages, fruit and vegetable products Sorbic acid content
Range (50 – 2500) mg/kg
Spectrophotometric method PN-90/A-75101/25
23 Water, Water intended for human consumption Sampling for microbiological analyses PN-EN ISO 19458:2007
24 Water, Water intended for human consumption Sampling for chemical and physical testing PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10+Ap1:2019-07
25 Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water Total viable count at 22 °C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
26 Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water Total viable count at 36 °C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
27 Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 + A1:2017-04
28 Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water Coliform bacteria count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 + A1:2017-04
29 Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water Pseudomonas aeruginosa count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
30 Water, Water intended for human consumption Coliform bacteria count Membrane filtration method PB/HK-06 wydanie 4 z dnia 26.07.2010 r.
31 Water, Water intended for human consumption Count of thermotolerant coliform bacteria Membrane filtration method PB/HK-06 wydanie 4 z dnia 26.07.2010 r.
32 Water, Water intended for human consumption Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PB/HK-06 wydanie 4 z dnia 26.07.2010 r.
33 Water, Water intended for human consumption Count of spores of sulphite-reducing anaerobes (clostridia) Membrane filtration method PN-EN 26461-2:2001
34 Water, Water intended for human consumption Enterococci count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
35 Water, Water intended for human consumption Clostridium perfringens count including spores Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10
36 Water, Water intended for human consumption pH
Range (4,0 – 10,0)
Potentiometric method PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
37 Water, Water intended for human consumption Electrical conductivity
Range (100 – 2500) μS/cm
Conductometric method PN-EN 27888:1999
38 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nitrite concentration
Range (0,040 – 0,82) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN 26777:1999
39 Water, Water intended for human consumption Turbidity
Range (0,10 – 40)NTU
Nephelometric method PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
40 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nitrate concentration
Range (0,50 – 66,4) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-82/C-04576/08
41 Water, Water intended for human consumption Iron concentration
Range (0,030 – 2,00) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06
42 Water, Water intended for human consumption Ammonium ion concentration
Range (0,13 – 2,50) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-C-04576-4:1994
43 Water, Water intended for human consumption Aluminium concentration
Range (0,040 – 0,400) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-92/C-04605/02
44 Biological indicators for sterilization process control: Sporal A, S Presence of indicator microorganisms, Geobacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus subtilis Culture method PB/EP-04 wydanie 3 z dnia 26.07.2010 r.
45 Faeces, Rectal swab, Strain, Faecal swabs Presence and identification of rods, Salmonella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PB/EP-01 wydanie 6 z dnia 26.07.2010 r.
46 Faeces, Rectal swab, Strain, Faecal swabs Presence and identification of Shigella rods Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PB/EP-02 wydanie 6 z dnia 26.07.2010 r.
47 Faeces, Rectal swab, Strain, Faecal swabs Presence and identification of rods of the family, Enterobacteriaceae Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PB/EP-06 wydanie 5 z dnia 26.07.2010 r.

Reference standards (44)

PB/EP-01 wydanie 6 z dnia 26.07.2010 r.
PB/EP-02 wydanie 6 z dnia 26.07.2010 r.
PB/EP-04 wydanie 3 z dnia 26.07.2010 r.
PB/EP-06 wydanie 5 z dnia 26.07.2010 r.
PB/HK-06 wydanie 4 z dnia 26.07.2010 r.
PB/HP-01 Wydanie 2 z dnia 2025-04-29
PN-73/A-82112+Az1:2002
PN-74/A-82114
PN-82/C-04576/08
PN-83/E-04040.03
PN-90/A-75101/25
PN-92/C-04605/02
PN-C-04576-4:1994
PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
PN-EN 26461-2:2001
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 14189:2016-10
PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
PN-EN ISO 19458:2007
PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 +A1:2022-06
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 +A1:2020-09
PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 7932:2005+A1:2020-09 z wył. pkt.9.5
PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 + A1:2017-04
PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 i 3, pkt. 10 i 11
PN-EN ISO-6888-1:2022-03+A1:2024-02
PN-EN-ISO 5349-1:2004
PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
PN-ISO 4832:2007
PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10+Ap1:2019-07
PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06
PN-N-01307:1994
PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
PN-Z-04507:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08
PN-Z-04508:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08