🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL

PCA AB 530 • Suwałki, Poland • 64 methods

Water & wastewaterMicrobiologyFood & beveragesPharma & cosmetics

POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 530 (Suwałki, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 64 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology, Food & beverages, Pharma & cosmetics. Test objects include: Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water, Environmental samples from the food production area: – swabs from a…, Faeces, Faecal swab. Most frequently used techniques: Membrane filtration method, Spectrophotometric method, Plate method (pour plate).

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 530
  • Methods in scope: 64
  • Types of test objects: 17
  • Techniques used: 17
  • City: Suwałki, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 530
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
W SUWAŁKACH, ul. Utrata 9 A, 16-400 Suwałki
City
Suwałki, Poland

What this laboratory tests (17)

Analytical techniques used (17)

Laboratory sections (2)

Laboratory locations

Certificate information

Issue date
03.07.2026
Issue no.
23

Accreditation scope — test methods (64)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Laboratory Department; Food and Water Testing Section
1 Water, Water intended for human consumption Colour
Range (5 – 100) mg/l Pt
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 + Ap1:2015-06 Method C
2 Water, Water intended for human consumption pH
Range 4,0 - 10,0
Potentiometric method PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
3 Water, Water intended for human consumption Hardness
Range (25 – 720) mg/l CaCO3
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 6059:1999
4 Water, Water intended for human consumption Ammonium ion concentration
Range (0,18 – 10,50) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-C-04576-4:1994
5 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nitrate concentration
Range (0,44-100,00) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-82/C-04576.08
6 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nitrite concentration
Range (0,008 - 0,820) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN 26777:1999
7 Water, Water intended for human consumption Boron concentration
Range (0,10 – 4,0) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method Merck test 1.00826.0001, date of issue 07/2024
8 Water, Water intended for human consumption Electrical conductivity
Range (150 - 2750) μS/cm
Conductometric method PN-EN 27888:1999
9 Water, Water intended for human consumption Turbidity
Range (0,20 – 100) NTU
Nephelometric method PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 excluding cl. 5.4
10 Water, Water intended for human consumption Chloride concentration
Range (5,00 - 300,00) mg/l
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 9297:1994
11 Water, Water intended for human consumption Manganese concentration
Range (40 – 1000) μg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-92/C-04590.03
12 Water, Water intended for human consumption Manganese concentration
Range (8,0 – 1200,0) μg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
13 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nickel concentration
Range (10,0 – 100,0) μg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
14 Water, Water intended for human consumption Chromium concentration
Range (4,0 – 120,0) μg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
15 Water, Water intended for human consumption Cadmium concentration
Range (0,2 – 10,0) μg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
16 Water, Water intended for human consumption Arsenic concentration
Range (5,0 – 400,0) μg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
17 Water, Water intended for human consumption Lead concentration
Range (5,0 – 400,0) μg/l
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
18 Water, Water intended for human consumption Fluoride concentration
Range (0,20 – 2,00) mg/l
Potentiometric method PN-78/C-04588.03
19 Water, Water intended for human consumption Iron concentration
Range (50 - 10000) μg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 6332:2001 cl. 7.1 +Ap1:2016-06
20 Water, Water intended for human consumption Oxidisability with KMnO4
Range (0,5 – 10,0) mg/l O2
Titrimetric method PN-EN ISO 8467:2001
21 Water, Water intended for human consumption Cyanide concentration
Range (20 – 150) μg/l
Spectrophotometric method Merck test 1.14561.0001, date of issue 09/2022
22 Water, Water intended for human consumption Uranium concentration
Range (5,0 – 100,0) μg/l
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) PN-EN ISO 17294-2:2024-04
23 Water, Water intended for human consumption Element concentration
Arsenic (1,0 – 20,0) μg/l Chromium (5,0 – 100,0) μg/l Cadmium (1,00 – 20,00) μg/l Nickel (5,0 – 100,0) μg/l Lead (1,0 – 20,0) μg/l Manganese (5,0 – 100,0) μg/l Iron (5,0 – 500,0) μg/l
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) PN-EN ISO 17294-2:2024-04
24 Swimming pool water Turbidity
Range (0,20 – 100) NTU
Nephelometric method PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 excluding cl. 5.4
25 Swimming pool water pH
Range 4,0 - 10,0
Potentiometric method PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
26 Swimming pool water Nitrate concentration
Range (0,44 - 100,00) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-82/C-04576.08
27 Swimming pool water Oxidisability with KMnO4
Range (0,5 - 10,0) mg/l O2
Titrimetric method PN-EN ISO 8467:2001
28 Swimming pool water Iron concentration
Range (50 - 10000) μg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 6332:2001 cl. 7.1 +Ap1:2016-06
29 Swimming pool water Free chlorine
Range (0,10 - 4,50) mg/l Cl2
Regulated area: tests / measurements performed in the field
Colorimetric method Merck test 1.00599.0001, issue date 04/2024
30 Swimming pool water Total chlorine
Range (0,10 - 4,50) mg/l Cl2
Regulated area: tests / measurements performed in the field
Colorimetric method Merck test 1.00599.0001, issue date 04/2024
31 Swimming pool water Combined chlorine Calculation method Merck test 1.00599.0001, issue date 04/2024
32 Water, Water intended for human consumption Sampling for chemical and physical testing PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10
33 Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water Sampling for microbiological testing PN-EN ISO 19458:2007
34 Water, Water intended for human consumption Faecal streptococci (enterococci) count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
35 Water, Water intended for human consumption Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
36 Water, Water intended for human consumption Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-ISO 9308-1:1999
37 Water, Water intended for human consumption Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
38 Water, Water intended for human consumption Count of spores of sulphite-reducing anaerobes (Clostridia) Membrane filtration method PN-EN 26461-2:2001
39 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total viable count at 36°C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
40 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total viable count at 22°C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
41 Water, Water intended for human consumption Count of coliform bacteria and faecal type coliform bacteria Membrane filtration method PN-ISO 9308-1:1999
42 Water, Water intended for human consumption Coliform bacteria count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
43 Swimming pool water Coagulase-positive staphylococci count Membrane filtration method PZH methodology ZHK:2007
44 Swimming pool water Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
45 Swimming pool water Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
46 Swimming pool water Total viable count at 36°C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
47 Domestic hot water, Swimming pool water Count of bacteria of the genus Legionella
Matrix A Procedure 5 (medium A) Procedure 7 (C-GVPC medium) Range from 1 CFU /100 ml Range from 1 CFU /1000 ml
Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 +Ap1:2019-12
48 Meat and meat products, Milk and milk products, Poultry and poultry products, Confectionery and sweets, Delicatessen products Coagulase-positive staphylococci count (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03 +A1:2024-02
49 Milk and milk products Coagulase-positive staphylococci count (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6888-2:2022-03 +A1:2024-02
50 Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Poultry and poultry products, Confectionery and sweets, Spices, Frozen food, Ready meals, Fish and fish products and seafood, Cereal grain and cereal-flour products, Fruit, vegetables, fruit and vegetable preserves, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Foods for particular nutritional uses, Dietary supplements, Oilseed grains, Meat substitutes, Dairy substitutes Presence of Salmonella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04+A1:2020-09
51 Milk and dairy products, Fruit, vegetables, vegetable-fruit and vegetable-meat products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Delicatessen products Presence of Listeria monocytogenes Culture method with biochemical confirmation PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07
52 Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Fruit, vegetables, vegetable-fruit and vegetable-meat preserves, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, Spices, Ready meals, Poultry and poultry products, eggs, Fish and fish products and seafood, Cereal grain and cereal-flour products, Foods for particular nutritional uses, Dietary supplements, Meat substitutes, Dairy substitutes Listeria monocytogenes count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07
53 Meat and meat products, Milk and milk products, Poultry and poultry products, Confectionery and sweets, Delicatessen products Total viable count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 +A1:2022-06
54 Confectionery and sweets, Delicatessen products, Dietary supplements, Meat substitutes, Dairy substitutes Presumptive Bacillus cereus count Plate method (spread plate) PN-EN ISO 7932:2005+A1:2020-09
55 Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Poultry and poultry products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products, Fruit, vegetables, fruit and vegetable products Number of β-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli Plate method (pour plate) PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
56 Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Poultry and poultry products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Frozen food, Delicatessen products Enterobacteriaceae count Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
57 Cereal products Presence of pests and their residues Visual method PN-74/A-74016
58 Environmental samples from the food production area: – swabs from a template-delimited surface – swabs from a surface not delimited by a template, including hands Total viable count at 30°C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 +A1:2022-06
59 Environmental samples from the food production area: – swabs from a template-delimited surface – swabs from a surface not delimited by a template, including hands Presence of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) Tube culture method PN-EN ISO 6888-3:2004 + AC:2005 cl. 9.1
60 Environmental samples from the food production area: – swabs from a template-delimited surface – swabs from a surface not delimited by a template, including hands Presence of Salmonella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09
Medical Diagnostic Laboratory; Microbiological Testing Section
61 Faeces, Faecal swab Presence and identification of Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation “Etiologia, obraz kliniczny i diagnostyka ostrych zakażeń przewodu pokarmowego oraz zatruć pokarmowych” (Aetiology, clinical picture and diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning), Marek Jagielski (ed.), Fundacja Pro Pharmacia Futura (2010); White–Kauffmann–Le Minor scheme (2007)
62 Faeces, Faecal swab Presence and identification of Yersinia enterocolitica Culture method with biochemical confirmation „Etiologia, obraz kliniczny i diagnostyka ostrych zakażeń przewodu pokarmowego oraz zatruć pokarmowych” (Aetiology, clinical picture and diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning), Marek Jagielski (ed.), Fundacja Pro Pharmacia Futura, (2010)
63 Bacterial strains Identification of Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation “Etiologia, obraz kliniczny i diagnostyka ostrych zakażeń przewodu pokarmowego oraz zatruć pokarmowych” (Aetiology, clinical picture and diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning), Marek Jagielski (ed.), Fundacja Pro Pharmacia Futura (2010); White–Kauffmann–Le Minor scheme (2007)
64 Biological indicators for sterilization efficacy control: sporal A Presence of the indicator microorganism: Geobacillus stearothermophilus Culture method PB-01 issue 6 of 17.08.2020 | based on the indicator manufacturer's instructions

Reference standards (44)

PZH methodology ZHK:2007
PB-01 issue 6 of 17.08.2020
PN-74/A-74016
PN-78/C-04588.03
PN-82/C-04576.08
PN-92/C-04590.03
PN-C-04576-4:1994
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 11731:2017-08 +Ap1:2019-12
PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
PN-EN ISO 17294-2:2024-04
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 6222:2004
PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09
PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04+A1:2020-09
PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03 +A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 6888-2:2022-03 +A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 6888-3:2004 + AC:2005 cl. 9.1
PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 excluding cl. 5.4
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 + Ap1:2015-06 Method C
PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 7932:2005+A1:2020-09
PN-EN ISO 8467:2001
PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 6332:2001 cl. 7.1 +Ap1:2016-06
PN-ISO 9297:1994
PN-ISO 9308-1:1999
Merck test 1.00599.0001, issue date 04/2024
Merck test 1.00826.0001, date of issue 07/2024
Merck test 1.14561.0001, date of issue 09/2022
based on the indicator manufacturer's instructions
„Etiologia, obraz kliniczny i diagnostyka ostrych zakażeń przewodu pokarmowego oraz zatruć pokarmowych” (Aetiology, clinical picture and diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning), Marek Jagielski (ed.), Fundacja Pro Pharmacia Futura, (2010)
“Etiologia, obraz kliniczny i diagnostyka ostrych zakażeń przewodu pokarmowego oraz zatruć pokarmowych” (Aetiology, clinical picture and diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning), Marek Jagielski (ed.), Fundacja Pro Pharmacia Futura (2010); White–Kauffmann–Le Minor scheme (2007)

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