Guidance

Environmental swab scheme: recent intended results for distribution

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

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 29 September 2015
• Last updated: 28 January 2021
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  1. 28 January 2021

     Updated 'Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES19'.

  2. 31 March 2020

     Added 'Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES18'.

  3. 4 November 2019

     Added 'Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES17'.

  4. 27 August 2019

     Added 'Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES16'.

  5. 13 May 2019

     Added 'Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES15'.

  6. 19 March 2019

     Added 'Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES14'.

  7. 30 October 2018

     Added 'Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES13'.

  8. 10 September 2018

     Added 'Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES12'.

  9. 8 May 2018

     Added 'Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES11'.

  10. 19 March 2018

      Added 'Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES10'.

  11. 8 November 2017

      Added environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES9.

  12. 1 September 2017

      Added environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES8.

  13. 9 May 2017

      Updated environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES7.

  14. 22 March 2017

      Added environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES6.

  15. 1 September 2016

      Added environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES4.

  16. 10 May 2016

      Added environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES3.

  17. 9 February 2016

      Added environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES2.

  18. 29 September 2015

      First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 15 May 2025

This content is no longer up-to-date. For the most recent information, see the Food and Environment Proficiency Testing Unit (FEPTU) website.

Documents

Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES19

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Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES18

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Details

This scheme is suitable for laboratories that analyse swabs for:

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