🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL
Water & wastewaterMicrobiology
POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 542 (Wieluń, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 59 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology. Test objects include: Water, Water intended for human consumption, Water (including swimming pool water), Water intended for human con…, Swimming pool water, Faeces and rectal swab from sick persons. Most frequently used techniques: Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS), Spectrophotometric method, Membrane filtration method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 542
- Methods in scope: 59
- Types of test objects: 7
- Techniques used: 12
- City: Wieluń, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 542
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- W WIELUNIU, ul. Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej 14, 98-300 Wieluń
- City
- Wieluń, Poland
What this laboratory tests (7)
- Water, Water intended for human consumption — 40 methods
- Water (including swimming pool water), Water intended for human consumption — 8 methods
- Swimming pool water — 6 methods
- Faeces and rectal swab from sick persons — 2 methods
- Biological indicators of sterilization process efficacy, Sporal A, Sporal S — 1 method
- Faeces and rectal swab — 1 method
- Water intended for human consumption — 1 method
Analytical techniques used (12)
- Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) — 14 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 11 methods
- Membrane filtration method — 8 methods
- Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) — 7 methods
- Titrimetric method — 4 methods
- Culture method supplemented with biochemical and serological tests — 3 methods
- Plate method / pour plate — 3 methods
- Conductometric method — 1 method
- Culture method — 1 method
- Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) — 1 method
- Nephelometric method — 1 method
- Potentiometric method — 1 method
Laboratory sections (3)
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Municipal Hygiene Laboratory — 33 methods
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Instrumental Analysis Laboratory — 22 methods
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Epidemiological Testing Laboratory — 4 methods
Laboratory locations
- POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA (main site) — ul. Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej 14, 98-300 Wieluń
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT — ul. Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej 14, 98-300 Wieluń
- Municipal Hygiene Laboratory — ul. Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej 14, 98-300 Wieluń
- Instrumental Analysis Laboratory — ul. Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej 14, 98-300 Wieluń
- Epidemiological Testing Laboratory — ul. Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej 14, 98-300 Wieluń
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Epidemiological Testing Laboratory
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Municipal Hygiene Laboratory
Certificate information
- Issue date
- 26.08.2026
- Issue no.
- 24
Accreditation scope — test methods (59)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Municipal Hygiene Laboratory | |||||
| 1 | Water (including swimming pool water), Water intended for human consumption | pH Range (3 – 10) |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 2 | Water (including swimming pool water), Water intended for human consumption | Turbidity Range (0,1 – 1000) NTU |
Nephelometric method | PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 | |
| 3 | Water (including swimming pool water), Water intended for human consumption | Total iron concentration Range (25 – 1000) μg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/L/LHK-02 issue 1 of 07.05.2004 | |
| 4 | Water (including swimming pool water), Water intended for human consumption | Nitrate concentration Range (1,0 – 100) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/L/LHK-07 issue 1 of 07.05.2004 | |
| 5 | Water (including swimming pool water), Water intended for human consumption | Free chlorine concentration Range (0,05 – 2,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/L/LHK-10 issue 1 of 07.05.2004 | |
| 6 | Water (including swimming pool water), Water intended for human consumption | Aluminium concentration Range (20 – 250) μg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/L/LHK-30 issue 1 of 05.01.2011 | |
| 7 | Water (including swimming pool water), Water intended for human consumption | Permanganate index Range (0,5 – 20) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 8467:2001 | |
| 8 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Colour Range (5 – 30) mg/l Pt |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 +Ap1:2015-06 cl. 6 | |
| 9 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Electrical conductivity Range (148 – 1410) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 10 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrite concentration Range (0,025 – 1,000) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/L/LHK-01 issue 1 of 07.05.2004 | |
| 11 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Manganese concentration Range (10 – 200) μg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/L/LHK-05 issue 1 of 07.05.2004 | |
| 12 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Fluoride concentration Range (0,05 – 2,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/L/LHK-08 issue 1 of 07.05.2004 | |
| 13 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Ammonium ion concentration Range (0,05 – 2,0) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/L/LHK-06 issue 1 of 07.05.2004 | |
| 14 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Sulfate concentration Range (3,0 – 300) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/L/LHK-09 issue 2 of 12.11.2008 | |
| 15 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Chloride concentration Range (5,0 – 300) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 9297:1994 | |
| 16 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total hardness Range (5 – 500) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6059:1999 | |
| 17 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Calcium concentration Range (2 – 150) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6058:1999 | |
| 18 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Magnesium concentration (calculated) | PN-ISO 6058:1999 | ||
| 19 | Swimming pool water | Total chlorine concentration Range (0,05 – 2,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/L/LHK-32 issue 1 of 16.12.2015 | |
| 20 | Swimming pool water | Combined chlorine concentration (calculated) | PB/L/LHK-32 issue 1 of 16.12.2015 | ||
| 21 | Swimming pool water | Total number of microorganisms on nutrient agar at 36oC | Plate method / pour plate | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 22 | Swimming pool water | Number of Legionella bacteria, Matrix B, procedure 7 (medium C – GVPC) | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 +Ap1:2019-12 | |
| 23 | Swimming pool water | Escherichia coli count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04 | |
| 24 | Swimming pool water | Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 16266:2009 | |
| 25 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total count of microorganisms on nutrient agar at 22°C | Plate method / pour plate | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 26 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total number of microorganisms on nutrient agar at 36oC | Plate method / pour plate | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 27 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Intestinal enterococci count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004 | |
| 28 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Number of Legionella bacteria, Matrix B, procedure 7 (medium C – GVPC), Matrix A, procedure 5,7 (medium A – BCYE and medium C – GVPC) | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 +Ap1:2019-12 | |
| 29 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Coliform bacteria count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04 | |
| 30 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Escherichia coli count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04 | |
| 31 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 16266:2009 | |
| 32 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Sampling for microbiological testing | PN-EN ISO 19458:2007 | ||
| 33 | Water intended for human consumption | Sampling for chemical testing and physical properties | PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10 | ||
| LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Instrumental Analysis Laboratory | |||||
| 34 | Water (including swimming pool water), Water intended for human consumption | Concentration of highly volatile halogenated hydrocarbon derivatives Bromoform (0,6 – 50) μg/l Chloroform (0,3 – 95) μg/l Dibromochloromethane (0,3 – 50) μg/l Bromodichloromethane (0,3 – 50) μg/l sum of THM (calculated) Range 1,2-dichloroethane (0,6 – 10) μg/l Trichloroethene (0,3 – 50) μg/l Tetrachloroethene (0,3 – 50) μg/l sum of Trichloroethene and Tetrachloroethene (calculated) |
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) | PN-EN ISO 10301:2002 chapter 2 | |
| 35 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Iron concentration Range (0,500 – 5,00) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-02 issue 1 of 28.02.2024 | |
| 36 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Manganese concentration Range (0,100 – 10) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-02 issue 1 of 28.02.2024 | |
| 37 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Sodium concentration Range (1,0 – 200) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-02 issue 1 of 28.02.2024 | |
| 38 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Copper concentration Range (0,10 – 5,0) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-02 issue 1 of 28.02.2024 | |
| 39 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Zinc concentration Range (0,20 – 20) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-02 issue 1 of 28.02.2024 | |
| 40 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Iron concentration Range (0,500 – 5,00) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-01 issue 3 of 02.12.2020 | |
| 41 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Manganese concentration Range (0,050 – 10) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-01 issue 3 of 02.12.2020 | |
| 42 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Lead concentration Range (3,0 – 60) μg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-01 issue 3 of 02.12.2020 | |
| 43 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Chromium concentration Range (5,0 - 600) μg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-01 issue 3 of 02.12.2020 | |
| 44 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Cadmium concentration Range (1,0 - 500) μg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-01 issue 3 of 02.12.2020 | |
| 45 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Sodium concentration Range (0,2 – 100) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-01 issue 3 of 02.12.2020 | |
| 46 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Copper concentration Range (0,10 – 5,00) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-01 issue 3 of 02.12.2020 | |
| 47 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nickel concentration Range (5,0 – 800) μg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-01 issue 3 of 02.12.2020 | |
| 48 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Zinc concentration Range (0,20 – 20) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB/L/LAI-01 issue 3 of 02.12.2020 | |
| 49 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Cadmium concentration Range (1,0 – 20) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 15586:2005 | |
| 50 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Lead concentration Range (3,0 – 50) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 15586:2005 | |
| 51 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Chromium concentration Range (5,0 – 100) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 15586:2005 | |
| 52 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nickel concentration Range (5,0 – 50) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 15586:2005 | |
| 53 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Arsenic concentration Range (3,0 – 20) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 15586:2005 | |
| 54 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Selenium concentration Range (3,0 – 20) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 15586:2005 | |
| 55 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Antimony concentration Range (1,5 – 10) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 15586:2005 | |
| LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Epidemiological Testing Laboratory | |||||
| 56 | Faeces and rectal swab | Presence and serotype of enteric rods of the genus Salmonella, Shigella | Culture method supplemented with biochemical and serological tests | PB/L/LEp-01 issue 2 of 25.04.2014 | |
| 57 | Faeces and rectal swab from sick persons | Presence and serotype of enteric rods of the genus Salmonella, Shigella | Culture method supplemented with biochemical and serological tests | PB/L/LEp-07 issue 2 of 25.04.2014 | |
| 58 | Faeces and rectal swab from sick persons | Presence of enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli | Culture method supplemented with biochemical and serological tests | PB/L/LEp-07 issue 2 of 25.04.2014 | |
| 59 | Biological indicators of sterilization process efficacy, Sporal A, Sporal S | Presence of, Geobacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus subtilis | Culture method | PB/L/LEp-03 issue 3 of 24.06.2021 | |
Reference standards (32)
PB/L/LAI-01 issue 3 of 02.12.2020
PB/L/LAI-02 issue 1 of 28.02.2024
PB/L/LEp-01 issue 2 of 25.04.2014
PB/L/LEp-03 issue 3 of 24.06.2021
PB/L/LEp-07 issue 2 of 25.04.2014
PB/L/LHK-01 issue 1 of 07.05.2004
PB/L/LHK-02 issue 1 of 07.05.2004
PB/L/LHK-05 issue 1 of 07.05.2004
PB/L/LHK-06 issue 1 of 07.05.2004
PB/L/LHK-07 issue 1 of 07.05.2004
PB/L/LHK-08 issue 1 of 07.05.2004
PB/L/LHK-09 issue 2 of 12.11.2008
PB/L/LHK-10 issue 1 of 07.05.2004
PB/L/LHK-30 issue 1 of 05.01.2011
PB/L/LHK-32 issue 1 of 16.12.2015
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN ISO 10301:2002 chapter 2
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08 +Ap1:2019-12
PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
PN-EN ISO 19458:2007
PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 +Ap1:2015-06 cl. 6
PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 8467:2001
PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10
PN-ISO 6058:1999
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 9297:1994