OpportunityTitle: Improving Waived Testing Performance and Outcomes through Partnerships
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Selected applicant eligibility is in compliance with applicant eligibility authorized under statuatory authority Public Health Service Act, Section 317(k)(2), 42 U.S.C. 247b(k)(2), and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 93.064.  Applicants must have experience in the administration and evaluation of standardized quality assurance programs in multiple, diverse laboratory sites (including community hospitals and academic medical centers) as specified in CFDA 93.064.
Description: The purpose of the project is to support and expand the efforts of the laboratory and stakeholder organizations to instill quality practices, including applicable minimum Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) requirements and good laboratory practice recommendations, in Certificate of Waiver (CW) sites nationwide to improve patient safety and health outcomes.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: ogstim@cdc.gov
GrantorContactText: Technical Information Management Section &lt;br/&gt;Department of Health and Human Services &lt;br/&gt;CDC Office of Financial Resources &lt;br/&gt;Office of Grants Services &lt;br/&gt;2920 Brandywine Road, MS E-14 &lt;br/&gt;Atlanta, GA 30341 &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: 770-488-2700
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.