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.

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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

Updates to this page

Published 26 January 2016
Last updated 16 April 2019 + show all updates
  1. Updated 'Shiga toxin Escherichia coli scheme: sample instruction sheet (English)'.

  2. Updated shiga toxin escherichia coli scheme: sample instruction sheet.

  3. First published.

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