Accelerating and Expanding LOINC Development to Support Public Health Needs

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Accelerating and Expanding LOINC Development to Support Public Health Needs: The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to provide time sensitive additional support to increase the development and pre-release of LOINC® Special Use codes , and updating of their technical infrastructure in order to support the search ability and rapid dissemination of the codes to IVD manufacturers, laboratories, and other entities both nationally and internationally. This funding opportunity is in the form of a cooperative agreement and is for the purposes of accelerating and expanding LOINC® development to support public health needs as authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (CARES Act) (Pub. L. No. 116-136, March 27, 2020), as well as Section 3011 of the Public Service Health Act (PHSA)