🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL
Water & wastewaterMicrobiologyFood & beveragesMaterials & polymers
POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 648 (Konin, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 60 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology, Food & beverages, Materials & polymers. Test objects include: Water, Water intended for human consumption, Water intended for human consumption, Biological indicators for the control of sterilization efficacy, Clinical material: faeces, rectal swab. Most frequently used techniques: Membrane filtration method, Plate method (pour plate), Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS).
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 648
- Methods in scope: 60
- Types of test objects: 14
- Techniques used: 25
- City: Konin, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 648
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- W KONINIE, ul. Stanisława Staszica 16, 62-500 Konin
- City
- Konin, Poland
What this laboratory tests (14)
- Water, Water intended for human consumption — 38 methods
- Water intended for human consumption — 10 methods
- Biological indicators for the control of sterilization efficacy — 1 method
- Clinical material: faeces, rectal swab — 1 method
- Coffee and tea, Food concentrates, Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Fruit, vegetables and vegetable and fruit preserves and vegetable-meat preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, Spices; Foods for particular nutritional uses, Oils, animal and vegetable fats; Cereals and cereal products, Frozen food, Ready meals, Dietary supplements, Eggs and egg products — 1 method
- Food concentrates, Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Fruit, vegetables and vegetable and fruit preserves and vegetable-meat preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, spices, Foods for particular nutritional uses, Oils, animal and vegetable fats; Cereals and cereal products, Frozen food, Ready meals, Dietary supplements — 1 method
- Food concentrates, Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Fruit, vegetables and vegetable and fruit products and vegetable – meat products, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Oils, animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products — 1 method
- Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses — 1 method
- Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Confectionery and sweets, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Cereals and cereal products, Delicatessen products — 1 method
- Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Confectionery and sweets, Fruit, vegetables and vegetable and fruit products and vegetable – meat products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Cereals and cereal products, Delicatessen products — 1 method
- Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Cereals and cereal products, Delicatessen products — 1 method
- Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Oils, animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal products, Delicatessen products, Fruit, vegetables and vegetable and fruit products and vegetable – meat products — 1 method
- Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Delicatessen products — 1 method
- Water — 1 method
Analytical techniques used (25)
- Membrane filtration method — 8 methods
- Plate method (pour plate) — 6 methods
- Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) — 4 methods
- Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) — 3 methods
- Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) — 3 methods
- Titrimetric method — 3 methods
- Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation — 2 methods
- Culture method with biochemical confirmation — 2 methods
- Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) — 2 methods
- MPN method — 2 methods
- Plate method (spread plate) — 2 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 2 methods
- Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) — 1 method
- Colorimetric method — 1 method
- Conductometric method — 1 method
- and 10 more
Laboratory sections (5)
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT, Food and Water Microbiological Testing Section (OL-B) — 21 methods
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT, Special Equipment Section (OL-E) — 17 methods
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT, Water Physico-Chemical Testing Section (OL-A) — 15 methods
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT — 5 methods
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT, Intestinal Diseases Section (OL-C) — 2 methods
Laboratory locations
- POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA (main site) — ul. Stanisława Staszica 16, 62-500 Konin
- LABORATORY DEPARTMENT — ul. Stanisława Staszica 16, 62-500 Konin
- Water Physicochemical Testing Section (OL-A) — ul. Stanisława Staszica 16, 62-500 Konin
- Food and Water Microbiological Testing Section (OL-B) — ul. Stanisława Staszica 16, 62-500 Konin
- Intestinal Diseases Section (OL-C) — ul. Stanisława Staszica 16, 62-500 Konin
- Special Equipment Section (OL-E) — ul. Stanisława Staszica 16, 62-500 Konin
Certificate information
- Issue date
- 29.09.2026
- Issue no.
- 22
Accreditation scope — test methods (60)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LABORATORY DEPARTMENT | |||||
| 1 | Water intended for human consumption | Sampling for chemical and physical testing | PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10 | ||
| 2 | Water intended for human consumption | Temperature Range (5,0 – 70,0) °C |
PB-01/OL issue 01 of 07.05.2026 | ||
| 3 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Sampling for microbiological testing | PN-EN ISO 19458:2007 excluding cl. 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6 | ||
| 4 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Temperature Range (5,0 – 70,0) °C |
PB-01/OL issue 01 of 07.05.2026 | ||
| 5 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Free chlorine concentration Range (0,05 – 5,0) mg/l |
Colorimetric method | PB-02/OL issue 01 of 07.05.2026 | based on the Visocolor ECO 931217 test | |
| LABORATORY DEPARTMENT, Water Physico-Chemical Testing Section (OL-A) | |||||
| 6 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Colour Range (2,5 – 70) mg/l Pt |
Visual method | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 Method D | |
| 7 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | pH Range (3,0 – 10,0) |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 8 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Electrical conductivity Range (10 – 2770) µS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 9 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total hardness Range (10 – 700) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6059:1999 | |
| 10 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Calcium concentration Range (4,0 – 200) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6058:1999 | |
| 11 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Magnesium concentration (calculated) | PN-C-04554-4:1999, Annex A | ||
| 12 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrite concentration Range (0,010 – 0,70) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 13 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Ammonium ion concentration Range (0,040 – 2,6) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 7150-1:2002 | |
| 14 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Turbidity Range (0,10 – 100) NTU |
Nephelometric method | PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 | |
| 15 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Permanganate index (oxidisability with KMnO4) Range (0,50-16) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 8467:2001 | |
| 16 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Anion concentrations fluorides (F-) (0,050 – 2,0) mg/l chlorides (Cl-) (5,0 – 500) mg/l nitrates (NO3-) (1,00 – 100) mg/l sulphates (SO 42- ) (5,0– 300) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009 | |
| 17 | Water intended for human consumption | Bromate concentration Range (3,0 – 20) µg/l |
Ion chromatography with spectrophotometric detection (IC-UV/Vis) | PN-EN ISO 11206:2013-07 | |
| 18 | Water intended for human consumption | Chlorate concentration Range (0,050-1,0) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-4:2022-08 | |
| 19 | Water intended for human consumption | Chlorite concentration Range (0,050-1,0) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-4:2022-08 | |
| 20 | Water intended for human consumption | Sum of chlorites and chlorates (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 10304-4:2022-08 | ||
| LABORATORY DEPARTMENT, Food and Water Microbiological Testing Section (OL-B) | |||||
| 21 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total viable count at 22°C | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 22 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total viable count at 36°C | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 6222:2004 | |
| 23 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Coliform bacteria count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12+A1:2017-04 | |
| 24 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Escherichia coli count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12+A1:2017-04 | |
| 25 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Intestinal enterococci count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004 | |
| 26 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Coagulase-positive staphylococci count | Membrane filtration method | PB-02/OL-B: issue 05 of 14.04.2026 | based on the NIZP PZH-PIB guidelines | |
| 27 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Pseudomonas aeruginosa count | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 16266:2009 | |
| 28 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Most probable number of coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli | MPN method | PN-EN ISO 9308-2:2014-06 | |
| 29 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Count of bacteria of the genus Legionella, Matrix A: Procedure 5 (medium A), 7 (medium C – GVPC) | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08+Ap1:2019-12 | |
| 30 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Clostridium perfringens count (including spores) | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10 | |
| 31 | Water intended for human consumption | Count of sulphite-reducing anaerobes (clostridia) | Membrane filtration method | PN-EN 26461-2:2001 | |
| 32 | Water | Most probable number of Escherichia coli | MPN method | PN-EN ISO 9308-3:2002 | |
| 33 | Coffee and tea, Food concentrates, Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Fruit, vegetables and vegetable and fruit preserves and vegetable-meat preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, Spices; Foods for particular nutritional uses, Oils, animal and vegetable fats; Cereals and cereal products, Frozen food, Ready meals, Dietary supplements, Eggs and egg products | Presence of Salmonella spp. rods | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04+A1:2020-09 | |
| 34 | Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Cereals and cereal products, Delicatessen products | Coagulase-positive staphylococci count | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 6888-2:2022-03+A1:2024-02 | |
| 35 | Food concentrates, Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Fruit, vegetables and vegetable and fruit preserves and vegetable-meat preserves, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, spices, Foods for particular nutritional uses, Oils, animal and vegetable fats; Cereals and cereal products, Frozen food, Ready meals, Dietary supplements | Listeria monocytogenes count | Plate method (spread plate) | PN- EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07 | |
| 36 | Food concentrates, Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Fruit, vegetables and vegetable and fruit products and vegetable – meat products, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Oils, animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal products, Frozen food, Delicatessen products | Presence of Listeria monocytogenes | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07 | |
| 37 | Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Fish and fish products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Delicatessen products | Enterobacteriaceae count | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08 | |
| 38 | Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Confectionery and sweets, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Cereals and cereal products, Delicatessen products | Presumptive Bacillus cereus count | Plate method (spread plate) | PN-EN ISO 7932:2005+A1:2020-09 | |
| 39 | Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Confectionery and sweets, Fruit, vegetables and vegetable and fruit products and vegetable – meat products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Cereals and cereal products, Delicatessen products | Total viable count | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12+Ap1:2016-11+A1:2022-06 | |
| 40 | Meat and meat products, Milk and dairy products, Confectionery and sweets, Herbal raw materials and products, spices, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Oils, animal and vegetable fats, Cereals and cereal products, Delicatessen products, Fruit, vegetables and vegetable and fruit products and vegetable – meat products | Count of β-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-ISO 16649-2:2004 | |
| 41 | Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses | Presence of Enterobacteriaceae | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | PN-EN ISO 21528-1:2017-08 | |
| LABORATORY DEPARTMENT, Intestinal Diseases Section (OL-C) | |||||
| 42 | Clinical material: faeces, rectal swab | Presence of rods of the genus Salmonella and Shigella | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PB-01/OL-C: issue 04 of 06.05.2026 | based on the NIZP PZH-PIB recommendations | |
| 43 | Biological indicators for the control of sterilization efficacy | Presence of the indicator microorganism Geobacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus subtilis | Culture method | PB-04/OL-C: issue 04 of 21.04.2026 | based on the indicator manufacturers' instructions | |
| LABORATORY DEPARTMENT, Special Equipment Section (OL-E) | |||||
| 44 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Metal concentrations iron (20 – 5000) µg/l manganese (10 – 1000 ) µg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PB-03/OL-E issue 03 of 21.04.2026 | |
| 45 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Metal concentrations cadmium (0,50 – 5,0) µg/l lead (2,0 – 30) µg/l nickel (4,0 – 30) µg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 15586:2005 | |
| 46 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total chromium concentration Range (2,0 – 14) µg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN 1233:2000 | |
| 47 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Arsenic concentration Range (1,0 – 10) µg/l |
Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) | PN-EN ISO 11969:1999 | |
| 48 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Metal concentrations sodium (0,40 – 250) mg/l potassium (0,40 – 12,5) mg/l |
Flame emission spectrometry method (FEAS) | PN-ISO 9964-3:1994 | |
| 49 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Mercury concentration Range (0,30 – 2,0) µg/l |
Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) | PN-EN ISO 12846:2012+Ap1:2016-07 | |
| 50 | Water intended for human consumption | Silver concentration Range (0,0020-0,015) mg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 15586:2005 | |
| 51 | Water intended for human consumption | Antimony concentration Range (1,0-10) µg/l |
Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) | PN-EN ISO 11969:1999 | |
| 52 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Selenium concentration Range (2,0 – 20) µg/l |
Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) | PN-ISO 9965:2001 | |
| 53 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Metal concentrations copper (0,050 – 1,00) mg/l zinc (0,050 – 1,00) mg/l |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-ISO 8288:2002 | |
| 54 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Concentration of halogenated hydrocarbon derivatives: chloroform (2,0 – 200) μg/l dibromochloromethane (2,0 – 40) μg/l bromodichloromethane (2,0 – 40) μg/l bromoform (2,0 – 40) μg/l |
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) | PN-EN ISO 10301:2002 | |
| 55 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Sum of THM (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 10301:2002 | ||
| 56 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | PAH concentration: benzo(b)fluoranthene (0,0020 – 0,030) µg/l benzo(k)fluoranthene (0,0020 – 0,030) µg/l benzo(a)pyrene (0,0020 – 0,030) µg/l benzo(g,h,i)perylene (0,0020 – 0,030) µg/l indeno(1,2,3-c,d) pyrene (0,0020 – 0,030) µg/l |
High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) | PN-EN ISO 17993:2005 | |
| 57 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Sum of PAH (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 17993:2005 | ||
| 58 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Benzene concentration Range (0,20 – 3,4) μg/l |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PB-07/OL-E issue 03 of 21.04.2026 | |
| 59 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Aluminium concentration Range (20 – 240) µg/l |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PN-EN ISO 12020:2002 | |
| 60 | Water intended for human consumption | Benzene concentration Range (0,30– 2,0) μg/l |
Gas chromatography with purge and trap technique, thermal desorption and flame ionization detection (P&T GC-FID) | PN-EN ISO 15680:2008 | |
Reference standards (55)
PB-01/OL issue 01 of 07.05.2026
PB-01/OL-C: issue 04 of 06.05.2026
PB-02/OL issue 01 of 07.05.2026
PB-02/OL-B: issue 05 of 14.04.2026
PB-03/OL-E issue 03 of 21.04.2026
PB-04/OL-C: issue 04 of 21.04.2026
PB-07/OL-E issue 03 of 21.04.2026
PN- EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07
PN-C-04554-4:1999, Annex A
PN-EN 1233:2000
PN-EN 26461-2:2001
PN-EN 26777:1999
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN ISO 10301:2002
PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009
PN-EN ISO 10304-4:2022-08
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 11206:2013-07
PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07
PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08+Ap1:2019-12
PN-EN ISO 11969:1999
PN-EN ISO 12020:2002
PN-EN ISO 12846:2012+Ap1:2016-07
PN-EN ISO 14189:2016-10
PN-EN ISO 15586:2005
PN-EN ISO 15680:2008
PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
PN-EN ISO 17993:2005
PN-EN ISO 19458:2007 excluding cl. 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6
PN-EN ISO 21528-1:2017-08
PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12+Ap1:2016-11+A1:2022-06
PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04+A1:2020-09
PN-EN ISO 6888-2:2022-03+A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012 Method D
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-EN ISO 9308-2:2014-06
PN-EN ISO 9308-3:2002
PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10
PN-ISO 6058:1999
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
PN-ISO 8288:2002
PN-ISO 9964-3:1994
PN-ISO 9965:2001
based on the indicator manufacturers' instructions
based on the Visocolor ECO 931217 test
based on the NIZP PZH-PIB recommendations
based on the NIZP PZH-PIB guidelines