🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL

PCA AB 682 • Jelenia Góra, Poland • 57 methods

Water & wastewaterMicrobiologyEnvironmentFood & beverages

POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 682 (Jelenia Góra, 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, Water, Water in swimming pools / bathing pools, Swimming pool water, Workplace environment − air. Most frequently used techniques: Membrane filtration method, Spectrophotometric method, Titrimetric method.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 682
  • Methods in scope: 57
  • Types of test objects: 15
  • Techniques used: 21
  • City: Jelenia Góra, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 682
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
W JELENIEJ GÓRZE, ul. Kasprowicza 17, 58-500 Jelenia Góra
City
Jelenia Góra, Poland

What this laboratory tests (15)

Analytical techniques used (21)

Accreditation scope — test methods (57)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Water, Water intended for human consumption pH
Range 2,0 – 10,0
Potentiometric method PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
2 Water, Water intended for human consumption Colour
Range (5 – 70) mg/l Pt
Visual method PN-EN ISO 7887:2012+Ap1: 2015-06
3 Water, Water intended for human consumption Turbidity
Range (0,10 – 10) NTU
Nephelometric method PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
4 Water, Water intended for human consumption Electrical conductivity
Range (5 – 5000) μS/cm
Conductometric method PN-EN 27888:1999
5 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total concentration of calcium and magnesium (Hardness)
Range (4 – 600) mg/l CaCO3
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 6059:1999
6 Water, Water intended for human consumption Calcium concentration
Range (3 – 80) mg/l
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 6058:1999
7 Water, Water intended for human consumption Magnesium concentration (calculated) PN-C-04554-4:1999 załącznik A
8 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total iron concentration
Range (0,02 – 10,0) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06
9 Water, Water intended for human consumption Ammonium ion concentration
Range (0,05 – 0,97) mg/l Ammonia concentration Range (0,05 – 0,97) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
10 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nitrite concentration
Range (0,04 – 0,820) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN 26777:1999
11 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nitrate concentration
Range (0,70 – 90) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-82/C-04576.08
12 Water, Water intended for human consumption Chloride concentration
Range (7 – 250) mg/l
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 9297:1994
13 Water, Water intended for human consumption Fluoride concentration
Range (0,1 – 2) mg/l
Potentiometric method PN-78-C-04588/03
14 Water, Water intended for human consumption Sulfate concentration
Range (2,5 – 250) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-79-C-04566.10
15 Water, Water intended for human consumption Permanganate index
Range (0,70 – 10) mg/l O2
Titrimetric method PN-EN ISO 8467: 2001
16 Water, Water in swimming pools / bathing pools pH
Range 2,0 – 10,0
Potentiometric method PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
17 Water, Water in swimming pools / bathing pools Turbidity
Range (0,10 – 10) NTU
Nephelometric method PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
18 Water, Water in swimming pools / bathing pools Total iron concentration
Range (0,02 – 0,60) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06
19 Water, Water in swimming pools / bathing pools Nitrate concentration
Range (0,70 – 90) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-82/C-04576.08
20 Water, Water in swimming pools / bathing pools Permanganate index
Range (0,70 – 10) mg/l O2
Titrimetric method PN-EN ISO 8467: 2001
21 Milk and dairy products, Ice cream based on milk substitutes, Fruit and vegetables, fruit-vegetable and vegetable-meat products, Sweets, confectionery and pastry products, Meat and meat products, Delicatessen products, Fish and fish products and seafood, Poultry meat and poultry products, Eggs and egg products, Food supplements, Coffee and tea, Food concentrates, Herbal raw materials and products, spices, Infant formulae and follow-on formulae, Dried cereals, fruit, nuts, seeds and vegetables, Multi-ingredient food or meal components, Cereal and flour products, Dairy substitutes, Meat substitutes Presence of Salmonella spp. in up to 25 g or 25 ml Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 | PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04/A1:2020:09
22 Milk and dairy products, Fruit and vegetables, fruit-vegetable and vegetable-meat products, Sweets, confectionery and pastry products, Delicatessen products Listeria monocytogenes count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07
23 Sweets, confectionery and pastry products, Delicatessen products, Cereal-flour products, Multi-ingredient foods or meal components, Dairy substitutes, Meat substitutes, Food supplements Bacillus cereus count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 7932:2005 | PN-EN ISO 7932:2005/A1:2020-09 z wył. pkt. 9.5
24 Milk and dairy products, Multi-ingredient food or meal components, Sweets, confectionery and pastry products, Cereal and flour products, Infant formulae and follow-on formulae, Delicatessen products Enterobacteriaceae count Plate method (pour plate) PN-ISO 21528-2:2017-08
25 Milk and dairy products, Poultry meat and poultry products, Multi-ingredient food or meal components, Delicatessen products, Cereal and flour products Coagulase-positive staphylococci count (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03/A1:2024-02
26 Water, Water intended for human consumption Count of bacteria of the genus Legionella
Matrix A Procedure 7 (medium GVPC)
Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08/Ap1:2019-12
27 Water, Water intended for human consumption Coliform bacteria count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
28 Water, Water intended for human consumption Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
29 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total viable count at 22°C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
30 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total viable count at 36°C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
31 Water, Water intended for human consumption Intestinal enterococci count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
32 Water, Water intended for human consumption Clostridium perfringens count (with spores) Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10
33 Swimming pool water Pseudomonas aeruginosa count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
34 Swimming pool water Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12+A1:2017-04
35 Swimming pool water Total viable count at 36°C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
36 Swimming pool water Count of bacteria of the genus Legionella
Matrix A Procedure 7 (medium GVPC)
Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08/Ap1:2019-12
37 Water, Water intended for human consumption Mercury concentration
Range (0,0003 – 0,002) mg/l
Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) PN-EN 1483:2007
38 Faeces, Rectal swab, Bacterial strains Presence of rods, Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PB-01 wydanie 08 z dnia 01.12.2021 r.
39 Faeces, Rectal swab, Bacterial strains Presence of rods:
Salmonella Enteritidis Salmonella Typhimurium
Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PB-01 wydanie 08 z dnia 01.12.2021 r.
40 Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water Trihalomethane (THM) concentration:
Trichloromethane (0,002 – 0,120) mg/l Tribromomethane (0,002 – 0,120) mg/l Bromodichloromethane (0,002 – 0,120) mg/l Dibromochloromethane (0,002 – 0,120) mg/l Σ THM (calculated)
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) PN-EN ISO 10301:2002 z wył. pkt. 2.6 IT-118 wydanie 04 z dnia 07.11.2022 r.
41 Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water Element concentration
aluminium (0,030 – 4,00) mg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
42 Water, Water intended for human consumption Concentration of highly volatile aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbon derivatives
Trichloroethene (0,5 - 12) μg/l Tetrachloroethene (0,5 - 12) μg/l 1,2-Dichloroethane (0,5 - 12) μg/l Tetrachloromethane (0,5 - 12) μg/l Σ Trichloroethene and Tetrachloroethene (calculated)
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) PN-EN ISO 10301:2002 z wył. pkt. 2.6 IT-119 wydanie 04 z dnia 07.11.2022 r.
43 Water, Water intended for human consumption Arsenic concentration
Range (0,001 – 0,020) mg/l
Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) PN-EN ISO 11969:1999
44 Water, Water intended for human consumption Element concentration
manganese (0,003 – 2,00) mg/l cadmium (0,001 – 0,010) mg/l lead (0,002 – 0,020) mg/l nickel (0,005 – 0,050) mg/l copper (0,005 – 4,0) mg/l antimony (0,002 – 0,010) mg/l selenium (0,002 – 0,020) mg/l total chromium (0,002 – 0,060) mg/l arsenic (0,002 - 0,050) mg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
45 Water, Water intended for human consumption Element concentration
sodium (1 – 300) mg/l potassium (1 – 30) mg/l
Flame atomic emission spectrometry (FAES) PN-ISO 9964-3:1994
46 Water, Water intended for human consumption Element concentration
manganese (0,015 − 4,0) mg/l copper (0,025 – 4,0) mg/l zinc (0,025 – 5,0) mg/l total iron (0,050 – 10,0) mg/l
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) PN-ISO 8288:2002
47 Water, Water intended for human consumption Mercury concentration
Range (0,0003 – 0,0020) mg/l
Atomic absorption spectrometry with amalgamation technique PB-021 wyd. 2 z dnia 11.10.2023 r.
48 Workplace environment − noise A-weighted equivalent sound level Maximum A-weighted sound level
Range (25 – 135) dB C-weighted peak sound pressure level Range (35 – 138) dB Noise exposure level referred to: an 8-hour daily working time the working week (calculated)
Direct measurement method PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej Strategię 2 - punkt 10 Strategię 3 – punkt 11
49 Workplace environment − hand-arm mechanical vibration Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration
Range (0,1 – 1000) m/s2
Direct measurement method; Sampling method PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015
50 Workplace environment − hand-arm mechanical vibration Daily exposure, expressed as the energy-equivalent value for 8 hours of action of the vector sum of the r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration accelerations determined for 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 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
51 Workplace environment − whole-body mechanical vibration Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration
Range (0,01 – 100) m/s2
Direct measurement method; Sampling method PN-EN-14253 + A1:2011
52 Workplace environment − whole-body mechanical vibration Daily exposure, expressed as the energy-equivalent value for 8 hours of action of the r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for 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 three directional components taking into account the appropriate factors (1.4awx, 1.4awy, awz) (calculated) PN-EN-14253 + A1:2011
53 Workplace environment − air Sampling for the assessment of occupational exposure to:
industrial dusts inhalable fraction respirable fraction inorganic substances respirable fraction
Personal dosimetry method PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
54 Workplace environment − air Exposure index (calculated) PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
55 Workplace environment − air Concentration of harmful dust agents -inhalable fraction: -Petroleum asphalt -Apatites and phosphorites -Portland cement -Titanium dioxide -Natural graphite -Synthetic graphite -Kaolin -Amorphous and synthetic silica -Wood dust -Flour dust -Dusts not classified according to toxicity -Organic dusts of animal and plant origin except wood and flour dust -Calcium sulphate (VI) (gypsum) -Carbon black -Talc -Coal (hard, brown) Magnesium calcium carbonate (dolomite) Silicon carbide, non-fibrous
Range (0,12-17,77) mg/m3
Gravimetric method PN-Z-04507:2022-05 | PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022:08
56 Workplace environment − air Concentration of harmful dust agents
respirable fraction: -Apatites and phosphorites -Portland cement -Natural graphite -Amorphous and synthetic silica -Organic dusts of animal and plant origin excluding wood and flour dusts -Diesel engine exhaust Talc - Coal (hard and brown) Range (0,05-15,53) mg/m3
Gravimetric method PN-Z-04508:2022-05 | PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022:08
57 Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water Sampling for microbiological testing PN-EN ISO 19458:2007 z wyłączeniem pkt. 4.4.2; 4.4.4; 4.4.5; 4.4.6

Reference standards (51)

PB-01 wydanie 08 z dnia 01.12.2021 r.
PB-021 wyd. 2 z dnia 11.10.2023 r.
PN-78-C-04588/03
PN-79-C-04566.10
PN-82/C-04576.08
PN-C-04554-4:1999 załącznik A
PN-EN 1483:2007
PN-EN 26777:1999
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN ISO 10301:2002 z wył. pkt. 2.6 IT-118 wydanie 04 z dnia 07.11.2022 r.
PN-EN ISO 10301:2002 z wył. pkt. 2.6 IT-119 wydanie 04 z dnia 07.11.2022 r.
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
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 11969:1999
PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10
PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
PN-EN ISO 19458:2007 z wyłączeniem pkt. 4.4.2; 4.4.4; 4.4.5; 4.4.6
PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015
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/A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012+Ap1: 2015-06
PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 7932:2005
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 9308-1:2014-12+A1:2017-04
PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej Strategię 2 - punkt 10 Strategię 3 – punkt 11
PN-EN-14253 + A1:2011
PN-ISO 21528-2:2017-08
PN-ISO 6058:1999
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06
PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
PN-ISO 8288:2002
PN-ISO 9297:1994
PN-ISO 9964-3:1994
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