AOAC ISPAM Meeting eBook, March 17 2015

Service laboratories point of view

Advantages - ISO standard -Standardized protocols for pre-treatment, extraction, results interpretation - Main matrices included - Ease to set-up methods (protocol, list of reagents and equipment needed) -Intercomparability, Ring trial efficacy - facilitate accreditation

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Service laboratories point of view

Drawbacks

- Need a class 2 lab and people skilled in molecular biology - Methods very different from bacteria testing (several labs asked for practical training + technical support)

- High cost to implement standardized virus methods - Potential equipment change, leading to higher budget - Numbers of controls (normative part)

- Long time to result - Expensive analyses - A limited number of matrices within the scope, hence difficulties for complex ones (requests from service labs customers) - Few manufacturers offering validated solutions - ISO 17025 accreditation: difficult (depending on countries), cost effective (several matrices, several viruses), ISO 16140 difficult to apply for viruses

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