🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL

PCA AB 614 • Ełk, Poland • 40 methods

Water & wastewaterMicrobiologyFood & beverages

POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 614 (Ełk, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 40 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology, Food & beverages. Test objects include: Water, Swimming pool water, Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas - s…, Biological indicator Sporal A. Most frequently used techniques: Spectrophotometric method, Membrane filtration method, Plate method, pour plate.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 614
  • Methods in scope: 40
  • Types of test objects: 18
  • Techniques used: 12
  • City: Ełk, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 614
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
W EŁKU, ul. Toruńska 6A/1, 19-300 Ełk
City
Ełk, Poland

What this laboratory tests (18)

Analytical techniques used (12)

Laboratory sections (3)

Laboratory locations

Certificate information

Issue date
24.04.2026
Issue no.
23

Accreditation scope — test methods (40)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Epidemiological, Environmental and Food Testing Laboratory; Physico-Chemical Testing Unit; Water and Food Physico-Chemical Testing Laboratory
1 Water Colour
Range (5 – 50) mg/I Pt
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 Method C
2 Water Turbidity
Range (0,30 – 100) NTU
Nephelometric method PN-EN ISO 7027-1: 2016-09
3 Water pH
Range 4,0 – 10,0
Potentiometric method PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
4 Water Electrical conductivity
Range (147 – 5000) µS/cm
Conductometric method PN-EN 27888:1999
5 Water Ammonium nitrogen concentration
Range (0,08 – 1,9) mg/l Ammonium ion concentration (0,10 – 2,5) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
6 Water Nitrate nitrogen concentration
Range (0,7 – 20,0) mg/l Nitrate concentration (3,1 – 88,6) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-82/C-04576.08
7 Water Nitrite concentration
Range (0,03 – 0,494) mg/I
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN 26777:1999
8 Water Manganese concentration
Range (0,015 – 0,700) mg/I
Spectrophotometric method Merck test No. 1.14770, issue of July 2024
9 Water Total iron concentration
Range (0,050 – 2,000) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 6332:2001
10 Water Total hardness
Range (45 – 600) mg/l CaCO3
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 6059:1999
11 Water Chloride concentration
Range (5,0 – 300) mg/l
Titrimetric method PN-ISO 9297:1994
12 Water Fluoride concentration
Range (0,10 – 5,0) mg/l
Potentiometric method PN-78/C-04588/03
13 Water Permanganate index
Range (0,5 – 10) mg/l O2
Titrimetric method PN-EN ISO 8467:2001
14 Drinking water Free chlorine
Range (0,12 – 2,0) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method Free chlorine test, Hach method 8021, edition 1 of April 2014
15 Swimming pool water Free chlorine
Range (0,12 – 2,0) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method Free chlorine test, Hach method 8021, edition 1 of April 2014
16 Swimming pool water Total chlorine
Range (0,12 – 2,0) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method Total chlorine test, Hach method 8167, edition 1 of April 2005
17 Swimming pool water Combined chlorine (calculated) Free chlorine test, Hach method 8021, edition 1 of April 2014 | Total chlorine test, Hach method 8167, edition 1 of April 2005
Epidemiological, Environmental and Food Testing Laboratory; Microbiological Testing Unit; Water and Food Microbiological Testing Laboratory
18 Water Coliform bacteria count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12/A1:2017-04
19 Water Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12/A1:2017-04
20 Water Intestinal enterococci count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
21 Water Pseudomonas aeruginosa count Membrane filtration method PN- EN ISO 16266:2009
22 Water Count of bacteria of the genus Legionella
Matrix A Procedure 5 (medium A, BCYE) Procedure 7(medium C, GVPC)
Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 11731-2017-08 | PN-EN ISO 11731-2017-08/Ap1:2019-12
23 Water Total count of microorganisms at 22°C and 36°C Plate method, pour plate PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
24 Water intended for human consumption Clostridium perfringens count (including spores) Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10
25 Mineral water Count of sulphite-reducing clostridia including spores Membrane filtration method PN-EN 26461-2:2001
26 Swimming pool water Total viable count at 36°C Plate method, pour plate PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
27 Water from bathing waters and bathing places Most probable number of Escherichia coli Miniaturized method (MPN) PN-EN ISO 9308-3:2002
28 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, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Ready meals and culinary products, Foods for particular nutritional uses, Dietary supplements, Herbs and spices Presence of Salmonella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09
29 Meat, offal and meat products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and dairy products, Confectionery and pastry products, Vegetables, Fruit, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses Presence of Listeria monocytogenes Culture method with biochemical confirmation PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07
30 Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products, egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and dairy products, Cereal grain and cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Vegetables, Fruit, Dietary supplements, Herbs and spices, Ready meals and culinary products Listeria monocytogenes count Plate method, spread plate PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07
31 Milk and dairy products, Meat, offal and meat products, Confectionery and pastry products, Delicatessen and culinary products, Poultry, offal and poultry products Coagulase-positive staphylococci count (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) Plate method, spread plate PN-EN ISO 6888-1:2022-03+A1:2024-02
32 Meat, offal and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Vegetables, Fruit Number of ß-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli Plate method, pour plate PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
33 Cereal grain and cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Ready meals and culinary products, Foods for special nutritional purposes Presumptive Bacillus cereus count Plate method, spread plate PN-EN ISO 7932:2005 +A1:2020-09
34 Meat, offal and meat products, Milk and dairy products Microorganism count Plate method, pour plate PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 +A1:2022-06
35 Milk and dairy products, Meat, offal and meat products Enterobacteriaceae count Plate method, pour plate PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
36 Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas - swab from a surface delimited by a template - swab from a surface not delimited by a template Presence of Listeria monocytogenes Culture method with biochemical confirmation PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07
37 Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas - swab from a surface delimited by a template - swab from a surface not delimited by a template Presence of Salmonella spp. Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09
38 Fresh poultry meat Presence of Salmonella spp., Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Typhimurium Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09 | White–Kauffmann–Le Minor scheme: 2007
Epidemiological, Environmental and Food Testing Laboratory; Microbiological Testing Unit; Epidemiological and Clinical Testing Laboratory
39 Faeces, Rectal swab, Bacterial strains Presence and identification of Salmonella spp., Shigella spp. rods Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PB-OBM-E-007 issue 3 of 08.01.2025 based on methodological publications
40 Biological indicator Sporal A Presence of the indicator microorganism Geobacillus stearothermophilus Culture method PB-OBM-E-011 issue 1 of 01.01.2021 based on the test manufacturer's instructions.

Reference standards (37)

PB-OBM-E-007 issue 3 of 08.01.2025 based on methodological publications
PB-OBM-E-011 issue 1 of 01.01.2021 based on the test manufacturer's instructions.
PN- EN ISO 16266:2009
PN-78/C-04588/03
PN-82/C-04576.08
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
PN-EN ISO 11731-2017-08/Ap1:2019-12
PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10
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 6888-1:2022-03+A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 7027-1: 2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 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
PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12/A1:2017-04
PN-EN ISO 9308-3:2002
PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 6332:2001
PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
PN-ISO 9297:1994
White–Kauffmann–Le Minor scheme: 2007
Merck test No. 1.14770, issue of July 2024
Total chlorine test, Hach method 8167, edition 1 of April 2005
Total chlorine test, Hach method 8167, edition 1 of April 2005
Free chlorine test, Hach method 8021, edition 1 of April 2014

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