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Environmental swab scheme: current distribution

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

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From:
Public Health England
Published:
9 September 2015
Last updated:
7 June 2019
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  1. Updated 'Environmental swab scheme: example distribution request form'.

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

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

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

  5. Replaced distribution ES8 request form with distribution ES9 request form.

  6. Replaced ES7 request form with ES8 form.

  7. Replaced ES6 request form with ES7 form.

  8. Updated with environmental swab scheme: distribution ES6 request form.

  9. Added environmental swab scheme: distribution ES5 request form.

  10. Updated with distribution ES4 request form.

  11. Added environmental swab scheme: distribution ES3 request form.

  12. Added environmental swab scheme: distribution ES2 request form.

  13. First published.

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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

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