Make Your Voice Heard at the CLIAC Nov. 2019 Meeting

Make Your Voice Heard at the CLIAC November 2019 Meeting

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) is meeting in November to discuss topics relating to improvement in clinical laboratory quality and laboratory medicine practice to assure consistent performance of accurate and reliable testing in sites that perform laboratory testing for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of disease or the assessment of human health.

At this meeting, CLIAC is specifically soliciting public comments to address the questions below. Comments are used by CLIAC to inform their deliberations and recommendations to HHS and to help focus a CLIAC workgroup that will be convened to provide input to CLIAC on how CLIA might be updated.

1. Are bioinformaticists needed in clinical and public health laboratories? If so, what are the current roles, responsibilities, and competencies of bioinformaticists in these settings?
2. What areas exist in CLIA where specific requirements or guidance might be needed to ensure the accuracy and reliability of new and emerging laboratory technologies and nontraditional testing workflow models, including next generation sequencing, biomarker testing, metagenomics, and others?
3. What data are available that could assist in answering how CLIA may need to be revised or where guidance may be needed to ensure the accuracy and reliability of emerging technologies?

Meeting Location:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE
Tom Harkin Global Communications Center
Building 19, Auditorium B
Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4018

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 from 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Thursday, November 7, 2019 from 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

Register Now. All attendees are asked to register online for the CLIAC meeting at least five business days in advance for U.S. citizens to accommodate CDC’s security clearance process; international participants must register by Tuesday, October 15. Participant registration is required to provide written or in-person comments. To register, provide comments, or to view the agenda, future meeting dates, CLIAC charter and roster, and prior meeting summaries, please visit the CLIAC meeting page. For questions, contact CLIAC@cdc.gov.