Reference to SPADA: US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Homeland Security; Testimony of the Honorable Tara
O’Toole, MD, MPH ‐ Undersecretary, Directorate of Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security, February 25, 2010
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Accomplishments
Publications & Completed Standards and Methods
Development of Standard Method Performance Requirements for Biological Threat Agent Detection Methods.
Coates, Scott G.; Burnelle, Sharon L.; Davenport, Matthew G. (2011) Vol. 94, No. 4, pp. 1328‐1337(10).
AOAC SMPR 2010.001: Standard Method Performance Requirements for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Methods for Detection of
Francisella
tularensis
in Aerosol Collection Filters and/or Liquids (2011) Vol. 94, No. 4, pp. 1338‐1341(4).
AOAC SMPR 2010.002: Standard Method Performance Requirements for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Methods for Detection of
Yersinia pestis
in
Aerosol Collection Filters and/or Liquids (2011) Vol. 94, No. 4, pp. 1342‐1346(5).
AOAC SMPR 2010.003: Standard Method Performance Requirements for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Methods for Detection of
Bacillus
anthracis
in Aerosol Collection Filters and/or Liquids (2011) Vol. 94, No. 4, pp. 1347‐1351(5).
AOAC SMPR 2010.004: Standard Method Performance Requirements for Immunological‐Based Handheld Assays (HHAs) for Detection of
Bacillus
anthracis
Spores in Visible Powders (2011) Vol. 94, No. 4, pp. 1352‐1355(4).
AOAC SMPR 2010.005: Standard Method Performance Requirements for Immunological‐Based Handheld Assays (HHAs) for Ricin in Visible Powders
(2011) Vol. 94, No. 4, pp. 1356‐1358(3).
AOAC SMPR 2011.xxx: Standard Method Performance Requirements for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Methods for Detection of
Burkholderia
pseudomallei
in Aerosol Collection Filters and/or Liquids – PUBLICATION FORTHCOMING
AOAC SMPR 2011.xxx: Standard Method Performance Requirements for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Methods for Detection of
Burkholderia
mallei
in Aerosol Collection Filters and/or Liquids – PUBLICATION FORTHCOMING
AOAC SMPR 2011.xxx: Standard Method Performance Requirements for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Methods for Detection of
Bacillus anthracis
in Visible Powders – PUBLICATION FORTHCOMING
AOAC SMPR 2014.006: Standard Method Performance Requirements for Detection and Identification of
Variola Virus
DNA in Aerosol Collection
Filters and/or Liquids – (2015) Vol. 98, No. 4, pp. 1046‐1049(4).
AOAC INTERNATIONAL Methods Committee Guidelines for Validation of Biological Threat Agent Methods and/or Procedures
(2011) Vol. 94, No. 4, pp. 1359‐1381(23). OMA Appendix I.
AOAC Official Method of Analysis Standard Practice for Bulk Sample Collection and Swab Sample Collection of Visible Powders Suspected of Being
Biological Agents from Nonporous Surfaces: Collaborative Study.
Locascio, Laurie E.; Harper, Bruce; Robinson, Matthew; Badar, T., (2007) Vol. 90,
No. 1, pp. 299‐333(28), AOAC 2006.04, ASTM E2458
AOAC Performance Tested
SM
Certification No. 101103
,
RAZOR® EX Anthrax Air Detection System
.
Spaulding, Usha K.; Christensen, Clarissa J.; Crisp,
Robert J.; Vaughn, Michael B.; Trauscht, Robert C.; Gardner, Jordan R.; Thatcher, Stephanie A.; Clemens, Kristine M.; Teng, David H.; Bird,
Abigail; Ota
,
Irene M., (2012) Vol. 95, No. 3, pp. 860‐891(32)
AOAC Official Methods of Analysis
-
AOAC 2012.06
RAZOR® EX Anthrax Air Detection System for Detection of Bacillus anthracis Spores from Aerosol
Collection Samples: Collaborative Study
. Hadfield, Ted; Ryan, Valorie; Spaulding, Usha K.; Clemens, Kristine M.; Ota, Irene M.; Brunelle, Sharon L.
(2013) Vol. 96, No. 2, pp. 392‐398(7)
AOAC Performance Tested
SM
Certification No. 121201,
Individual Hand Held Assay for Ricin Toxin
. Brunelle, Sharon L; Hadfield, Ted; Ryan, Valorie –
PUBLICATION FORTHCOMING
AOAC Official Methods of Analysis
– AOAC 2013.08
Individual Hand Held Assay for Ricin Toxin
. Brunelle, Sharon L; Hadfield, Ted; Ryan, Valorie –
PUBLICATION FORTHCOMING
15 Stakeholder Meetings
16 Specialized Working Groups
11 Consensus Based Standards
1 Town Hall Meeting