Norma ISO per campionamento microbiologico superfici con piastre a contatto, tampone e spugna.

Il metodo di campionamento microbiologico delle superfici è descritto nella norma ISO 18593:2004 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal methods for sampling techniques from surfaces using contact plates and swabs.

Per la fase analitica si deve fare riferimento alle specifiche norme come ad esempio:

- ISO 18593:2004 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal methods for sampling techniques from surfaces using contact plates and swabs
- ISO 4832 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony-count technique
- ISO 4833 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms — Colony-count technique at 30 degrees C
- ISO 6579 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the detection of Salmonella spp.