96-21730. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 166 (Monday, August 26, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 43776-43777]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-21730]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Health Resources and Services Administration
    
    
    Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
    Review; Comment Request
    
        Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
    (HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
    review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
    copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
    HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.
        The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
    Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
    1995:
        Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Data System 
    (OMB No. 0915-0157)--Extension and Revision--The data collection system 
    of the OPTN and Scientific Registry provides for collection of data on 
    organ transplantation, including heart, kidney, liver, heart-lung, 
    pancreas and small intestine transplants. The OPTN data collection is 
    required under Section 372 of the Public Health Service Act and 
    includes data on pre-transplant activities. This includes cadaveric and 
    live donor characteristics, and histocompatibility testing that is used 
    in the matching of donor organs with recipients. Section 373 of the 
    Public Health Service act requires the Scientific Registry to collect, 
    analyze and report on clinical and scientific data of importance to 
    post-transplant graft and patient function. This involves a routine, 
    periodic, submission of data for each organ transplant patient at the 
    time of transplant, one-year (or six months for heart transplant 
    patients), and annually post-transplant until graft failure or patient 
    death.
        Information and data collected by the OPTN and Scientific Registry 
    are used primarily to match donor organs with recipients, analyze 
    policies for the allocation of donor organs, and assess the clinical 
    outcomes of transplantation. The data are also used by the committees 
    and Board of Directors of the OPTN for developing and reviewing 
    policies related to allocation, patient listing criteria, optimal organ 
    preservation times, and infectious disease screening.
        Respondents include organ procurement organizations (for cadaveric 
    donor data), histocompatibility laboratories (for tissue typing data), 
    and transplant hospitals (for pre- and post-transplant data on 
    recipients). The data are used to issue two key reports--the Annual 
    Data Report and the Report of Patient and Graft Survival Rates (issued 
    biennially).
        HRSA proposes to make only minor changes to the data elements, to 
    obtain more detailed information on transplant patients and their post-
    clinical course. For example, additional categories will be added to 
    several items on the forms.
        The estimated annual response burden is as follows:
    
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                                                                  Number of                                         
                                                     Number of    responses      Total       Hours per      Total   
                       Form type                    respondents      per       responses     response       burden  
                                                                  respondent                                hours   
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    Cadaver Donor Registration/Referral...........           69          217       15,000          0.2         3,000
    Living Donor Registration.....................           69           54        3,700          0.2           740
    Donor Histocompatibility......................           51          196       10,000          0.1         1,000
    Potential Recipient Form......................           69          275       19,000          0.1         1,900
    Recipient Histocompatibility..................           51          392       20,000          0.1         2,000
    Transplant Candidate Registration.............           69          638       44,000          0.1         4,400
    Thoracic Registration.........................          166           21        3,500          0.3         1,050
    Thoracic Follow-Up............................          166          101       16,800          0.2         3,360
    Kidney Registration...........................          248           49       12,200          0.2         2,440
    Kidney Follow-Up..............................          248          448      111,000          0.1        11,100
    Liver Registration............................          119           34        4,000          0.4         1,600
    Liver Follow-Up...............................          119          176       21,000          0.3         6,300
    Pancreas Registration.........................          120            8        1,000          0.2           200
    Pancreas Follow-Up............................          120           34        4,100          0.2           820
    Intestine Registration........................           26            4          100          0.2            20
    Intestine Follow-Up...........................           26            8          200          0.2            40
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          Total...................................          799          357      285,600          0.14       39,970
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        Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
    information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
    Allison Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
    and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
    20503.
    
        Dated: August 19, 1996.
    J. Henry Montes,
    Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination.
    [FR Doc. 96-21730 Filed 8-23-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
08/26/1996
Department:
Health Resources and Services Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-21730
Pages:
43776-43777 (2 pages)
PDF File:
96-21730.pdf