September 2015 SPADA Meeting

Part 2:  Environmental Panel Organisms

Environmental Panel with: • 46 bacteria & viruses  • 14 fungi • 32 eukaryotic DNA • 6 biological insecticides • 26 powders and chemicals

DUSA  Project

• Apparent that Environmental Factors For  Validating Biological Threat Agent Detection  Assays needed to be updated and DoD applications needed to be considered. • Ad hoc  Joint Working Group on Environmental  factors consisting of all three current working  f d groups orme . • Met by conference call twice in June 2015 to discuss  and refine the environmental background panels for all  three SMPRs.