[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 61632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24827]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-02-83]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on (404) 498-1210.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: Assessment of Surveillance Projects, Educational
Materials, Adverse Outcome Alerts, and Information Distribution
Systems--New--National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Division of Healthcare
Quality Promotion (DHQP), NCID, CDC, provides surveillance methods,
notices about adverse outcomes, and educational products and materials
to assist healthcare personnel in monitoring and preventing infections,
antimicrobial resistance, and other adverse events.
The surveillance project methods include definitions, data
collection forms, and computer programs. The educational materials
include slides sets, web-based information and instruction, posters,
video conferences, and workbooks. The surveillance and educational
materials may be distributed via the Internet, postal mail, or
electronic mail. The notices include important alerts about healthcare-
associated disease outbreaks and clusters that may be of national
importance. These notices are delivered through a voluntary Rapid
Notification System e-mail subscriber list that can also rapidly gather
information to assess the scope of these problems in U.S. healthcare
facilities and target corrective actions or educational strategies.
To ensure that these important functions are performed efficiently
and provide the strongest public health benefit possible, DHQP needs to
assess their usability and develop strategies to improve their quality.
In addition, DHQP needs to assess the DHQP website and other
distribution systems (e.g., electronic mail, postal mail). DHQP will
seek to do this through a series of surveys. The number of questions in
each survey will range from five to 25. These assessments will enable
DHQP to better assist healthcare personnel in preventing infections,
antimicrobial resistance, and other adverse events. Data will be
collected using the Internet or printed forms. There are no costs to
respondents.
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Number of Avg. burden/
Title Number of responses/ response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hours) (in hours)
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Assessment of Surveillance Methods.............. 1000 1 1 1000
Assessment of Educational Materials............. 12,500 1 10/60 2,083
Assessment of Scope of Healthcare-associated 47,200 1 10/60 7,867
adverse outcomes...............................
Assessment of Distribution Systems.............. 105,900 1 10/60 17,650
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 28,600
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Dated: September 24, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-24827 Filed 9-30-02; 8:45 am]
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