Updated: Aug-18-2020

General Information

Type of service provider
Testing laboratory
Physical postal address

Avenida 03 de Agosto, Alto Bandim
Bissau
Guinea-Bissau

Phone number
+245 96 668 77 34/95 556 23 99
E-mail
robalovski [at] gmail.com
Has the laboratory been accredited in any scopes?
No
Does the laboratory have other sites?
No

Personnel

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Head of Organization

CEO Name
Robalo Hermenegildo
CEO E-mail
robalovski [at] gmail.com

Total laboratory personnel

Total laboratory personnel
21
Male laboratory personnel
12
Female laboratory personnel
9

Technical personnel

Technical personnel total
13
Male technical personnel
7
Female technical personnel
6

Technical Information

Testing

Laboratory services offered
Chemical
Water / food
Other
Other testing laboratory services
Microbiology
Scope of services offered
Test object or product tested or matrices
Drinking water
Test parameter/ properties measured
E. Coli
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Membrane filtration
Methods
UNE-EN ISO 9308-1
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Drinking water
Test parameter/ properties measured
Salmonella SPP
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Horizontal method
Methods
UNE-ISO 6579
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Drinking water
Test parameter/ properties measured
Colony Count 22° AND 36°C
Methods
EN ISO 6222
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Fish
Test parameter/ properties measured
Cadmium
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Atomic absorption spectroscopy
Methods
UNE EN 14083:2003
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Fish
Test parameter/ properties measured
Lead
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Atomic absorption spectroscopy
Methods
UNE EN 14083:2003
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Fish
Test parameter/ properties measured
Histamine
Type of test/ instrumentation used
HPLC
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Fish
Test parameter/ properties measured
E. coli
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Membrane filtration
Methods
UNE-EN ISO 9308-1
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Fish
Test parameter/ properties measured
Salmonella spp.
Type of test/ instrumentation used
Horizontal method
Methods
UNE- ISO 6579
Accreditation status
No
Test object or product tested or matrices
Fish
Test parameter/ properties measured
Colony Count 22° AND 36°C
Methods
EN ISO 6222
Accreditation status
No

Proficiency Testing

Does the lab participate in proficiency testing for accredited scopes
No
Does the laboratory sub-contract testing work to other laboratories?
Yes
Outsourced services
Heavy metals (Hg, Cd, Pb) microbiology (E. coli, enterococci, pseudomonas aeruginosa, salmonella spp)
Documented policies, procedures and records for the qualification, assessing and monitoring of all outsourced services providers
Yes
Please specify in which type of document all these aspects are covered
ISO 17025 accreditation, calibration equipment, laboratory quality manual

Quality Control / Quality Management

Does the lab operate an internal quality control (QC) system to ensure quality of test results?
Yes
Does the lab operate a management system (or Quality Management System) for assuring the quality of results?
Yes
Is the system documented in a Quality Manual?
Yes