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 — See all updates

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Environmental swab scheme: intended results for distribution ES19

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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

Published 29 September 2015
Last updated 28 January 2021 + show all updates

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.