🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL

PCA AB 657 • Kętrzyn, Poland • 54 methods

Water & wastewaterMicrobiologyEnvironmentFood & beveragesPharma & cosmetics

POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 657 (Kętrzyn, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 54 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology, Environment, Food & beverages. Test objects include: Water, Water intended for human consumption, Meat and meat products, Poultry and poultry products, Eggs and egg…, Workplace environment - air, Swimming pool water. Most frequently used techniques: Membrane filtration method, Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation, Plate method (pour plate).

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 657
  • Methods in scope: 54
  • Types of test objects: 16
  • Techniques used: 16
  • City: Kętrzyn, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 657
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
W KĘTRZYNIE, Pl. M. J. Piłsudskiego 5, 11-400 Kętrzyn
City
Kętrzyn, Poland

What this laboratory tests (16)

Analytical techniques used (16)

Accreditation scope — test methods (54)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Water, Water intended for human consumption Colour
Range (5,0 – 50) mg /l Pt
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 Metoda C
2 Water, Water intended for human consumption Fluoride concentration
Range (0,2 – 2,0) mg/l
Potentiometric method PN-78/C-04588/03
3 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total hardness
Range (5,0 – 500) mg/l CaCO3
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 6059:1999
4 Water, Water intended for human consumption Permanganate index
Range (0,5 – 10) mg/l O2
Titrimetric method PN-EN ISO 8467:2001
5 Water, Water intended for human consumption Turbidity
Range (0,10 - 150) NTU
Nephelometric method PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
6 Water, Water intended for human consumption pH
Range 4,0 - 10,0
Potentiometric method PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
7 Water, Water intended for human consumption Electrical conductivity
Range (148 - 2770) μS/cm
Conductometric method PN-EN 27888:1999
8 Water, Water intended for human consumption Ammonium ion concentration
Range (0,05 - 3,9) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-C-04576-4:1994
9 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nitrate concentration
Range (0,09 - 111) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-82/C-04576/08
10 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nitrite concentration
Range (0,007 – 0,66) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN 26777:1999
11 Water, Water intended for human consumption Manganese concentration
Range (25-400) μg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-92/C-04590/03
12 Water, Water intended for human consumption Iron concentration
Range (20-10000) μg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 6332:2001
13 Water, Water intended for human consumption Chloride concentration
Range (5,0 - 400) mg/l
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 9297:1994
14 Water, Water intended for human consumption Coliform bacteria count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 + A1:2017-04
15 Water, Water intended for human consumption Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 + A1:2017-04
16 Water, Water intended for human consumption Microorganism count at 22°C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
17 Water, Water intended for human consumption Intestinal enterococci count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
18 Water, Water intended for human consumption Pseudomonas aeruginosa count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
19 Water, Water intended for human consumption MPN of coliform bacteria, MPN of Escherichia coli MPN method PN-EN ISO 9308-2:2014-06
20 Water intended for human consumption, mineral water, spring water, table water Count of spores of sulphite-reducing anaerobes (clostridia) Membrane filtration method PN-EN 26461-2: 2001
21 Swimming pool water Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 + A1:2017-04
22 Swimming pool water Count of microorganisms at 36°C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
23 Swimming pool water Coagulase-positive staphylococci count Membrane filtration method PN-Z-11001-3:2000
24 Swimming pool water Pseudomonas aeruginosa count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
25 Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products Enterobacteriaceae count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
26 Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products Total viable count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 + A1:2022-06
27 Meat and meat products, Poultry and poultry products, Eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and dairy products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and bakery products, Vegetables, Fruit, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs and spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Dietary supplements Coagulase-positive staphylococci count (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03 + A1:2024-02 z wyłączeniem punktu 9.4.3
28 Meat and meat products, Poultry and poultry products, Eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and dairy products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and bakery products, Vegetables, Fruit, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs and spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Dietary supplements Count of β-glucuronidase-positive, Escherichia coli Plate method (pour plate) PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
29 Meat and meat products, Poultry and poultry products, Eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and dairy products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and bakery products, Vegetables, Fruit, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs and spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, 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
30 Meat and meat products, Poultry and poultry products, Eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and dairy products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and bakery products, Vegetables, Fruit, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs and spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Dietary supplements Presumptive Bacillus cereus count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 7932:2005+A1:2020-09 z wył. pkt. 9.5
31 Meat and meat products, Poultry and poultry products, Eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and dairy products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and bakery products, Vegetables, Fruit, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs and spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Dietary supplements Listeria monocytogenes count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07
32 Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Delicatessen and culinary products Presence of Listeria monocytogenes Culture method with biochemical confirmation PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07
33 Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas - swabs Presence of Listeria monocytogenes Culture method with biochemical confirmation PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07
34 Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas - swabs Presence of Salmonella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 + A1:2020-09
35 Fresh poultry meat Presence of Salmonella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 + A1:2020-09
36 Fresh poultry meat Presence and identification of Salmonella, Enteritidis, Salmonella Typhimurium Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 + A1:2020-09 Schemat White’a-Kauffmanna-Le Minora:2007
37 Poultry and poultry products, Milk and dairy products, Meat and meat products Coagulase-positive staphylococci count (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6888-2:2022-03 + A1:2024-02
38 Faeces, rectal swab Presence of Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., enteropathogenic, Escherichia coli Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PB-SBEK-001 edycja 5 z dnia 14.11.2019 r.
39 Faeces, rectal swab Presence of Yersinia enterocolitica Culture method with biochemical confirmation PB-SBEK-001 edycja 5 z dnia 14.11.2019 r.
40 Faeces, rectal swab Presence and identification of rods, Escherichia coli O157 Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PB-SBEK-004 edycja 4 z dnia 14.11.2019 r.
41 Biological indicators for sterilization efficacy control (Sporal A) Presence of Geobacillus stearothermophilus Culture method PB-SBEK-008 edycja 6 z dnia 06.05.2024 r. w oparciu o instrukcję producenta testów
42 Workplace environment - hand-arm mechanical vibration Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration
Range (0,05 – 36) 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
43 Workplace environment - hand-arm mechanical vibration Daily exposure, expressed as the energy-equivalent value for an 8-hour working day of the vector sum of the frequency-corrected r.m.s. vibration accelerations, determined for the three directional components (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz), Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the vector sum of the frequency-weighted r.m.s. 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
44 Workplace environment - whole-body mechanical vibration Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration
Range (0,02 – 24) m/s2
Direct measurement method PN-EN 14253 + A1:2011
45 Workplace environment - whole-body mechanical 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
46 Workplace environment - noise A-weighted equivalent sound level Maximum A-weighted sound level
Range (25 - 135) dB C-weighted peak sound pressure level Range (40- 138) dB
Direct measurement method PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metod obejmujących Strategię 2 – punkt 10 i Strategię 3 – punkt 11
47 Workplace environment - noise Noise exposure level normalised to: -an 8-hour working day -a working week (calculated) PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metod obejmujących Strategię 2 – punkt 10 i Strategię 3 – punkt 11
48 Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting Illuminance
Range (20 – 5 000) lx
Direct measurement method PB-SBŚP-05 edycja 3 z dnia 20.07.2023 r.
49 Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting Illuminance uniformity (calculated) PB-SBŚP-05 edycja 3 z dnia 20.07.2023 r.
50 Workplace environment - air Concentration of harmful dust agents – inhalable fraction
portland cement wood dusts flour dusts dusts not classified according to toxicity organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts coal (hard, brown) Range (0,15 – 17,10) mg/m3
Gravimetric method PN-Z-04507:2022-05 | PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
51 Workplace environment - air Concentration of harmful dust agents – respirable fraction
portland cement organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts coal (hard, brown) Range (0,15 – 6,31) mg/m3
Gravimetric method PN-Z-04508:2022-05 | PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
52 Workplace environment - air Sampling for the assessment of occupational exposure to:
industrial dusts -inhalable fraction -respirable fraction inorganic substances, including respirable fraction metals and their compounds, including inhalable fraction respirable fraction
Personal dosimetry method PN-Z-04008-7:2002 z wył. pkt. 5 i 6 | PN-Z-04008-7:2002/Az1:2004
53 Workplace environment - air Exposure index (calculated) PN-Z-04008-7:2002 z wył. pkt. 5 i 6 | PN-Z-04008-7:2002/Az1:2004
54 Workplace environment - air Carbon monoxide concentration
Range (3,75 – 170) mg/m3
Electrochemical method PB-SBŚP-10 edycja 2 z dnia 18.09.2023 r.

Reference standards (47)

PB-SBEK-001 edycja 5 z dnia 14.11.2019 r.
PB-SBEK-004 edycja 4 z dnia 14.11.2019 r.
PB-SBEK-008 edycja 6 z dnia 06.05.2024 r. w oparciu o instrukcję producenta testów
PB-SBŚP-05 edycja 3 z dnia 20.07.2023 r.
PB-SBŚP-10 edycja 2 z dnia 18.09.2023 r.
PN-78/C-04588/03
PN-82/C-04576/08
PN-92/C-04590/03
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 16266:2009
PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 + A1:2022-06
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 + A1:2020-09
PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 + A1:2020-09 Schemat White’a-Kauffmanna-Le Minora:2007
PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03 + A1:2024-02 z wyłączeniem punktu 9.4.3
PN-EN ISO 6888-2:2022-03 + A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 Metoda C
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 9308-2:2014-06
PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metod obejmujących Strategię 2 – punkt 10 i Strategię 3 – punkt 11
PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 6332:2001
PN-ISO 9297:1994
PN-N-01307:1994
PN-Z-04008-7:2002 z wył. pkt. 5 i 6
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
PN-Z-11001-3:2000