Strategies for Effective Improvements to the BioWatch System: Proceedings of a Workshop

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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BioWatch is the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) system for detecting an aerosolized biological attack using collectors that are positioned strategically across the country to continuously monitor the air for biological threats. As currently deployed, BioWatch collectors draw air through filters that field technicians collect daily and transport to laboratories, where professional technicians analyze the material collected on the filter for evidence of biological threats.

As part of the BioWatch program’s efforts to enhance its effectiveness and capabilities, particularly with regard to detecting biological threats in challenging indoor environments, DHS requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hold a workshop to explore alternative and effective biodetection systems for aerosolized biological agents that would meet BioWatch’s technical and operational requirements, integrate into the existing system architecture and public health infrastructure, and be deployable by 2027. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Board on Life Sciences; Joe Alper, Rapporteur

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Strategies for Effective Improvements to the BioWatch System: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25014.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25014

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xvi
1 Introduction and Overview	1-17
2 Assessment of Current Performance	18-31
3 Developing Effective Biological Detection Systems	32-64
4 Compatibility of BioWatch Improvements Within the Existing Biological Detection Architecture	65-79
5 Overview of the Workshop	80-87
References	88-88
Appendix A: Statement of Task	89-90
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda	91-95
Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Planning Committee	96-100
Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers	101-112
Appendix E: Invited Paper: BioWatch Program Overview: A Local Public Health Perspective for Enhancing Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response	113-125
Appendix F: Invited Paper: Current Quality Assurance (QA) Approach: DHS BioWatch Program	126-143
Appendix G: Invited Paper: Use of Dispersion Modeling Tools in Optimizing Biological Detection Architectures	144-154
Appendix H: Invited Paper: Technology-Focused Outlook for Future Biological Detection Systems	155-190
Appendix I: Invited Paper: BioWatch Improvements Within Existing Biological Detection Architecture	191-206

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