[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 11502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4603]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Notice of Vitamin D Standardization Program

SUMMARY: The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) of the National 
Institutes of Health (NIH) is collaborating with the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST) and with national health surveys around 
the world to lead an international effort to study the differences and 
similarities in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] distributions 
around the world. A key first step in that process is the 
standardization of the measurement results of serum 25(OH)D from the 
different health surveys to a higher-order method developed by NIST.
    This program includes but is not limited to the creation of serum 
materials with values assigned by a reference method that can be used 
for calibration and trueness control by laboratories measuring 25(OH)D. 
These materials will be made available through the newly created CDC 
Vitamin D Standardization Coordinating Center (VDSCC). While the main 
focus of the Vitamin D Standardization Program is on standardizing 
measurements done in national health surveys, it also allows for 
participation of clinical, public health, research and commercial 
laboratories and commercial trade organizations in the standardization 
effort.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Ms. Cindy Rooney, Office of Dietary 
Supplements, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Boulevard, 
Room 2B03, Bethesda, MD 20892-7523, Phone: 301-496-1508; Fax: 301-402-
0420; E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: February 22, 2011.
Paul M. Coates,
Director, Office of Dietary Supplements, Office of the Director, 
National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-4603 Filed 3-1-11; 8:45 am]
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