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About
the Committee
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We are the:
Autoantibody Standardization Committee in Rheumatic and
Related Disorders of the International Union of Immunological Societies
(IUIS), The World Health Organization (WHO), The Arthritis Foundation (AF)
and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Roles
and Responsibilities:
- Set priorities consistent
with the strategic directions of the parent organizations,
particularly the IUIS, AF, and CDC, and consistent with the Committee’s
prime objective to uphold
the highest standards of patient care by promoting accuracy in
autoantibody testing
- Ensure communication of
strategies and activities to the parent organizations
- Cooperate with key science,
research and technology organizations to enhance the accuracy and
cost-effectiveness of autoantibody testing
- Promote standardization of
autoantibody testing
- Review and recommend
revisions to technology that impact on the detection of autoantibodies
in human serum
- Evaluate and undertake to
provide prototype sera to appropriate individuals, industry,
manufacturers, hospitals, and academic institutions
- Seek the support and foster
the cooperation of relevant disease-specific lay groups, institutions,
researchers and the industry sector
- Undertake or promote
studies and research projects approved by the Committee that will
enhance the quality of autoantibody testing
- Publication of key findings
and recommendations of the Committee in appropriate medical and
scientific media
- Provide current information
and communication tools to enhance presentations and public relations
assumed by Committee members
- When called upon will serve
as an advocacy group for physicians, clinical laboratory scientists
and the technology industry
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2/25/2006
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