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Table IV: Environmental Factors For Validating Biological Threat Agent Detection
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Assays
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[Adapted from the Environmental Factors Panel approved by SPADA on June 10, 2010.]
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The Environmental Factors Studies supplement the biological threat agent near-neighbor
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exclusivity testing panel. There are three parts to Environmental Factors studies: part 1 -
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environmental matrix samples; part 2 - the environmental organisms study; and part 3 - the
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potential interferants applicable to Department of Defense applications.
2Part 2 is not
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applicable to techniques that do not detect nucleic acid.
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Part 1:
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Environmental Matrix Samples - Aerosol Environmental Matrices
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Method developers shall obtain environmental matrix samples that are representative and
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consistent with the collection method that is anticipated to ultimately be used in the field. This
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includes considerations that may be encountered when the collection system is deployed
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operationally such as collection medium, duration of collection, diversity of geographical areas
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that will be sampled, climatic/environmental conditions that may be encountered and seasonal
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changes in the regions of deployment.
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Justifications for the selected conditions that were used to generate the environmental matrix
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and limitations of the validation based on those criteria must be documented.
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Method developers shall test the environmental matrix samples for interference using
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samples inoculated with a target biological threat agent sufficient to achieve 95%
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probability of detection.
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Cross-reactivity testing will include sufficient samples and replicates to ensure each
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environmental condition is adequately represented
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Added in June 2015 for the Deprtment of Defense project.