AOAC STANDARDS & METHODS ORIENTATION E-BOOK

9/10/2019

Two Year Tracking Period

• Between First Action and Final Action • Time during which method can be  optimized • Time during which method is used and  feedback is obtain on method performance • Time during which reproducibility is  assessed if not completed already • For Final Action consideration – Method may be tweaked based on the  information gathered during tracking period

Documentation and Communication

• AOAC carefully documents the actions of Stakeholder Panel,   Working Groups, and ERP

• AOAC will prepare summaries of the meetings  – Communicate summaries to the stakeholders – Publish summaries in the Referee section of AOAC’s  Inside  Laboratory Management • AOAC publishes its voluntary consensus standards and Official  Methods – Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL – Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL • AOAC publishes the status of standards and methods in the Referee  section of AOAC’s  Inside Laboratory Management

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