Terms below are listed according to the Action Items in which they may be found. These and other terms may also be found in the Executive Summary, Top Priority Action Items, and Introduction and Overview sections of the document.

	accreditation 7, 66
	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
		coordinator 11, 16
		collaborator 21, 22, 34, 40, 62, 66, 68, 73, 76, 79, 80
	agriculture 5, 13, 83, 84
		animal and plant health 19, 83
		animal husbandry 50, 83
		farms 17, 18 see also food safety
	AHRQ see Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 43
	antimicrobial drugs
		availability of 5, 12, 60, 79, 80, 82
		discovery of 12, 80-82
		stimulating resistance 20, 55, 83
		gaps in the arsenal of drugs 5, 74, 75, 79
		monitoring patterns of drug use 3, 4, 5, 22, 67
		overuse and misuse of see appropriate use
		prescribing 22, 23, 59, 60
		susceptibility of 3, 8-13, 29-31, 35, 37
	antimicrobial resistance (AR)
		communities, spread of AR in 63, 78
		emergence of 3, 4, 20, 50, 51, 53, 55, 67, 70, 83-84
		nonfederal partners 62, 63
		the public, and 61-63
		spread of 53, 55, 67, 70
	appropriate use of antimicrobial drugs 21-27, 31-34, 43, 57, 59, 63, 64, 66, 76, 80
		promotion of 21, 22, 25, 26, 43, 63, 66, 80
	ASM see American Society for Microbiology
	bacteria 17, 18, 20, 33, 35, 46, 50, 52
	behavioral change 24-26, 43
	behavioral interventions see behavioral change
	CDC see Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
		coordinator 1-26, 30-33, 35-48, 50, 55-57, 62-66, 68, 79, 80, 83
		collaborator 27, 28, 34, 49, 51-54, 67, 72, 73, 75-78, 81
	CLIA see Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
	clinical devices see medical devices and procedures
	Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) 37
	clinical trials 30, 35, 74, 75, 82
	competitive exclusion products 83
	computer-assisted decision support 24, 26
	confidentiality 3, 5
	consumer groups see consumers
	consumer products 5, 42
	consumers 27, 45
	contamination
		bacterial 46, 52
		environmental 19, 55 see also environmental impact
	core capacities 13, 14
	cross-infection see infection
	daycare centers 25, 38
	demonstration projects 2, 63
	Department of Defense (DoD)
		coordinator 64, 65
		collaborator 2, 3, 5, 21, 22, 24, 26, 33, 35, 38-40, 44, 62, 63, 67, 68, 70-78
	Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
		coordinator 64, 65, 69
		collaborator 2, 3, 5, 21, 22, 24, 26, 33, 35, 38-41, 44, 48, 62, 63, 67, 68, 72-78
	detection and reporting see surveillance
	diagnosis 4, 5, 30
	diagnostic tests and testing 13, 14, 33, 34, 37, 64, 66, 70, 75, 76, 79, 82
	disinfectants 42, 75, 79
	DoD see Department of Defense
	drugs see antimicrobial drugs
	DVA see Department of Veterans Affairs
	economics 11, 34, 80
	electronic surveillance see surveillance
	environmental impact 67 see also contamination environmental
	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
		coordinator 1, 3, 19, 20, 42, 55, 61
		collaborator 5, 51, 52, 57, 62, 67, 68
	EPA see Environmental Protection Agency
	epidemiology 10, 51, 67, 79
	extended care facilities 21, 38, 39
	FDA see Food and Drug Administration
	flu see influenza
	Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
		coordinator 1-6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 23, 25-30, 33, 45, 50, 55, 57-60, 62, 68, 69, 72, 73, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82-84
		collaborator 2, 3, 21, 22, 35, 40-42, 48, 49, 51-54, 63, 67, 70, 71, 74, 75, 78, 81
	food safety 6, 17, 45, 46, 49-51, 53, 54, 58, 83
	fungi 35, 67, 76
	genetics see microbial genes and microbial genomics
	growth promotants 49
	guidelines, clinical 26, 35
	HCFA see Healthcare Financing Administration
	health care delivery 6, 7, 16, 22, 34, 36-42, 44, 63-65
		hospitals 21, 22, 24, 41, 48
		managed care 32, 34
		state and local health agencies 13, 14, 62, 63
	Healthcare Financing Administration (HCFA)
		coordinator 7, 10, 11, 15, 31, 34, 64, 65
		collaborator 2, 3, 8, 22, 24-26, 32, 35-37, 39, 40, 44, 48, 62, 63, 66, 68
	Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) 32
	Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
		coordinator 11, 64, 65
		collaborator 3, 26, 31, 34, 35, 39, 40, 44, 62, 63
	HEDIS see Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
	HIV/AIDS 82
	host factors 67
	HRSA see Health Resources and Services Administration
	hygienic practices 43
	immunization see vaccine
	infection
		control 39, 44, 64, 66, 75
		transmission 17, 30, 38, 43, 50, 77
	influenza 48, 77
	insurance 36
	JCAHO see Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
	Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) 66
	labeling 4, 9, 29, 30
	laboratories 2-4, 8-10, 12-14, 29, 30, 35, 36, 51
	market incentives 34, 80, 81, 83
	medical devices and procedures 40, 70
	Medicare 24
	microbial
		ecology 67, 78
		genes 67, 76
		genomics 70
	microbiologists 79
	microbiology 35, 37, 43
	mold see mould
	mould 10
	National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) 10, 29
	National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) 66
	National Institutes of Health (NIH)
		coordinator 10, 33, 62, 67-78, 81, 83
		collaborator 4, 79
	NCCLS see National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
	NCQA see National Committee for Quality Assurance
	NIH see National Institutes of Health
	nongovernment surveillance see surveillance
	outcomes see patient outcomes
	outpatient 21
	package inserts 27
	parasites 10, 35, 76
	patient outcomes 5, 16, 22, 24, 26, 67
	Peer Review Organizations (PROs) 24
	pesticide use 20, 61
	pharmaceutical companies 74, 79
	pharmacies 6, 48
	pharmacodynamics 74, 82
	pharmacokinetics 74, 82
	pilot programs 80, 83
	pilot studies 2, 19
	pre-clinical studies 74, 82
	Prevention and Control (Focus Area II) 21-66
	Product Development (Focus Area IV) 79-84
	products, new
		antimicrobials 58, 74, 75, 78, 79, 82-84
		vaccines 77, 78, 82, 83
	proficiency testing programs 8
	PROs see Peer Review Organizations
	public health education campaign 25, 43, 45, 46
	quality assurance 7, 14, 26
	reimbursement 31, 34
	regulations 61, 82
	regulatory process 82, 84
	reporting see Surveillance (Focus Area I)
	Research (Focus Area III) 67-78
	resistance mechanisms 67
	Surveillance (Focus Area I) 1-20
	surveillance
		electronic 3
		national plan 2
		nongovernment 2
	susceptibility data see antimicrobial drugs susceptibility
	Top Priority Action Items 2, 5, 25, 26, 39, 58, 63, 70, 75-77, 79, 80
	training programs 8, 26, 44, 72
	treatment, novel 48, 70, 74, 75, 78-81
	USDA see U.S. Department of Agriculture
	U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
		coordinator 1-6, 10, 13-15, 17-20, 45, 49-55, 57, 59, 60, 68, 79, 83, 84
		collaborator 2, 3, 25, 62, 63, 67, 70-74, 76-78, 80-82
	vaccination see vaccine
	vaccine 47, 48, 64, 66, 77, 78, 79, 82, 83
	veterinary medicine 2, 3, 5, 6, 13-15, 49-61, 63, 76, 77, 80, 83, 84
	viral infection see viruses
	viruses 10, 33, 35, 76, 77, 82
	yeast 10

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