🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL
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)
- Water, Water intended for human consumption — 33 methods
- Swimming pool water — 12 methods
- Environmental samples from the food production area: – swabs from a template-delimited surface – swabs from a surface not delimited by a template, including hands — 3 methods
- Faeces, Faecal swab — 2 methods
- Meat and meat products, Milk and milk products, Poultry and poultry products, Confectionery and sweets, Delicatessen products — 2 methods
- Bacterial strains — 1 method
- Biological indicators for sterilization efficacy control: sporal A — 1 method
- Cereal products — 1 method
- Confectionery and sweets, Delicatessen products, Dietary supplements, Meat substitutes, Dairy substitutes — 1 method
- Domestic hot water, Swimming pool water — 1 method
- 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 — 1 method
- 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 — 1 method
- 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 — 1 method
- Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Poultry and poultry products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products, Fruit, vegetables, fruit and vegetable products — 1 method
- Milk and dairy products, Fruit, vegetables, vegetable-fruit and vegetable-meat products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Delicatessen products — 1 method
- and 2 more
Analytical techniques used (17)
- Membrane filtration method — 11 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 10 methods
- Plate method (pour plate) — 8 methods
- Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) — 6 methods
- Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation — 4 methods
- Titrimetric method — 4 methods
- Plate method (spread plate) — 3 methods
- Potentiometric method — 3 methods
- Colorimetric method — 2 methods
- Culture method with biochemical confirmation — 2 methods
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) — 2 methods
- Nephelometric method — 2 methods
- Calculation method — 1 method
- Conductometric method — 1 method
- Culture method — 1 method
- and 2 more
Laboratory sections (2)
- Laboratory Department; Food and Water Testing Section — 60 methods
- Medical Diagnostic Laboratory; Microbiological Testing Section — 4 methods
Laboratory locations
- POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA (main site) — ul. Utrata 9 A, 16-400 Suwałki
- Laboratory Department — ul. Utrata 9 A, 16-400 Suwałki
- Food and Water Testing Section — ul. Utrata 9 A, 16-400 Suwałki
- Microbiological Testing Section — ul. Utrata 9 A, 16-400 Suwałki
- Medical Diagnostic Laboratory; Microbiological Testing Section
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)