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EPTIS factsheet 1404083 | Last revision 2025-08-12 | URL: https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts1404083 https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts1404083

PT provider
PT provider PT SOUTH QUALITY SAS PT SOUTH QUALITY SAS
Based in Argentina
Language(s) English
Remarks South Quality SAS is an Argentine company that provides proficiency tests carried out according to ISO/IEC 17043 standard. We offer proficiency testing services in a variety of fields, including the PPE area, such as these SQ-50XX programs. This program were performed for the first time in 2004 and since then it has cumulative participation of more than 150 laboratories from 45 different countries.
Keywords
Product groups Consumer products
Plastics
Rubber
Textile and clothing
Testing fields Acoustics
Emissions of gases / vapours
Environmental conditions
Ergonomics
Fire behaviour
Materials evaluation
Mechanics
Occupational safety
Physics
Safety evaluation
Technical details
Test item Tested property Testing method
Chemical clothing Clothing chemical permeation resistance ISO 6529 (SQ-5064)
Clothing liquid penetration resistance ISO 6530 (SQ-5031)
Medical face masks Blood penetration resistance in face masks ASTM F1862 (SQ-5053)
Protective clothing material Synthetic blood penetration resistance ASTM F1670 (SQ-5005)
Safety footwear Footwear impact compression resistance ASTM F2412 (SQ-5045)
Insulating gloves Insulating gloves care requirements ASTM F496 (SQ-5062)
Respiratory devices Respiratory device breathing resistance EN 13274-3 (SQ-5071)
Motorcycle footwear Motorcycle footwear impact resistance EN 13634 (SQ-5078)
Surgical clothing Surgical drapes liquid resistance EN 13795-1 (SQ-5037)
Clean air suits Clean air suits microbial resistance EN 13795-2 (SQ-5038)
Chemical clothing Chemical clothing material resistance EN 14325 (SQ-5066)
Medical face masks Face mask bacterial filtration EN 14683 (SQ-5026)
Filtering masks Filtering mask particle resistance EN 149 (SQ-5065)
Firefighter footwear Firefighter footwear heat resistance EN 15090 (SQ-5048)
Chemical clothing Chemical permeation resistance EN 16523-1 (SQ-5083)
Eye protection Eye-protection non-optical properties EN 168 (SQ-5016)
Mechanical gloves Glove mechanical risk resistance EN 388 (SQ-5023)
Thermal gloves Glove thermal risk resistance EN 407 (SQ-5063)
Medical gloves Medical glove hole resistance EN 455-1 (SQ-5050)
Medical glove physical properties EN 455-2 (SQ-5022)
Medical glove biological safety EN 455-3 (SQ-5025)
Firefighter clothing Firefighter clothing heat resistance EN 469 (SQ-5015)
Cold gloves Glove cold resistance EN 511 (SQ-5046)
Firefighter gloves Firefighter glove heat resistance EN 659 (SQ-5067)
Insulating gloves Insulating glove dielectric properties IEC 60903 (SQ-5076)
Slip-resistant footwear Footwear slip resistance ISO 13287 (SQ-5054)
Cut-resistant clothing Clothing cut resistance ISO 13997 (SQ-5013)
Protective eyewear Eyewear protective properties ISO 12311 (SQ-5002)
PPE footwear PPE footwear test methods ISO 20344 (SQ-5014)
Safety footwear Safety footwear protective properties ISO 20345 (SQ-5008)
Protective footwear Protective footwear mechanical risks ISO 20346 (SQ-5009)
Occupational footwear Occupational footwear durability ISO 20347 (SQ-5010)
Foundry footwear Foundry footwear molten metal resistance ISO 20349-1 (SQ-5011)
Welding footwear Welding footwear spark resistance ISO 20349-2 (SQ-5012)
Protective gloves Protective glove general requirements ISO 21420 (SQ-5033)
Metallic toecaps Metallic toecap impact resistance ISO 22568-1 (SQ-5058)
Non-metallic toecaps Non-metallic toecap impact resistance ISO 22568-2 (SQ-5059)
Metallic inserts Metallic insert penetration resistance ISO 22568-3 (SQ-5060)
Non-metallic inserts Non-metallic insert penetration resistance ISO 22568-4 (SQ-5061)
Surgical clothing Surgical clothing bacterial resistance ISO 22610 (SQ-5051)
Chemical gloves Glove chemical penetration resistance ISO 374-2 (SQ-5004)
Glove chemical degradation resistance ISO 374-4 (SQ-5042)
Aims of the PT scheme
Target group of participants
Linked to specific legislation / standards ASTM F1670 (2017) ASTM F1862 (2017) ASTM F2412 (2018) ASTM F496 (2020) EN 13274-3 (2001) EN 13634 (2017) EN 13795-1 (2019) EN 13795-2 (2019) EN 14325 (2018) EN 14683 (2019) EN 149 (2001+A1:2009) EN 15090 (2012) EN 16523-1 (2015+A1:2018) EN 168 (2001) EN 388 (2016+A1:2018) EN 407 (2020) EN 455-1 (2020) EN 455-2 (2015) EN 455-3 (2015) EN 469 (2020) EN 511 (2006) EN 659 (2003+A1:2008) IEC 60903 (2014) ISO 12311 (2013) ISO 13287 (2019) ISO 13997 (1999) ISO 20344 (2021) ISO 20345 (2022) ISO 20346 (2022) ISO 20347 (2022) ISO 20349-1 (2018) ISO 20349-2 (2018) ISO 21420 (2020) ISO 22568-1 (2019) ISO 22568-2 (2019) ISO 22568-3 (2019) ISO 22568-4 (2019) ISO 22610 (2018) ISO 374-2 (2019) ISO 374-4 (2019) ISO 6529 (2013) ISO 6530 (2005)
Additional, subsidiary aims validation of testing methods
Number of participants Bilateral ILC - Interlaboratory comparison (Participant laboratory compared to Reference laboratory or Reference material)
Accredited or otherwise reviewed by a 3rd party
Operation is commissioned / requested by
Fees and frequency
Participation fee Consult us
Regularly operated Yes (At request)
Year of first operation 2004
Contact details of the PT provider
Provider Contact person
PT SOUTH QUALITY SAS
Pareja 3981 - Villa Devoto
Buenos Aires
Argentina

Phone: +54 9 11 2614 6800
Fax:
Web: https://www.ptsouthquality.com/ https://www.ptsouthquality.com/
Ms. Esther Casas
Phone: +54 9 11 2614 6800
Fax:
Email: ecasas@ptsouthquality.com ecasas@ptsouthquality.com
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