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Saolta University Health Care Group Sligo University Hospital

Public Health Laboratory, Microbiology Department, The Mall, Sligo

Testing Laboratory

Registration number: 098T

is accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) to undertake testing as detailed in

the Schedule bearing the Registration Number detailed above, in compliance with the

International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 2nd Edition

“General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories”

(This Certificate must be read in conjunction with the Annexed Schedule of Accreditation)

Date of award of accreditation: 19:12:2002

Date of last renewal of accreditation: 17:08:2017

Expiry date of this certificate of accreditation: 17:08:2022

This Accreditation shall remain in force until further notice subject to continuing compliance

with INAB accreditation criteria, ISO/IEC 17025 and any further requirements specified by the

Irish National Accreditation Board.

Manager: ____________________ Chairperson: ____________________

Dr Adrienne Duff Ms. Ita Kinahan

Issued on 17 August 2017

Organisations are subject to annual surveillance and are re-assessed every five years. The renewal date on this

Certificate confirms the latest date of renewal of accreditation. To confirm the validity of this Certificate, please

contact the Irish National Accreditation Board.

The INAB is a signatory of the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) Testing Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the

International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Mutual Recognition Arrangement.

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Schedule of Accreditation

(Annex to Accreditation Certificate) Permanent Laboratory:

Category A

SAOLTA UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE GROUP SLIGO

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Public Health Laboratory

Biological Testing Laboratory

Initial Registration Date : 23-September-1998

Postal Address:

(Address of other locations

as they apply)

Microbiology Department

Sligo University Hospital

Sligo

Telephone: +353 (71) 9174558

Fax: +353 (71) 9174658

E-mail: [email protected]

Contact Name: Ms Vera Nicholson

Facilities: Public testing service

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Schedule of Accreditation

Permanent Laboratory: Category A

THE IRISH NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD (INAB) is the Irish body for the accreditation of

organisations including laboratories.

Laboratory accreditation is available to testing and calibration facilities operated by manufacturing

organisations, government departments, educational institutions and commercial testing/calibration

services. Indeed, any organisation involved in testing, measurement or calibration in any area of

technology can seek accreditation for the work it is undertaking.

Each accredited laboratory has been assessed by skilled specialist assessors and found to meet criteria

which are in compliance with ISO/IEC 17025 or ISO 15189 (medical laboratories). Frequent audits,

together with periodic inter-laboratory test programmes, ensure that these standards of operation are

maintained.

Testing and Calibration Categories:

Category A:

Permanent laboratory calibration and testing where the laboratory is erected on a fixed

location for a period expected to be greater than three years.

Category B: Site calibration and testing that is performed by staff sent out on site by a permanent

laboratory that is accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board.

Category C: Site calibration and testing that is performed in a site/mobile laboratory or by staff sent

out by such a laboratory, the operation of which is the responsibility of a permanent

laboratory accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board.

Category D: Site calibration and testing that is performed on site by individuals and organisations that

do not have a permanent calibration/testing laboratory. Testing may be performed using

(a) portable test equipment

(b) a site laboratory

(c) a mobile laboratory or

(d) equipment from a mobile or site laboratory

Standard Specification or Test Procedure Used:

The standard specification or test procedure that is accredited is the issue that is current on the date of the most

recent visit, unless otherwise stated.

Glossary of Terms

Facilities:

Public calibration/testing service: Commercial operations which actively seek work from others.

Conditionally available for public

calibration/testing:

Established for another primary purpose but, more commonly than not,

is available for outside work.

Normally not available for public

calibration/testing:

Unavailable for public calibration/testing more often than not.

Laboratory users wishing to obtain assurance that calibration or test results are reliable and carried out to the Irish

National Accreditation Board criteria should insist on receiving an accredited calibration certificate or test report.

Users should contact the laboratory directly to ensure that this scope of accreditation is current. INAB will, on

request, verify the status and scope.

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Scope of Accreditation

Saolta University Health Care Group


Permanent Laboratory:

Category A


INAB Classification number (P9)

Materials/products tested

Type of test/properties

measured

Range of measurement

Standard specifications

Equipment/techniques used

811

.01

.02

.03

.04

.05

.06

.07

.08

.09

.10

.13

.15

.17

Microbiological tests

on foods

Dairy products

Egg and egg products

Meat & meat products,

game & poultry

Fish, shellfish &

molluscs

Fats & oils

Soups, broths & sauces

Cereals & bakery

products

Fruit & vegetable

Herbs & spices

Non-alcoholic

beverages

Ices & desserts

Confectionery

Prepared dishes

Identification of

microorganisms by VITEK 2

Compact

Aerobic colony count

Enumeration and identification

of presumptive Bacillus cereus

and enumeration of other

presumptive Bacillus spp.

Detection of Campylobacter

species

Enumeration of Clostridium

perfringens

Enumeration of Escherichia coli


Enumeration of

Enterobacteriaciae

Documented in-house

methods based on BS/ISO

Methods, unless otherwise

indicated

TM 13

ISO 7218:2007 + A1: 2013

Pour Plate ISO 4833-1:2013

Surface Spiral Spread ISO

4833-2:2013

TM 01

BS EN ISO 7932:2004

TM 02

ISO 10272-1:2006

TM 03

BS EN ISO 7937:2004

TM 33

Petrifilm TM E.coli / Coliform

Count Plate

TM 51

ISO 16649-1:2001

TM 34

PetrifilmTM

Enterobacteriaceae

Count plate

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Category A





measured




811

.01

.02

.03

.04

.05

.06

.07

.08

.09

.10

.13

.15

.17


on foods

Dairy products


Meat & meat products,

game & poultry

Fish, shellfish &

molluscs

Fats & oils

Soups, broths & sauces

Cereals & bakery

products

Fruit & vegetable

Herbs & spices

Non-alcoholic

beverages

Ices & desserts

Confectionery

Prepared dishes

(i) Detection and identification

of Listeria monocytogenes and

other Listeria species.

(ii) Enumeration and

identification of Listeria

monocytogenes and other

Listeria species.

Detection & identification of

Salmonella species (serotyping

of Salmonella species using

ditch plate,slide and tube

agglutination)

Enumeration of coagulase

positive staphylococci (RPF)

Documented in-house



indicated

TM 07

Microbiology of Food &

Animal Feeding Stuffs

Part 1:Detection method

ISO 11290-1:1996+A1:2004

Part 2:Enumeration method

ISO 11290-2:1998+A1:2004

TM08

(+Sec(ix)G - Serotyping

EN ISO 6579-1:2017

TM 45

ISO 6888-2: 1999 + A1:2003

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Category A





measured




811

.01


on foods

Dairy products


Documented in-house



indicated

TM 16

ISO 7218: 2007 + A1:2013

.03 Meat and meat

products game and

poultry

Enumeration of Campylobacter

species

TM 49

ISO 10272-2:2006

.02

.04

.16


Fish,shell fish &

molluscs

Nuts & nut products,

snacks

Detection and identification of

Salmonella species (serotyping

of Salmonella species using

ditch plate, slide and tube

agglutination)

TM 08


EN ISO 6579-1:2017

(+TM 19, sample prep.)

(+TM 24, sample prep.)

.04 Fish shellfish and

molluscs

Shellfish

Enumeration of Escherichia coli TM23

Commun. Dis. Public

Health

1998:1:188-196

ISO 16649-3:2015

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Category A





measured




811

.10

.21


on foods

Non-alcoholic

beverages

Bottled waters

Others

Ice cubes



species


of Clostridium perfringens and

sulphite reducing clostridia

Documented in-house

methods based on 'The

Microbiology of Drinking

Water (2002) Methods for

the Examination of Waters

and Associated Materials',

unless otherwise indicated.

TM 28

The Microbiology of Drinking

Water Part 7 (2012)

ISO 6222:1999

TM 41


Water (2002)

ISO 10272-1:2006

TM 27


Water Part 6 (2010)

BS EN ISO 7937:2004

ISO 14189:2013

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Category A





measured




811

.10

.21


on foods

Non-alcoholic

beverages

Bottled waters

Others

Ice cubes

Enumeration of coliforms and

enumeration of E.coli


of Enterococci


E.coli (membrane filtration)

marine/other waters

Documented in-house







TM 31

Colilert ® 18 (IDEXX)

ISO 9308-2: 2012

TM 26

Membrane Filtration The


Water Part 5 (2012)

IS EN ISO 7899-2:2000

TM 25

Membrane Filtration

The Microbiology of

Drinking Water Part 4

(2009)

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Category A





measured




811

.10

.21


on foods

Non-alcoholic

beverages

Bottled waters

Others

Ice cubes


of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Isolation and identification of

Salmonella species using ditch

plate, tube and slide

agglutination

Documented in-house







TM 40


Water Part 8 (2010) ISO

16266:2008

TM 37 TM 08



Water Part 9 (2006)

EN ISO 6579-1:2017

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Category A





measured




811

.16


on foods

Nuts and nut products,

snacks


Enumeration of E. coli


Listeria monocytogenes and

other Listeria spp



other Listeria spp

Documented in-house



indicated

TM33

Petrifilm TM E.coli/coliform

count plate

TM 51

ISO 16649-1: 2001

TM 07

ISO 11290-1: 1996 + A1:

2004

TM 07

ISO 11290-2: 1998 + A1:

2004

.20 Materials and articles

intended to come into

contact with

foodstuffs

Detection of

Campylobacter species

TM02

ISO 10272-1:2006

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Category A





measured




818

.01


for factory hygiene

purposes

Surfaces


Campylobacter species:

C.jejuni; C.coli; C.lari


Listeria monocytogenes and

other Listeria spp



other Listeria spp


Salmonella spp

Enumeration of coagulase

positive Staphylococci


Enumeration of E.coli

TM02

ISO 10272-1:2006

TM07

ISO 11290-1:1996+A1:2004

TM 07

ISO 11290-2:1998

+A1:2004

TM08


ISO 6579-1:2017

TM 45

ISO 6888-2:1999 + A1:2003

TM 13

ISO 4833-1: 2013

ISO 4833-2: 2013

TM 51

ISO 16649-1 :2001

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Category A





measured




819

.99


on other materials

Other materials

- Environmental

swabs, settle plates

contact plates and

air sampler plates

including those from

healthcare facilities

Aerobic Colony Count

TM 13

Section (ii) C2

based on ISO 18593:2004

Microbiology of food and

animal feeding stuffs -

Horizontal methods for

sampling techniques

from surfaces using

contact plates and swabs

ISO 4833-1:2013

ISO 4833-2:2013

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Category A





measured




870

.11

.15

Waters including

effluents

Bacteriological

condition of potable

water

Bacteriological

condition of swimming

pools and spas



species




Documented in-house







TM 28


Water Part 7 (2012)

ISO 6222:1999

TM 41


Water (2002)

ISO 10272-1:2006

TM 27


Water Part 6 (2010)

BS EN ISO 7937:2004

ISO 14189:2013

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Category A





measured




870

.11

.15

Waters including

effluents

Bacteriological


water

Bacteriological


pools and spas

Enumeration of coliforms &


marine/other waters


enumeration of E.coli


of Enterococci

Documented in-house







TM 25

Membrane Filtration


Water Part 4 (2009)

TM 31


ISO 9308-2: 2012

TM 26



Water Part 5 (2012)

IS EN ISO 7899-2:2000

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Category A





measured




870

.11

.15

Waters including

effluents

Bacteriological


water

Bacteriological


pools and spas



Isolation and identification of



agglutination

Documented in-house







TM 40


Water Part 8 (2010)

ISO 16266:2008

TM 37, TM 08



Water Part 9 (2006)

EN ISO 6579-1:2017

.15

Bacteriological


pools and spas

Enumeration of Pseudomonas

aeruginosa from water

(Pseudalert ® method)

TM 52 Pseudalert ® (IDEXX)

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Category A





measured




870

.16

Waters including

effluents

Bacterial condition of

environmental

waters



species




Documented in-house







TM 28


Water Part 7 (2012)

ISO 6222:1999

TM 41


Water (2002)

ISO 10272-1:2006

TM 27


Water Part 6 (2010)

BS EN ISO 7937:2004

ISO 14189:2013

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Category A





measured




870

.16

Waters including

effluents

Bacterial condition of

environmental

waters

Enumeration of E.coli

Enumeration & identification of

Enterococci



marine/other waters

Isolation & identification of



agglutination

Documented in-house







TM 31


ISO 9308-2: 2012

TM 26



Water Part 5 (2012)

IS EN ISO 7899-2:2000

TM 25

Membrane Filtration


Water Part 4 (2009)

TM 37, TM 08



Water Part 9 (2006)

EN ISO 6579-1:2017

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Category A





measured




870

.99

Waters including

effluents

Other Tests

Hydrotherapy pools



enumeration of E. coli


E. coli by membrane filtration

Documented in-house

methods based on Hygiene

for Hydrotherapy Pools, 2nd

Ed: The Report of a PHLS

Working Group:1999 (HPA),

'The Microbiology of

Drinking Water(2002)

Methods for the Examination

of Waters and Associated

Materials', unless otherwise

indicated.

TM 28


Water Part 7 (2012)

ISO 6222:1999

TM 31


ISO 9308-2:2012

TM 25

Membrane filtration


Water Part 4 (2009)

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Category A





measured




870

.99

Waters including

effluents

Other Tests

Hydrotherapy pools



Screening test for the presence

of Staphylococcus aureus from

aerobic colony count plate in

hydrotherapy pool samples

Documented in-house

methods based on Hygiene

for Hydrotherapy Pools, 2nd

Ed: The Report of a PHLS

Working Group:1999 (HPA),



Methods for the Examination

of Waters and Associated

Materials', unless otherwise

indicated.

TM 40


Water Part 8 (2010)

ISO 16266:2008

TM 29

Documented in-house

Method

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Category A





measured




870

.99

Waters including

effluents

Other tests

- Endoscope Final

Rinse Water




Documented in-house

methods based on



Methods for the

Examination of Waters and

Associated Materials',


TM 40

ISO 16266:2008

The Microbiology of

Drinking Water Part

8(2010)

TM 48

ISO 15883-1:2006 + A1

2014

ISO 15883-4:2008

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