Foreword - SPEC114220010005

DOE-SPEC-1142-2001

FOREWORD

1. Use of this purchase specification is not mandatory. User should review the document and

determine if it meets the user's purpose.

2. Comments (recommendations, additions, and deletions) and any pertinent data that may be of

use in improving this document should be addressed to: DOE Beryllium Lymphocyte

Proliferation Testing Writing Group, c/o Paul Wambach, EH-6 /GTN, U.S. Department of

Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290.

3. This document was developed from a draft protocol "Testing for Sensitivity to Beryllium and

Investigating Chronic Beryllium Disease" that was distributed in June 2000 by Dr. Frederick

Miller, Chairman of the Committee to Accredit Beryllium Sensitivity Testing (CABST)

Committee.