[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 44847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16232]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 02175]


Applied Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (AR): Validation of 
National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) 
Breakpoints for Bacterial Pathogens of Public Health Importance; Notice 
of Availability of Funds; Amendment

    A notice announcing the availability of Fiscal Year 2002 funds to 
fund grants for Applied Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (AR): 
Validation of National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards 
(NCCLS) Breakpoints for Bacterial Pathogens of Public Health Importance 
was published in the Federal Register on June 4, 2002, Vol. 67, No. 
107, pages 38501-38503. The notice is amended as follows: On page 
38502, first column, Section E. Program Requirements, Paragraph 3, 
should be revised to read:
    ``2. For organisms for which NCCLS has yet to establish and publish 
a standardized susceptibility testing method, a method in line with 
other NCCLS methods would have to be elucidated (including the 
appropriate quality control organisms and the ranges of MICs or zone 
diameters that constituted a test that was in control). Thus, potential 
projects include validating existing interpretive criteria for 
pathogens of public health importance, developing new interpretive 
criteria for pathogens of public health importance using existing NCCLS 
methods and quality control, or developing new interpretive criteria 
and new antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods for pathogens of 
public health importance using existing NCCLS methods and quality 
control as a starting point for novel test development.''

    Dated: June 21, 2002.
Sandra R. Manning,
CGFM, Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-16232 Filed 7-3-02; 8:45 am]
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