[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 100 (Monday, May 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29545-29546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11633]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 04138]


Evaluation of the Use of Rapid HIV Testing in the United States; 
Notice of Availability of Funds-Amendment

    A notice announcing the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2004 funds 
for a cooperative agreement Evaluation of the Use of Rapid HIV testing 
in the United States was published in the Federal Register April 1, 
2004, Volume 69, Number 63, pages 17163-17166. The notice is amended as 
follows: Page

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17163, first column, under ``Purpose'' change to, ``The purpose of the 
program is to evaluate how to rapid tests for HIV are being implemented 
and used across the United States in clinical practice, and identify 
potential opportunities to provide guidance to assist providers in 
making decisions on the appropriate use of these tests.''
    Page 17163, second column under ``Purpose'' last paragraph, add 
``Thus, rapid tests for HIV may be used in many different types of 
venues including physician office laboratories, clinics, hospital 
emergency rooms other departments, public health departments and non-
clinical testing sites.''
    Page 17163, third column, under ``Activities'' first bullet, change 
to, ``Provide leadership in developing a program to determine the 
national scope of rapid HIV test utilization, with a focus on 
utilization in the private sector, including the number and type of 
sites where rapid HIV tests are offered, the specific tests used, 
testing volume, purpose for testing, characteristics of patient 
populations tested, and other characteristics related to the sites 
where rapid HIV testing is being implement and used.''
    Page 17163, third column, under ``Activities'' second bullet, 
change to, ``Evaluate how these tests are integrated into the health 
care delivery system, for example methods used for specimen collection 
and handling, results reporting, confirmation of preliminary positive 
rapid test results, and use of results by practitioners.''
    Page 17163, third column, under ``Activities'' third bullet, change 
to, ``Catalog problems that sites have identified and reported using 
these tests, such as lack of follow-up on preliminary positives, false 
positive, or negative results, testing delivery issues, costs of 
testing, and difficulties with provision of training to testing 
personnel.''
    Page 17164, III.1. Eligible Applicants, delete community-based 
organizations.

    Dated: May 18, 2004.
William P. Nichols,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-11633 Filed 5-21-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P