SPADA at AOAC Annual Meeting 2023

SPADA SETS STANDARDS 2014 - 2019

Original Objectives in 2014

•Under Contract with Deputy Undersecretary of the Army- Test and Evaluation through The Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, AOAC engaged SPADA to establish voluntary consensus standards with emphasis on the warfighter •Establishes Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPRs) that include inclusivity/exclusivity panels SMPRs •SPADA streamlined this panel for to promote efficiency and modernity with the formation of the Environmental Organisms Panel •The Environmental Organisms Panel is an evaluation of potential cross-reactivity to the DNA from a wide variety of organisms that are in the environment Environmental Panel •Develop guidelines for the characterization and authentication of bacterial strains to provide confidence in the identification of material being used •Develop standard procedures for the use of in silico PCR analysis •Develop standard procedures for preparation and characterization of soils to be used in the evaluation of candidate biothreat detection assays Other General & Supporting Standards

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