Suliman, S.
, Cleveland, M.
, Almond, N.
, Milavec, M.
, O'Sullivan, D.
, Vallone, P.
and Salit, M.
(2026),
A playbook for harmonization of standards for emergent viral pathogens, Accreditation and Quality Assurance, [online], https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-026-01721-w, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=958201 (Accessed August 9, 2026)
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A playbook for harmonization of standards for emergent viral pathogens
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Sara Suliman, , Neil Almond, Mojca Milavec, Denise O'Sullivan, , Marc Salit
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Effective clinical and public health decision-making during a pandemic depends on reliable and interoperable clinical diagnostic test results. To ensure trustworthy outcomes, we need widely available calibration standards harmonized to a shared scale. We present a "playbook" for an interlaboratory harmonization study that calibrates any available standards against a limited-availability standard issued by a global authority like the World Health Organization (WHO).Citation
Accreditation and Quality Assurance
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Molecular Diagnostics, Playbook, Standards, Harmonization, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic Preparedness
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Created July 13, 2026, Updated August 6, 2026