In the National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food, we perform the microbiological diagnostics activities for the needs of health care service providers, perform hygienic and environmental health activities, and also deal with comprehensive environment problems. Our work is carried out on- field and in laboratories on locations in Celje, Ljubljana, Koper, Kranj, Maribor, Murska Sobota, Nova Gorica, Novo mesto, Ravne na Koroskem and Hrastnik.Practically across whole Slovenia we perform activities in the following fields:
Hygiene and environmental health
Professional control of public and individual water supply systems, determination of microbiologic and chemical pollutants in drinking water and preparation of assessments of the situation and recommendations for action, provision of support for introduction and verification of the HACCP plan and expert support to responsible persons in the process of internal control in the area of food production, processing, and trade, execution of work training for food handling staff, provision of health control of basin and surface bathing waters and many other services in the health and environment area.
Enquiry for hygiene and health ecology services:
Disinfection, disinsection and deratization
Waste
We provide waste and eluate analyses, waste assessments, control of waste landfills and their environmental impact.
Inspection body
We perform the inspection of waste for the purpose of incineration or the permissibility of the disposal of waste in landfills.
Wastewater
We carry out waste water analyses, waste water monitoring for reporting agents, studies in connection with effluent treatment design.
Atmospheric emissions
We provide measurements and reports on emissions from production processes, waste incinerators, energy generation and other facilities.
Environmental risk assessment
We perform environmental risk assessments and design of waste air bio-filtration, in production of filter filling material, bio-filtering devices operation control.
Projects and ecotoxicological laboratory
We perform ecotoxicological testing and and testing of fate and behaviour in the environment (biodegradability) of chemicals, pharmaceuticals and environment samples. We carry out environmental risk assessments with laboratory and modelled data from our lab or from the literature.
Environmental air and noise conditions and assessment of the effects on the environment
For air and noise quality in the environment and environmental impact assessments We provide air pollution measurements, noise measurements in the natural and residential environment, preparation of noise maps, comprehensive reports on environmental impacts, work out reports on environmental impacts for individual segments (air, noise, soil, ground and surface water) and provide expert assessments of environmental impacts for smaller producing facilities.
Food
We execute food analyses (ingredients, pollutants, labelling, and quality), cooperate in official control of food safety for food of non-animal origin, feed, additives, food of animal origin and other samples and provide conformity, safety and risk assessments.
Articles of daily use
We carry out analyses of materials and products intended to come into contact with food and potable water, toys, cosmetics and articles of daily use and tobacco.We participate in official control of products intended to come into contact with food, toys, cosmetics and articles of general safety.We prepare conformity, safety and risk assessments.
We are the National reference laboratory for the control of materials intended to come into contact with food and appointed as authorised laboratory for defined tobacco analyses.
Groundwater and surface water and soil
We provide field measurements, sampling, identification of basic characteristics and pollutants in ground and surface water, water springs, trend monitoring, identification of pollution sources, preparation of expert bases for preventive and remedial actions, sampling and analyses of sediments and compost, soil sampling and analysis – monitoring, providing of environmental impact reports.
Potable and bathing water
We execute field measurements, sampling, identification of basic characteristics and pollutants of potable water, trend monitoring, bottled water analyses, mineral water analyses, identification of ingredients, identification of gas components in wells, identification of natural impact, field measurements, sampling and analysis of bathing water.
Mobile unit for ecologic monitoring (MEEL)
We organise permanent stand-by for emergency duties and immediately move out to needed location; chemical and biological, field and laboratory analyses and measurements and alarm response in case of natural or environmental disasters or acts of terrorism.
Health and safety at work
We offer workplace risk assessments with safety statement, preparation of safe work instructions and education in safety and health at work and fire protection.
Microbiological diagnostic activity
We perform microbiological diagnostic activities, examinations and activities in the field of public health microbiology and research activities.In our Centre, we conduct yearly more than 650.000 analyses for hospitals, community health centres, private medicine practitioners and other institutions in need of microbiological services using more than 300 different methods.
Medicinal products
We perform official quality control testing of medicinal products.
We execute our activities on a highly professional level, supported with modern technology in microbiological and sanitary-chemical laboratories and our scientific-research activities.All this enables us to execute even the most demanding tasks.
From 2003 onwards we have implemented the quality management system according to ISO 9001:2008. The quality of measurements and procedures on-field and in the laboratory is ensured with methods, accredited according to the standard SIST EN ISO/IEC 17025 at the Slovenian Accreditation Institute (Certificate Nr. LP-014). The inspection body, operating in the frame of the Centre for Environment and Health is accredited according to the standard SIST EN ISO/IEC 17020 (Certificate Nr. K-115).
Our vision is continuous enhancement of our competent work performance, good business success and the establishment of the Centre for Environment and Health in the broader European environment.We are on our way to the leading role in the field of food and environment in the country.
