Table 2 Agreement with possible evaluation criteria of PT for NGS
Statement | Strong disagreement | % agreement | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17.1 Assessment of the quality of WGS reads is a very important consideration | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 85.4% |
17.2 Ability to integrate and accommodate sequence data from multiple vendor platforms is a very important consideration | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 85.4% |
17.3 Capacity for de novo sequencing and genome assembly is a very important consideration | 0 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 78% |
17.4 Capacity for analysis of emerging biothreats is a very important consideration | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 73.2% |
17.5 Accurate classification of existing frequently tested and globally relevant pathogens (e.g., foodborne Salmonella) is a very important consideration | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 92.7% |
17.6 Quality of reference based assembly is a very important consideration | 0 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 78% |
17.7 Quality of annotation is a very important consideration | 0 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 75.6% |
17.8 Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) calls is a very important consideration | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 85.4% |
17.9 Tree building is a very important consideration | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 90.2% |
Strong agreement