Aggregate Report Letter

CDC Model Performance Evaluation Program (MPEP) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Drug Susceptibility Testing

Attachment J

Aggregate Report Letter

Aggregate Report Letter

Month/date/year

CDC Model Performance Evaluation Program (MPEP) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Drug Susceptibility Testing

Subject: Analyses of Participant Laboratory Results for the Month/date /year Shipment

Dear Participant:

The analyses of laboratory test results reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by participant laboratories for strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) shipped in Month/date/ year can be found at

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/mpep/mtbds.aspx

Participant laboratories received five strains of MTBC. Testing results were received and analyzed from xxx of xxx (x %) laboratories participating in this shipment.

The aggregate report is prepared in a format that will allow laboratories to compare their results with results obtained by other participants for the same isolates using the same method, drug, and concentration. We encourage you to circulate this report to personnel who are involved with drug susceptibility testing, reporting, or interpretation of results for isolates of MTBC.

If you have any comments or suggestions on the results in this report or have questions regarding the changes in this program, you may contact us at 404-639-4013 or by email at TBMPEP@CDC.GOV.

We appreciate your continued participation in the Model Performance Evaluation Program..