Proficiency testing programs
PTS 113 : Performance testing of culture media
Details of the program
PTS created in 2024
No participant for the annual series from 07/01/2026 to 06/30/2027
Schedule
Sending date
Registration deadline
Code
Matrix
Weight
Accredited
Details
2026/12/09
2026/11/24
01113
TBX Agar (Tryptone Bile X-glucuronide Agar)
200 mL
09/12/2026 00:00:00
09/12/2026 00:00:00
2026/12/09
2026/11/24
02113
Trypticase soy agar (TSA)
200 mL
09/12/2026 00:00:00
09/12/2026 00:00:00
2026/12/09
2026/11/24
03113
Buffered peptone water
225 mL
09/12/2026 00:00:00
09/12/2026 00:00:00
2026/12/09
2026/11/24
04113
Violet Red Bile Glucose (VRBG)
200 mL
09/12/2026 00:00:00
09/12/2026 00:00:00
2026/12/09
2026/11/24
05113
Agar Listeria Ottaviani & Agostini (ALOA)
20 dishes
09/12/2026 00:00:00
09/12/2026 00:00:00
2026/12/09
2026/11/24
06113
Xylose-lysine-deoxycholate agar (XLD)
20 dishes
09/12/2026 00:00:00
09/12/2026 00:00:00
Shipment information
Samples sent by express carrier
DAP Incoterm
Delivery of samples in Europe + USA at D+1
Other countries between D+2 and D+5
Samples marked with
are sent frozen / refrigerated
Matrices and analytes may be changed or removed for technical or scientific reasons.
Some samples are sent frozen / refrigerated