AOAC SPADA February 2015 Meeting Book

SPADA Working Group Chairs B. anthracis Working Group (BaWG) Paul Jackson (LLNL) and Ted Hadfield (MRI)

Burkholderia Working Group (BurkWG) Paul Keim (NAU) and Alex Hoffmaster (CDC)

Y. pestis Working Group (YpWG) Luther Lindler (DHS)

Assay Controls Working Group (ACWG) Christina Egan (NYSDH) and Larry Blynn (Ibis)

F. tularensis Working Group (FtWG) Peter Emanuel (DoD) Mark Wolcott (DoD)

Variola Working Group (VWG) Victoria Olson (CDC) and Ted Hadfield (Hadeco)

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Working Group James Samuel (U of Texas, A&M)

Environmental Factors Working Group (EFWG) Stephen Morse (CDC)

C. burnetti Working Group Eileen Ostlund (USDA)

Public Health Actionable Assay Working Group (PHAAWG) Peter Estacio (LLNL) B. Anthracis Handheld Assay Working Group (BaHHAWG) Marian McKee (BioReliance Corp.)

SEB Working Group Sandra Tallent (FDA)

Ricin Handheld Assay Working Group (RicinHHAWG) Mark Poli (DoD)

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Standard Method Performance Requirements

SPADA approved strain panels and method performance requirements are consolidated into a Standard M th d P f e o er ormance Requirements (SMPR) document for publication in the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL Example: AOAC SMPR 2010.004 Standard Method Performance Requirements for Immunological- Based Handheld Assays (HHAs) for Detection of Bacillus anthracis Spores in Visible Powders

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