🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL
Water & wastewaterMicrobiologyFood & beveragesEnvironmentPharma & cosmetics
POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 624 (Krosno, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 48 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology, Food & beverages, Environment. Test objects include: Water, Water intended for human consumption, Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultr…, Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water, Workplace environment - air. Most frequently used techniques: Membrane filtration method, Spectrophotometric method, Plate method (pour plate).
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 624
- Methods in scope: 48
- Types of test objects: 14
- Techniques used: 16
- City: Krosno, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 624
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- W KROŚNIE, ul. Kisielewskiego 12, 38-400 Krosno
- City
- Krosno, Poland
What this laboratory tests (14)
- Water, Water intended for human consumption — 17 methods
- Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements — 7 methods
- Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water — 5 methods
- Workplace environment - air — 4 methods
- Faeces, Rectal swab, Strain, Faecal swabs — 3 methods
- Meat and meat products — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - noise — 2 methods
- Biological indicators for sterilization process control: Sporal A, S — 1 method
- Foodstuffs: confectionery and pastry products delicatessen and culinary products — 1 method
- Foodstuffs: milk and milk products meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products confectionery and pastry products delicatessen and culinary products — 1 method
- Non-alcoholic beverages, fruit and vegetable products — 1 method
- Workplace environment - hand-arm mechanical vibration — 1 method
- Workplace environment - whole-body mechanical vibration — 1 method
Analytical techniques used (16)
- Membrane filtration method — 9 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 8 methods
- Plate method (pour plate) — 6 methods
- Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation — 4 methods
- Plate method (spread plate) — 3 methods
- Direct measurement method — 2 methods
- Gravimetric method — 2 methods
- Conductometric method — 1 method
- Culture method — 1 method
- Culture method with biochemical confirmation — 1 method
- Direct measurement method - Daily exposure expressed as the energy-equivalent for 8 hours of action r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration acceleration, dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components taking into account the appropriate factors (1,4awx, 1,4awy, awz) - Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the r.m.s. frequency-weighted vibration acceleration, dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components taking into account the appropriate factors (1,4awx, 1,4awy, awz) (calculated) — 1 method
- Direct measurement method - Daily exposure expressed as the energy-equivalent for 8 hours of action vector sum of the r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration accelerations determined for the 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 the three directional components (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz) (calculated) — 1 method
- Nephelometric method — 1 method
- Personal dosimetry method — 1 method
- Potentiometric method — 1 method
- and 1 more
Laboratory sections (4)
- LABORATORY DIVISION; Municipal Hygiene Laboratory — 22 methods
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Food Hygiene and Nutrition Laboratory — 12 methods
- LABORATORY DIVISION; Occupational Hygiene Laboratory — 10 methods
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Epidemiology Laboratory — 4 methods
Laboratory locations
- POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA (main site) — ul. Kisielewskiego 12, 38-400 Krosno
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT — ul. Kisielewskiego 12, 38-400 Krosno
- Occupational Hygiene Laboratory — ul. Kisielewskiego 12, 38-400 Krosno
- Food and Nutrition Hygiene Laboratory — ul. Kisielewskiego 12, 38-400 Krosno
- Municipal Hygiene Laboratory — ul. Kisielewskiego 12, 38-400 Krosno
- Epidemiology Laboratory — ul. Kisielewskiego 12, 38-400 Krosno
Certificate information
- Issue date
- 19.08.2026
- Issue no.
- 26
Accreditation scope — test methods (48)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LABORATORY DIVISION; Occupational Hygiene Laboratory | |||||
| 1 | Workplace environment - noise | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level Maximum A-weighted sound pressure level Range (44 – 136) dB C-weighted peak sound pressure level Range (44 – 136) dB |
Direct measurement method | PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 excluding the method covering strategies 2 and 3, cl. 10 and 11 | |
| 2 | 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 method covering strategies 2 and 3, cl. 10 and 11 | ||
| 3 | Workplace environment - whole-body mechanical vibration | RMS, frequency-weighted vibration accelerations Range (0,06 – 100) m/s2 |
Direct measurement method - Daily exposure expressed as the energy-equivalent for 8 hours of action r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration acceleration, dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components taking into account the appropriate factors (1,4awx, 1,4awy, awz) - Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the r.m.s. frequency-weighted vibration acceleration, dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components taking into account the appropriate factors (1,4awx, 1,4awy, awz) (calculated) | PN-EN 14253+A1:2011 | |
| 4 | Workplace environment - hand-arm mechanical vibration | RMS, frequency-weighted vibration accelerations Range (0,06 – 100) m/s2 |
Direct measurement method - Daily exposure expressed as the energy-equivalent for 8 hours of action vector sum of the r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration accelerations determined for the 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 the three directional components (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz) (calculated) | PN-EN-ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11 | |
| 5 | 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, including -inhalable fraction -respirable fraction |
Personal dosimetry method | PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004 | |
| 6 | Workplace environment - air | Exposure index (calculated) | PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004 | ||
| 7 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of harmful dust agents - inhalable fraction: -wood dust -flour dust -dusts not classified according to toxicity -organic dusts of animal and plant origin except wood and flour dust portland cement coal (hard, brown) natural graphite Range (0,20 – 42) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04507:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08 | |
| 8 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of harmful dust agents - respirable fraction -organic dusts of animal and plant origin except wood and flour dust portland cement coal (hard, brown) natural graphite Range (0,22 – 14) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04508:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08 | |
| 9 | Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting | Illuminance Range (5 – 5000) lx |
Direct measurement method | PB/HP-01 issue 2 of 2025-04-29 | PN-83/E-04040.03 | |
| 10 | Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting | Illuminance uniformity (calculated) | PB/HP-01 issue 2 of 2025-04-29 | PN-83/E-04040.03 | ||
| LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Food Hygiene and Nutrition Laboratory | |||||
| 11 | Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements | Presence of Salmonella spp. | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09 | |
| 12 | Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements | Coliform bacteria count | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-ISO 4832:2007 | |
| 13 | Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements | Presence of Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria spp. | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07 | |
| 14 | Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements | Enterobacteriaceae count at 37 °C | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08 | |
| 15 | Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements | Number of β-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-ISO 16649-2:2004 | |
| 16 | Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements | Count of Listeria monocytogenes rods, Listeria spp. | Plate method (spread plate) | PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07 | |
| 17 | Foodstuffs: meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products fish and fish products milk and dairy products cereal grains and cereal-flour products confectionery and bakery products fruit, vegetables, fruit, vegetable and vegetable-meat preserves frozen food vegetable and animal fats herbs and spices coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas delicatessen and culinary products mayonnaises, mustards, sauces foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses dietary supplements | Total viable count | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 +A1:2022-06 | |
| 18 | Foodstuffs: milk and milk products meat, offal and meat products poultry, offal and poultry products confectionery and pastry products delicatessen and culinary products | Count of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphyloccocus aureus and other species) | Plate method (spread plate) | PN-EN ISO-6888-1:2022-03+A1:2024-02 | |
| 19 | Foodstuffs: confectionery and pastry products delicatessen and culinary products | Presumptive Bacillus cereus count | Plate method (spread plate) | PN-EN ISO 7932:2005+A1:2020-09 excluding cl. 9.5 | |
| 20 | Meat and meat products | Nitrite and nitrate content nitrites (0,50 – 150) mg/kg (NaNO2) nitrates (3,70 – 200) mg/kg (KNO 3) |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-74/A-82114 | |
| 21 | Meat and meat products | Sodium chloride content Range (0,50 - 7,00) % |
Titrimetric method | PN-73/A-82112+Az1:2002 | |
| 22 | Non-alcoholic beverages, fruit and vegetable products | Sorbic acid content Range (50 – 2500) mg/kg |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-90/A-75101/25 | |
| LABORATORY DIVISION; Municipal Hygiene Laboratory | |||||
| 23 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Sampling for microbiological analyses | PN-EN ISO 19458:2007 | ||
| 24 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Sampling for chemical and physical testing | PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10+Ap1:2019-07 | ||
| 25 | Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water | Total viable count at 22 °C | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 26 | Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water | Total viable count at 36 °C | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 27 | Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water | Escherichia coli count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 + A1:2017-04 | |
| 28 | Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water | Coliform bacteria count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 + A1:2017-04 | |
| 29 | Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water | Pseudomonas aeruginosa count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 16266:2009 | |
| 30 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Coliform bacteria count | Membrane filtration method | PB/HK-06 issue 5 of 26.02.2026 | |
| 31 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Count of thermotolerant coliform bacteria | Membrane filtration method | PB/HK-06 issue 5 of 26.02.2026 | |
| 32 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Escherichia coli count | Membrane filtration method | PB/HK-06 issue 5 of 26.02.2026 | |
| 33 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Count of spores of sulphite-reducing anaerobes (clostridia) | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN 26461-2:2001 | |
| 34 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Enterococci count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004 | |
| 35 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Clostridium perfringens count including spores | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10 | |
| 36 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | pH Range (4,0 – 10,0) |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 37 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Electrical conductivity Range (100 – 2500) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 38 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Colour Range (2 – 30) mgPt/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 +Ap1:2015-06 Method C | |
| 39 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrite concentration Range (0,040 – 0,82) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 40 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Turbidity Range (0,10 – 40)NTU |
Nephelometric method | PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 | |
| 41 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrate concentration Range (0,50 – 66,4) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-82/C-04576/08 | |
| 42 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Iron concentration Range (0,030 – 2,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06 | |
| 43 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Ammonium ion concentration Range (0,13 – 2,50) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-C-04576-4:1994 | |
| 44 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Aluminium concentration Range (0,040 – 0,400) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-92/C-04605/02 | |
| LABORATORY DEPARTMENT; Epidemiology Laboratory | |||||
| 45 | Biological indicators for sterilization process control: Sporal A, S | Presence of indicator microorganisms Geobacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus subtilis | Culture method | PB/EP-04 issue 4 of 16.02.2026 | |
| 46 | Faeces, Rectal swab, Strain, Faecal swabs | Presence and identification of Salmonella spp. rods | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PB/EP-01 issue 7 of 16.02.2026 | |
| 47 | Faeces, Rectal swab, Strain, Faecal swabs | Presence and identification of Shigella rods | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PB/EP-02 issue 7 of 16.02.2026 | |
| 48 | Faeces, Rectal swab, Strain, Faecal swabs | Presence and identification of Enterobacteriaceae rods | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PB/EP-06 issue 6 of 16.02.2026 | |
Reference standards (45)
PB/EP-01 issue 7 of 16.02.2026
PB/EP-02 issue 7 of 16.02.2026
PB/EP-04 issue 4 of 16.02.2026
PB/EP-06 issue 6 of 16.02.2026
PB/HK-06 issue 5 of 26.02.2026
PB/HP-01 issue 2 of 2025-04-29
PN-73/A-82112+Az1:2002
PN-74/A-82114
PN-82/C-04576/08
PN-83/E-04040.03
PN-90/A-75101/25
PN-92/C-04605/02
PN-C-04576-4:1994
PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
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 14189:2016-10
PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
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 5349-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11
PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09
PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 +Ap1:2015-06 Method C
PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 7932:2005+A1:2020-09 excluding cl. 9.5
PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 + A1:2017-04
PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 excluding the method covering strategies 2 and 3, cl. 10 and 11
PN-EN ISO-6888-1:2022-03+A1:2024-02
PN-EN-ISO 5349-1:2004
PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
PN-ISO 4832:2007
PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10+Ap1:2019-07
PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06
PN-N-01307:1994
PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
PN-Z-04507:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08
PN-Z-04508:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08