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Background:
Over Arching DUSA TE Project Summary
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Mission: Create standards for 10 threat
agents
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Started in November 2014
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3 threat agents initially identified
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7 additional threat agents identified
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10 standards created and published
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Project completed on time in Sept 2016
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SPADA ‐ 2014 ‐ 2016
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A voluntary consensus
standards body currently
supported by a DUSA‐TE
sponsored project through
JHU/APL
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Includes representatives from
DHS, CDC, DoD, DoJ, FDA,
EPA, USPS, NIST, State & Local
Public Health, First
Responders, Industry, and
Academia
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Establishes Standard Method
Performance Requirements
(SMPRs) that include
inclusivity/exclusivity panels
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All SPADA members volunteer
their time and expertise
VEE
Working Group
C. burnetti
Working Group
SEB
Working Group
Y. Pestis
Working Group
F. tularensis Working
Group
B. anthracis Working
Group
Brucella suis
Working Group
Burkholderia
pseudomallei
Working Group
Botulinum
Neurotoxin A
Working Group
SPADA
Variola
Working Group