Guidance

Environmental swab scheme: current distribution

This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is suitable for laboratories that routinely examine environmental swabs.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 9 September 2015
• Last updated: 7 June 2019 — See all updates

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Environmental swab scheme: example distribution request form

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Details

This scheme is suitable for laboratories that analyse:

• swabs for hygiene indicator organisms from both random and template areas
• swabs for pathogens

Published 9 September 2015
Last updated 7 June 2019 + show all updates

1. 7 June 2019

   Updated 'Environmental swab scheme: example distribution request form'.

2. 5 October 2018

   Added 'Environmental swab scheme: distribution ES13 request form'.

3. 20 April 2018

   Added 'Environmental swab scheme: distribution ES11 request form'.

4. 27 February 2018

   Added 'Environmental swab scheme: distribution ES10 request form'.

5. 5 October 2017

   Replaced distribution ES8 request form with distribution ES9 request form.

6. 3 August 2017

   Replaced ES7 request form with ES8 form.

7. 25 April 2017

   Replaced ES6 request form with ES7 form.

8. 22 February 2017

   Updated with environmental swab scheme: distribution ES6 request form.

9. 11 October 2016

   Added environmental swab scheme: distribution ES5 request form.

10. 5 August 2016

    Updated with distribution ES4 request form.

11. 19 April 2016

    Added environmental swab scheme: distribution ES3 request form.

12. 19 January 2016

    Added environmental swab scheme: distribution ES2 request form.

13. 9 September 2015

    First published.