🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL
Water & wastewaterEnvironmentMicrobiologyPharma & cosmeticsFood & beveragesMaterials & polymers
POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 487 (Biała Podlaska, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 94 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Environment, Microbiology, Pharma & cosmetics. Test objects include: Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water, - meat, offal and meat products, - poultry, offal and poultry produ…, Workplace environment − air. Most frequently used techniques: Membrane filtration method, Spectrophotometric method, Direct measurement method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 487
- Methods in scope: 94
- Types of test objects: 19
- Techniques used: 30
- City: Biała Podlaska, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 487
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- W BIAŁEJ PODLASKIEJ, ul. Warszawska 18, 21-500 Biała Podlaska
- City
- Biała Podlaska, Poland
What this laboratory tests (19)
- Water intended for human consumption — 39 methods
- Swimming pool water — 15 methods
- - meat, offal and meat products, - poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, - fish, seafood and their products, - milk and dairy products, - cereal grain and cereal-flour products, - confectionery and pastry products, - vegetables, - fruit, - herbs and spices, - coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, - ready meals and culinary products, - foods for particular nutritional uses, - dietary supplements — 8 methods
- Workplace environment − air — 7 methods
- Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water — 3 methods
- Water from bathing waters and bathing places — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - air — 2 methods
- Workplace environment − cold microclimate — 2 methods
- Workplace environment − hand-arm vibration — 2 methods
- Workplace environment − hot microclimate — 2 methods
- Workplace environment − moderate microclimate — 2 methods
- Workplace environment − noise — 2 methods
- Workplace environment − whole-body vibration — 2 methods
- - meat, offal and meat products, eggs and egg products, - fish, seafood and their products, - dairy products, - confectionery and pastry products, - vegetables, - fruit, - herbs and spices, - fruit and herbal teas, - ready meals and culinary products, - foods for particular nutritional uses, - dietary supplements — 1 method
- Bacterial strains — 1 method
- and 4 more
Analytical techniques used (30)
- Membrane filtration method — 10 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 9 methods
- Direct measurement method — 7 methods
- Plate method (pour plate) — 6 methods
- Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) — 5 methods
- Titrimetric method — 5 methods
- Potentiometric method — 4 methods
- Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) — 3 methods
- Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) — 3 methods
- MPN method — 3 methods
- Plate method (spread plate) — 3 methods
- Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) — 2 methods
- Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) — 2 methods
- Gravimetric method — 2 methods
- Nephelometric method — 2 methods
- and 15 more
Laboratory sections (6)
- Laboratory Department; Water Physico-Chemical and Sensory Testing Laboratory — 29 methods
- Laboratory Department; Microbiological Testing Laboratory — 25 methods
- Laboratory Department; Working Environment Sanitary Control Laboratory — 19 methods
- Laboratory Department; Instrumental Analysis Laboratory — 15 methods
- Laboratory Department; Bacterial Disease Diagnostics and Sterilisation Process Effectiveness Control Laboratory — 3 methods
- Laboratory Department; Working Environment Sanitary Control Laboratory; Instrumental Analysis Laboratory — 3 methods
Laboratory locations
- POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA (main site) — ul. Warszawska 18, 21-500 Biała Podlaska
- Laboratory Department — ul. Kopernika 7, 21-500 Biała Podlaska
- Microbiological Testing Laboratory — ul. Kopernika 7, 21-500 Biała Podlaska
- Water Physico-Chemical and Sensory Testing Laboratory — ul. Kopernika 7, 21-500 Biała Podlaska
- Instrumental Analysis Laboratory — ul. Kopernika 7, 21-500 Biała Podlaska
- Workplace Environment Sanitary Control Laboratory — ul. Kopernika 7, 21-500 Biała Podlaska
- Bacterial Disease Diagnostics and Sterilisation Process Effectiveness Control Laboratory — ul. Kopernika 7, 21-500 Biała Podlaska
- Laboratory Department; Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
- Laboratory Department; Water Physico-Chemical and Sensory Testing Laboratory
- Laboratory Department; Microbiological Testing Laboratory
- Laboratory Department; Bacterial Disease Diagnostics and Sterilisation Process Effectiveness Control Laboratory
- Laboratory Department; Working Environment Sanitary Control Laboratory
- Laboratory Department; Working Environment Sanitary Control Laboratory; Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
Certificate information
- Issue date
- 28.04.2026
- Issue no.
- 26
Accreditation scope — test methods (94)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory Department; Microbiological Testing Laboratory | |||||
| 1 | - meat, offal and meat products, - poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, - fish, seafood and their products, - milk and dairy products, - cereal grain and cereal-flour products, - confectionery and pastry products, - vegetables, - fruit, - herbs and spices, - coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, - ready meals and culinary products, - foods for particular nutritional uses, - dietary supplements | 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 | |
| 2 | - meat, offal and meat products, - poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, - fish, seafood and their products, - milk and dairy products, - cereal grain and cereal-flour products, - confectionery and pastry products, - vegetables, - fruit, - herbs and spices, - coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, - ready meals and culinary products, - foods for particular nutritional uses, - dietary supplements | Presence of Listeria monocytogenes | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07 | |
| 3 | - meat, offal and meat products, - poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, - fish, seafood and their products, - milk and dairy products, - cereal grain and cereal-flour products, - confectionery and pastry products, - vegetables, - fruit, - herbs and spices, - coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, - ready meals and culinary products, - foods for particular nutritional uses, - dietary supplements | Total viable count | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013 | PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12/A1:2022-06 | |
| 4 | - meat, offal and meat products, - poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, - fish, seafood and their products, - milk and dairy products, - cereal grain and cereal-flour products, - confectionery and pastry products, - vegetables, - fruit, - herbs and spices, - coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, - ready meals and culinary products, - foods for particular nutritional uses, - dietary supplements | Coliform bacteria count | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-ISO 4832:2007 | |
| 5 | - meat, offal and meat products, eggs and egg products, - fish, seafood and their products, - dairy products, - confectionery and pastry products, - vegetables, - fruit, - herbs and spices, - fruit and herbal teas, - ready meals and culinary products, - foods 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 | PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03/A1:2024-02 | |
| 6 | - meat, offal and meat products, - poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, - fish, seafood and their products, - milk and dairy products, - cereal grain and cereal-flour products, - confectionery and pastry products, - vegetables, - fruit, - herbs and spices, - coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, - ready meals and culinary products, - foods for particular nutritional uses, - dietary supplements | Count of β-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-ISO 16649-2:2004 | |
| 7 | - meat, offal and meat products, - poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, - fish, seafood and their products, - milk and dairy products, - cereal grain and cereal-flour products, - confectionery and pastry products, - vegetables, - fruit, - herbs and spices, - coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, - ready meals and culinary products, - foods for particular nutritional uses, - dietary supplements | Listeria monocytogenes count | Plate method (spread plate) | PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07 | |
| 8 | - meat, offal and meat products, - poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, - fish, seafood and their products, - milk and dairy products, - cereal grain and cereal-flour products, - confectionery and pastry products, - vegetables, - fruit, - herbs and spices, - coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, - ready meals and culinary products, - foods for particular nutritional uses, - dietary supplements | Enterobacteriaceae count | Plate method (pour plate) | PN- EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08 | |
| 9 | - meat, offal and meat products, - poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, - fish, seafood and their products, - milk and dairy products, - cereal grain and cereal-flour products, - confectionery and pastry products, - vegetables, - fruit, - herbs and spices, - coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, - ready meals and culinary products, - foods for particular nutritional uses, - dietary supplements | Presumptive Bacillus cereus count | Plate method (spread plate) | PN-EN ISO 7932:2005 | PN-EN ISO 7932:2005/A1:2020-09 excluding cl. 9.5 | |
| 10 | Water intended for human consumption | Total microorganism count at 22oC | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 11 | Water intended for human consumption | Intestinal enterococci count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004 | |
| 12 | 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 | |
| 13 | 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 | |
| 14 | Water intended for human consumption | Most probable number of coliform bacteria | MPN method | PN-EN ISO 9308-2:2014-06 | |
| 15 | Water intended for human consumption | Most probable number of Escherichia coli | MPN method | PN-EN ISO 9308-2:2014-06 | |
| 16 | Water intended for human consumption | Clostridium perfringens count (including spores) | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10 | |
| 17 | Swimming pool water | Coagulase-positive staphylococci count | Membrane filtration method | NIZP- PZH ZHK methodology: 2007 excluding point 2.3.1, with aminopeptidase confirmation | |
| 18 | Swimming pool water | Pseudomonas aeruginosa count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 16266:2009 | |
| 19 | Swimming pool water | Most probable number of Pseudomonas aeruginosa | MPN method | PN-EN ISO 16266-2:2022-04 | |
| 20 | Swimming pool water | Total viable count at 36°C | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 21 | 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 | |
| 22 | Swimming pool water | Count of Legionella sp. bacteria Matrix A, Procedures 5 and 7 (medium A - BCYE and medium C - GVPC) |
Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08/Ap1:2019-12 | |
| 23 | Domestic hot water | Count of Legionella sp. bacteria Matrix A, Procedures 5 and 7 (medium A - BCYE and medium C - GVPC) |
Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08/Ap1:2019-12 | |
| 24 | Water from bathing waters and bathing places | Most probable number of Escherichia coli | Miniaturized method (MPN) | PN-EN ISO 9308-3:2002 | |
| 25 | Water from bathing waters and bathing places | Intestinal enterococci count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004 | |
| Laboratory Department; Water Physico-Chemical and Sensory Testing Laboratory | |||||
| 26 | Water intended for human consumption | Odour threshold number (TON) Range (1 − 2) |
Simplified method, paired, non-forced choice | PN-EN 1622:2006 | |
| 27 | Water intended for human consumption | Taste threshold number (TFN) Range (1 − 2) |
Simplified method, paired, non-forced choice | PN-EN 1622:2006 | |
| 28 | Water intended for human consumption | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,02 – 1,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 7150-1:2002 | |
| 29 | Water intended for human consumption | Ammonium ion concentration (calculated) | PN-ISO 7150-1:2002 | ||
| 30 | Water intended for human consumption | Nitrate nitrogen concentration Range (0,100 – 20,000) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-82/C-04576/08 | |
| 31 | Water intended for human consumption | Nitrate concentration (calculated) | PN-82/C-04576/08 | ||
| 32 | Water intended for human consumption | Turbidity Range (0,20 – 100) NTU |
Nephelometric method | PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 | |
| 33 | Water intended for human consumption | pH Range 2,0 –10,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 34 | Water intended for human consumption | Electrical conductivity Range (10,0 – 3000) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 35 | Water intended for human consumption | Colour Range (5 – 70) mg/l Pt |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 + Ap1: 2015-06 Method C | |
| 36 | Water intended for human consumption | Chloride concentration Range (5,00 – 400) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 9297:1994 | |
| 37 | Water intended for human consumption | Calcium concentration Range (2,0 – 200) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6058:1999 | |
| 38 | Water intended for human consumption | Magnesium concentration (calculated) | PN-C-04554-4:1999 – Annex A | ||
| 39 | Water intended for human consumption | Total content of calcium and magnesium (total hardness) Range (5,0 – 600) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6059:1999 | |
| 40 | Water intended for human consumption | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,005 – 0,250) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 41 | Water intended for human consumption | Fluoride concentration Range (0,15 – 15,0) mg/l |
Potentiometric method | PN-78/C-04588/03 | |
| 42 | Water intended for human consumption | Permanganate index (oxidisability with KMnO4) Range (1,0 – 10,0) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 8467:2001 | |
| 43 | Water intended for human consumption | Sulfate concentration Range (2,5 – 400,0) mg/l |
Turbidimetric method | PN-79/C-04566.10 | |
| 44 | Water intended for human consumption | Cyanide concentration Range (15 – 450) μg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB-CW-36 issue 3 of 21.10.2024 based on the Merck cuvette test No. 1. 14561.0001 | |
| 45 | Water intended for human consumption | Boron concentration Range (0,10 – 2,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB-CW-37 issue 4 of 17.11.2022 based on the Merck cuvette test No. 1. 00826.0001 | |
| 46 | Swimming pool water | Turbidity Range (0,20 – 100) NTU |
Nephelometric method | PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 | |
| 47 | Swimming pool water | Hydrogen ion concentration (pH) Range 2,0 –10,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 48 | Swimming pool water | Nitrate nitrogen concentration Range (0,100 – 20,000) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-82/C-04576/08 | |
| 49 | Swimming pool water | Nitrate concentration (calculated) | PN-82/C-04576/08 | ||
| 50 | Swimming pool water | Redox potential (oxidation-reduction) at an Ag/AgCl 3,5 mol/l KCl electrode ) Range (250 – 1000) mV |
Potentiometric method | PB-CW-48 issue 1 of 05.04.2016 | |
| 51 | Swimming pool water | Permanganate index (oxidisability with KMnO4) Range (1,0 – 10,0) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 8467:2001 | |
| 52 | Swimming pool water | Free chlorine concentration Range (0,06 – 4,50) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB-CW-49 issue 2 of 23.01.2023 based on Merck chlorine test No. 1.00599.0001 | |
| 53 | Swimming pool water | Total chlorine concentration Range (0,10 – 4,50) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB-CW-49 issue 2 of 23.01.2023 based on Merck chlorine test No. 1.00599.0001 | |
| 54 | Swimming pool water | Combined chlorine concentration (calculated) | PB-CW-49 issue 2 of 23.01.2023 based on Merck chlorine test No. 1.00599.0001 | ||
| Laboratory Department; Instrumental Analysis Laboratory | |||||
| 55 | Water intended for human consumption | Arsenic concentration Range (1,0 – 16) μg/l |
Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) | PN-EN ISO 11969:1999 | |
| 56 | Water intended for human consumption | Metal concentrations Manganese (10 – 1000) μg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-92/C-04570/01 | |
| 57 | Water intended for human consumption | Copper concentration Range (0,1 – 3,0) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-ISO 8288:2002 Section one, method A | |
| 58 | Water intended for human consumption | Chromium concentration Range (3,0 – 60) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN 1233:2000 chapter 4 | |
| 59 | Water intended for human consumption | Metal concentrations Cadmium (1,0 – 10) μg/l Lead (3,0 – 40) μg/l Nickel (5,0 – 50) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 15586:2005 | |
| 60 | Water intended for human consumption | Organochlorine pesticide concentration α-HCH (0,015 − 0,200) μg/l γ-HCH (0,015 − 0,200) μg/l p,p’-DDE (0,015 − 0,200) μg/l p,p’-DDD (0,015 − 0,200) μg/l p,p’-DDT (0,015 − 0,200) μg/l aldrin (0,009 − 0,200) μg/l dieldrin (0,009 − 0,200) μg/l endrin (0,015 − 0,200) μg/l heptachlor (0,009 − 0,200) μg/l heptachlor epoxide (0,009 − 0,200) μg/l hexachlorobenzene (0,015 − 0,200) μg/l |
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) | PB-AI-15 issue 4 of 30.10.2019, based on the standard PN-EN ISO 6468:2002 and the J.T. Baker SPD-005 application | |
| 61 | Water intended for human consumption | Selenium concentration Range (2,0 – 30) μg/l |
Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) | PN-ISO 9965:2001 | |
| 62 | Water intended for human consumption | Antimony concentration Range (1,0 – 20) μg/l |
Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) | PB-AI-25 issue 5 of 23.11.2022, based on the standard PN-EN ISO 11969: 1999 and the Varian application | |
| 63 | Water intended for human consumption | Sodium concentration Range (2,5– 250) mg/l |
Atomic emission spectrometry (FAES) | PN-ISO 9964-3:1994 | |
| 64 | Water intended for human consumption | Mercury concentration Range (0,3 – 3,0) μg/l |
Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) | PN-EN 1483:2007 chapter 4 | |
| 65 | Water intended for human consumption | Benzene concentration Range (0,20 – 2,0) μg/l |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PB-AI-43 issue 2 of 30.10.2019 based on standards PN-89/C-04641/03 | |
| 66 | Water intended for human consumption | Vinyl chloride concentration Range (0,10 – 2,0) μg/l |
Headspace gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection (HS-GC-MS) | PN-EN ISO 20595:2023-02 | |
| 67 | Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water | Concentration of highly volatile halogenated hydrocarbons Range 1,2-dichloroethane (0,9 – 5,0) μg/l trichloroethene (1,0 – 20) μg/l tetrachloroethene (1,0 – 20) μg/l bromodichloromethane (3,0 – 25) μg/l trichloromethane (3,0 – 60) μg/l dibromochloromethane (3,0 – 75) μg/l tribromomethane (3,0 – 60) μg/l |
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) | PN-EN ISO 10301: 2002 chapter 2 | |
| 68 | Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water | Metal concentrations Iron (40 – 4000) μg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-92/C-04570/01 | |
| 69 | Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water | Aluminium concentration Range (10 – 250) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 12020:2002 chapter 3 | |
| Laboratory Department; Working Environment Sanitary Control Laboratory | |||||
| 70 | Workplace environment − whole-body vibration | RMS, frequency-weighted vibration accelerations Range (0,01 − 100) m/s2 |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN 14253+A1:2011 | |
| 71 | 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 | ||
| 72 | Workplace environment − hand-arm vibration | RMS, frequency-weighted vibration accelerations Range (0,1 − 100) m/s2 |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004+A1:2015-11 | |
| 73 | Workplace environment − hand-arm 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+A1:2015-11 | ||
| 74 | Workplace environment − noise | A-weighted equivalent sound level Maximum A-weighted sound level C-weighted peak sound level Range (55 – 135) dB |
Direct measurement method | PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 excluding the methods covering strategies 2 and 3, cl. 10 and 11 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2025-11 excluding the methods covering strategies 2 and 3, cl. 10 and 11 | |
| 75 | 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 excluding the methods covering strategies 2 and 3, cl. 10 and 11 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2025-11 excluding the methods covering strategies 2 and 3, cl. 10 and 11 | ||
| 76 | Workplace environment − electric lighting | Illuminance Range (5 – 5 000) lx Illuminance uniformity (calculated) |
Direct measurement method | PB-KŚP-23 issue 5 of 05.12.2022 | |
| 77 | 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 respirable fraction |
Personal dosimetry method | PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004 | |
| 78 | Workplace environment − air | Exposure index (calculated) | PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004 | ||
| 79 | Workplace environment − air | Concentration of harmful dust agents – inhalable fraction Apatites and phosphorites Portland cement Titanium dioxide Natural graphite Synthetic graphite Kaolin Amorphous and synthetic silica Wood dusts Flour dusts Dusts not classified according to toxicity Organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts Carbon black Calcium sulphate (IV) (gypsum) Coal (hard, brown) Calcium magnesium carbonate (dolomite) Silicon carbide, non-fibrous Range (0,15 – 20) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04507:2022-05 | PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Apl:2022-08 | |
| 80 | 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 Coal (hard, brown) Range (0,15 – 9) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04508:2022-05 | PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Apl:2022-08 | |
| 81 | Workplace environment − air | Concentration/ Content of crystalline silica – quartz, cristobalite - respirable fraction Range (0,007 - 0,5) mg/m3 Range (5 - 400) μg in the sample |
Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR) | Principles and Methods of Assessing the Working Environment 2012, No. 4 (74), pp. 117–130 | |
| 82 | Workplace environment − air | Gas concentrations: CO (2,32 - 135) mg/m3 CO (2 - 117) ppm NO (0,50 - 12,5) mg/m3 NO (0,40 - 10,0) ppm Exposure index (calculated) |
Electrochemical method | PB-KŚP-33 issue 5 of 18.12.2025 | |
| 83 | Workplace environment − hot microclimate | Air temperature Range (10 – 45) °C Natural wet bulb temperature Range (10 – 45) °C Black globe temperature Range (20 – 50) °C |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01 | |
| 84 | Workplace environment − hot microclimate | WBGT index, WBGT eff index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01 | ||
| 85 | Workplace environment − moderate microclimate | Air temperature Range (10 – 35) °C Air humidity Range (20 – 80) % Black globe temperature Range (0 – 40) °C Air velocity Range (0,15 – 2) m/s |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 7730: 2006 excluding cl. 6. | PN-EN ISO 7730: 2006+Ap2:2016-04 | |
| 86 | Workplace environment − moderate microclimate | PMV index, PPD index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 7730: 2006 excluding cl. 6. | PN-EN ISO 7730: 2006+Ap2:2016-04 | ||
| 87 | Workplace environment − cold microclimate | Air temperature Range (-20 – 10)°C Black globe temperature Range (-20 – 20)°C Air humidity Range (20 – 90) % Air velocity Range (0,15 – 5) m/s |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 11079: 2008 | |
| 88 | Workplace environment − cold microclimate | twc index, IREQmin index, IREQneutral index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 11079: 2008 | ||
| Laboratory Department; Working Environment Sanitary Control Laboratory; Instrumental Analysis Laboratory | |||||
| 89 | Workplace environment − air | Concentration of organic substances methylcyclohexane (0,34–4500) mg/m3 methylcyclohexane (10 – 500) μg in the sample hexane (0,34 – 100) mg/m3 hexane (10 – 500) μg in the sample benzene (0,14 – 10) mg/m3 benzene (4 – 200) μg in the sample benzene (0,04 – 3,08) ppm toluene (0,34 – 300) mg/m3 toluene (10 – 500) μg in the sample xylenes − mixture of isomers (1,2-; 1,3-; 1,4-) (0,34 – 150) mg/m3 xylenes − mixture of isomers (1,2-; 1,3-; 1,4-) (10 – 500) μg in the sample tetrachloroethene (0,34 – 250) mg/m3 tetrachloroethene (10 – 600) μg in the sample tetrachloroethene (0,05 – 36,24) ppm n-butyl acetate (0,34 – 1500)mg/m3 n-butyl acetate (10 – 500) μg in the sample ethyl acetate (0,34 –1800) mg/m3 ethyl acetate (10 – 500) μg in the sample ethyl acetate (0,093 – 491,17) ppm propyl acetate (0,34 – 600) mg/m3 propyl acetate (10 – 500) μg in the sample pentyl acetate (0,34 – 750) mg/m3 pentyl acetate (10 – 500) μg in the sample acetone (0,34 – 2700)mg/m3 acetone (10 – 500) μg in the sample ethylbenzene (0,34 – 600) mg/m3 ethylbenzene (10 – 500) μg in the sample carbon tetrachloride (0,34 – 100) mg/m3 carbon tetrachloride (10 – 600) μg in the sample carbon tetrachloride (0,05 – 15,63) ppm |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PB-KŚP/AI-10 issue 6 of 14.11.2025 | |
| 90 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of iron oxide calculated as Fe inhalable fraction Range (0,35 – 20) mg/m3 Range (250 – 7500) μg in the sample respirable fraction Range (0,15 – 10) mg/m3 Range (125 – 3750) μg in the sample |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-Z-04469:2025-02 | |
| 91 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of manganese and its inorganic compounds calculated as Mn inhalable fraction Range (0,02 – 0,40) mg/m3 Range (12 – 240) μg in the sample respirable fraction Range (0,005 – 0,100) mg/m3 Range (3 – 60) μg in the sample |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-Z-04472:2015-10+Ap1:2015-12 | |
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| 92 | Rectal swab, faeces, bacterial strains | Presence of Salmonella and Shigella rods | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmations | PB-SJP-11 issue 3 of 04.11.2019, based on the guidelines: PZH “Wykrywanie i różnicowanie pałeczek Salmonella i Shigella” (Detection and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella) and KIDL “Rekomendacje laboratoryjnej diagnostyki zakażeń przewodu pokarmowego bakteriami rosnącymi w warunkach tlenowych oraz mikroaerofilnych” (Recommendations for laboratory diagnosis of gastrointestinal infections caused by bacteria growing under aerobic and microaerophilic conditions), 2015; White–Kauffmann–Le Minor scheme of 1.01.2007 | |
| 93 | Bacterial strains | Identification of Salmonella and Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri rods | Biochemical and serological method | PB-SJP-11 issue 3 of 04.11.2019, based on the guidelines: PZH “Wykrywanie i różnicowanie pałeczek Salmonella i Shigella” (Detection and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella) and KIDL “Rekomendacje laboratoryjnej diagnostyki zakażeń przewodu pokarmowego bakteriami rosnącymi w warunkach tlenowych oraz mikroaerofilnych” (Recommendations for laboratory diagnosis of gastrointestinal infections caused by bacteria growing under aerobic and microaerophilic conditions), 2015; White–Kauffmann–Le Minor scheme of 1.01.2007 | |
| 94 | Biological indicators for sterilization process efficacy control - vial-type indicator | Presence of indicator microorganisms (Geobacillus stearothermophilus) | Culture method | PB-SJP-27 issue 3 of 23.10.2019 based on the test manufacturers' instructions | |
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PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 11079: 2008
PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07
PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07
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PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08/Ap1:2019-12
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PN-EN ISO 12020:2002 chapter 3
PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10
PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
PN-EN ISO 16266-2:2022-04
PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
PN-EN ISO 20595:2023-02
PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013
PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12/A1:2022-06
PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004
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 7243:2018-01
PN-EN ISO 7730: 2006 excluding cl. 6.
PN-EN ISO 7730: 2006+Ap2:2016-04
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 + Ap1: 2015-06 Method C
PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 7932:2005
PN-EN ISO 7932:2005/A1:2020-09 excluding cl. 9.5
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 excluding the methods covering strategies 2 and 3, cl. 10 and 11
PN-EN ISO 9612:2025-11 excluding the methods covering strategies 2 and 3, cl. 10 and 11
PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
PN-ISO 4832:2007
PN-ISO 6058:1999
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
PN-ISO 8288:2002 Section one, method A
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-04469:2025-02
PN-Z-04472:2015-10+Ap1:2015-12
PN-Z-04507:2022-05
PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Apl:2022-08
PN-Z-04508:2022-05
PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Apl:2022-08
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