Form 0920-1067 Att E - IHC FocusGroupInvitation

Attachment E

Form Approved

OMB No. 0920-1067

Exp. Date: xx/xx/20xx

Recruitment Invitation for IHC Focus Group

August 1, 2016

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) invite you to participate in a 60 minutes voluntary focus group on the topic of immunohistochemistry (IHC) validation practices as part of our cooperative agreement: "Improving the Impact of Laboratory Practice Guidelines: A New Paradigm for Metrics." We will examine how successful IHC validation practices are being adopted with usage of current tools and resources in addition to discussing the challenges that laboratories have encountered incorporating these evidence-based guidelines.

Come join Patrick Fitzgibbons, MD, FCAP, chair and primary author of the 2014 “Principles of Analytic Validation of Immunohistochemical Assays” guideline to provide your feedback on both the successes and challenges adopting the guideline. This is an opportunity for you and your peers to provide suggestions for improvement.

The focus group will be held September 14, 2016, at The TBD Hotel, Las Vegas, NV in a collegial setting to share experiences, opinions, and suggestions with a small group of your peers responsible for oversight of IHC testing. There is no direct compensation for this meeting; however, a light meal will be provided.

The laboratory professionals’ session (eg, managers, supervisors, and staff histotechnologists) will be held from 7:00–8:00 AM with check-in beginning at 6:45 AM.

The pathologists’ session (eg, IHC laboratory directors, chairs, and staff pathologists) will be held from Noon–1:00 PM with check-in beginning at 11:45 AM.

The CAP and the CDC plan to evaluate the impact and adoption of the guideline, and the results of this initiative will be published and freely available. Your participation is completely voluntary. No individual or laboratory participant information will be identified in any publications or shared with the CAP or the CDC beyond the cooperative agreement project members present in the room.

The CDC estimates the average public reporting burden for this collection of information as 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data/information sources, gathering and maintaining the data/information needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to CDC/ATSDR Information Collection Review Office, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS D-74, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; ATTN: PRA (0920-1067)

Questions may be addressed to Lisa Fatheree at the contact information below.

Focus Group Participation on IHC validation with the CAP and the CDC for “Improving the Impact of Laboratory Practice Guidelines: A New Paradigm for Metrics”

Please respond via fax, email scan, or mail to the U.S. address below by August 31, 2016, to indicate your availability to join the September 14, 2016 session at The TBD Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. Individuals will be notified of their selection by September 7, 2016.

Please select one, and complete below:

□ I agree to participate □ I decline participation

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Name

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Address

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Email

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Telephone

Profession (select one): □ Pathologist □ Laboratorian

□ Director

□ Manager/Supervisor

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Please complete, if applicable:

□ I nominate my fellow colleague

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Nominee Name

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Address

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Email

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Telephone

Profession (select one): □ Pathologist □ Laboratorian

□ Director

□ Manager/Supervisor

□ Other_______________

Lisa A. Fatheree Director, Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center t: 800-323-4040 ext. 7209

f: 847-832-8209 [email protected]

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