Guidance

Shiga toxin Escherichia coli scheme: sample instruction sheet

This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme challenges the detection and quantification of Shiga toxin Escherichia coli organisms by molecular methods.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 26 January 2016
• Last updated: 16 April 2019 — See all updates

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Shiga toxin Escherichia coli scheme: sample instruction sheet (English)

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Details

This scheme focuses on raising awareness of:

• molecular methods used
• the variations of the molecular methods used which can subsequently highlight differences in proficiency testing (PT) results obtained
• the limitation of molecular methods available on the market
• updates in ISO methods

Published 26 January 2016
Last updated 16 April 2019 + show all updates

1. 16 April 2019

   Updated 'Shiga toxin Escherichia coli scheme: sample instruction sheet (English)'.

2. 5 May 2017

   Updated shiga toxin escherichia coli scheme: sample instruction sheet.

3. 26 January 2016

   First published.