Guidance

Environmental swab scheme: reports

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

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 21 October 2015
• Last updated: 21 October 2019 — See all updates

Documents

Environmental swab scheme: report for hygiene indicator organisms

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Environmental swab scheme: report for pathogens relating to outbreak

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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 21 October 2015

Last updated 21 October 2019 + show all updates

1. 21 October 2019

   Added 'Hygiene indicator organisms' and 'Pathogens relating to outbreak' reports.

2. 28 March 2019

   Added 'Environmental swab scheme: report'.

3. 20 November 2018

   Added 'Environmental swab scheme: distribution ES13 report'.

4. 10 September 2018

   Added 'Environmental swab scheme: distribution ES12 report'.

5. 6 April 2018

   Added 'Environmental swab scheme: distribution ES10 report'.

6. 8 November 2017

   Added environmental swab scheme: distribution ES9 report.

7. 19 September 2017

   Added environmental swab scheme: distribution ES8 report.

8. 22 May 2017

   Updated an environmental swab scheme: distribution ES7 report.

9. 13 April 2017

   Added environmental swab scheme: distribution ES6 report.

10. 21 November 2016

    Added environmental swab scheme: distribution ES5 report.

11. 13 September 2016

    Added environmental swab scheme: distribution ES4 report.

12. 8 March 2016

    Added environmental swab scheme: distribution ES2 report.

13. 21 October 2015

    First published.