Description of Collaborative Activity: |
The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) collaborates with CDC and others on the VDSP, which is an international collaborative effort to standardize the laboratory measurement of vitamin D status. The goal of the program is to improve the detection, evaluation, and treatment of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency by promoting the standardized laboratory measurement of serum total 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D]. VDSP promotes the standardized laboratory measurement of total 25(OH)D (a measure of vitamin D status) to improve clinical and public health practice worldwide. |
