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Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff – Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2 Serological Assays

August 10, 2011 By AxoGen, Inc.

Document issued on: August 9, 2011

This document supersedes “Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2 Serological Assays” dated April 3, 2007.

The draft of this document was issued on September 28, 2010.

For questions regarding this document contact Haja Sittana El Mubarak, Ph.D., Division of Microbiology Devices at 301-796-6193 or by email: [email protected].

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration

Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety

Division of Microbiology Devices

Preface

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  11. OIVD Guidance Document – Review Criteria for In Vitro Diagnostic Devices for Detection of IgM Antibodies to Viral Agents.
  12. Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Procedures for Handling and Processing of Blood Specimens; Approved Guideline, CLSI Document H18-A3 ( ISBN 1-56238-555-0) CLSI, 940 West Valley Road, Suite 1400, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087-1898 USA, 2004.
  13. Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Evaluation of Precision Performance of Quantitative Measurement Methods; Approved Guideline, CLSI document EP5-A2 (ISBN 1-56238-542-9) CLSI, 940 West Valley Road, Suite 1400, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087-1898 USA, 2004.
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  15. Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). User Protocol for Evaluation of Qualitative Test Performance; Approved Guideline, CLSI document EP12-A (ISBN 1-56238-468-6) CLSI, 940 West Valley Road, Suite 1400, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087-1898 USA, 2002.
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1 This guidance document addresses assays that detect HSV 1, HSV 2, or both.

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