Subject: Ed: UKHSA Pathogenic Vibrio Scheme distribution V073 and specimen V0187 - please respond
From: "TA Info" <[email-masked]>
To: "TA Info" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:10:19 +0200

Sari 13.1-6 ja Irina Hongale tähtajaga 30.01  (asendab praegu Liisi Kinki)

Saatja: Joanna Donn <[email-masked]>
Saatmisaeg: reede, 23. jaanuar 2026 15:38
Adressaat: Joanna Donn <[email-masked]>
Koopia: FoodEQA <[email-masked]>; Nita Patel
<[email-masked]>
Teema: UKHSA Pathogenic Vibrio Scheme distribution V073 and specimen V0187
- please respond

Dear Participant

A laboratory has contacted us to address a failing in our PT scheme for
Pathogenic Vibrio, distribution V073 and specimen V0187.

For their own investigation they would like to understand for themselves
why and what testing your laboratory did.  Your laboratory failed to
report the presence of V. vulnificus, we would therefore be grateful if
you could respond to the following questions by email:

1.	Did your laboratory observe any green colonies on TCBS after
direct examination? Yes/no or not applicable

2.	Did your laboratory observe any green colonies on TCBS after an
enrichment process? Yes/no or not applicable

3.	If yes what confirmation/identification test did you do – list and
include results obtained

4.	Did your laboratory do any molecular testing on any of the
colonies grown in the sample? What results did you get?

5.	Did any of the confirmation/identification results obtained change
your results from ‘Presumptive V. vulnificus’ to ‘no V. vulnificus’ in the
sample? Yes/no

We would appreciate it if you can reply with your response to the above
questions by end of day next Friday, 30th January 2026.

Many thanks

Joanna

Joanna Donn

Distributor and Operations Manager

Food and Environmental Proficiency Testing Unit

UK Health Security Agency – Public Health Microbiology

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