AOAC SPADA Meeting

SPADA Sets Standards 2014 ‐ 2016

• A voluntary consensus  standards body established  via DUSA‐TE sponsored  project  through JHU/APL • Includes representatives  from DHS, CDC, DoD, DoJ,  FDA, EPA, USPS, NIST, State  & Local Public Health, First  Responders, Industry, and  Academia • Establishes Standard  Method Performance  Requirements (SMPRs)  that  include  inclusivity/exclusivity panels

SPADA

VEE Working Group 

B. anthracis Working  Group 

C. burnetti Working Group 

Brucella suis Working Group 

Burkholderia pseudomallei Working Group Botulinum Neurotoxin A  Working Group

SEB Working Group

Y. Pestis Working Group

F. tularensis Working  Group

Variola Working Group 

 All SPADA members volunteer  their time and expertise 

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SPADA Sets Standards 2014 - 2016

 Under Contract with Deputy Undersecretary of the Army‐ Test and  Evaluation through The Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics  Laboratory 2014 - Establish standards to validate technologies that detect  Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus, Staphylococcus Entertoxin B, and Coxiella burnetti (Q‐fever) with emphasis on the  warfighter. 2015 – 2016 - Establish standards to validate technologies that detect Bacillus  anthracis , Yersinia Pestis ,  Francisella tularensis, Brucella suis,  Burkholderia pseudomallei, Variola, and Botulinum Neurotoxin A  with emphasis on the warfighter. 8