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Appendix B: Study Activities
Pages 163-166

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... The meeting objectives were to hear from the study sponsor regarding the statement of task given to the committee, receive an over view of the BioWatch program and its current processes, obtain informa tion about the Stakeholder Panel on Agent Detection Assays (SPADA) PCR standards development process, learn from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about their involvement in the BioWatch program and in relevant standards development and evaluation activities, obtain background information on the PCR-based detection system used by the U.S.
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... The discussion considered performance characteristics and validation strategies, approaches in the design of PCR performance standards, issues that may affect assay performance and validation, and conceptual and practical tradeoffs between different types of approaches. At the third meeting, held September 3-4, 2014, in Washington, DC, the committee spoke with additional public health laboratory professionals and public health decision makers within BioWatch jurisdictions on their views and needs with regard to the PCR detection assays and on issues encountered in understanding and interpreting assay results.
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... Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Luther Lindler, Ph.D. Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center Beth Maldin Morgenthau, M.P.H.
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... Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Sanjiv Shah, Ph.D. National Homeland Security Research Center Colin Stimmler, M.A.
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