[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12900-12901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05520]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-16-16TM; Docket No. CDC-2016-0026]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project entitled ``Prevalence Survey of
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and Antimicrobial Use in U.S.
Nursing Homes.'' This information collection request will generate data
to describe the epidemiology and estimate the burden of HAIs and
antimicrobial use in US nursing homes using the prevalence survey
method. Results will be used to inform state prevention efforts and
federal priority setting for public health initiatives to improve HAI
prevention and antimicrobial use.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 10, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0026 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and
Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted without
change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
For access to the docket to read background documents or comments
received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
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requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including
each new proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing
collection of information, and each reinstatement of previously
approved information collection before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this requirement, we are publishing this
notice of a proposed data collection as described below.
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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire,
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Proposed Project
Prevalence Survey of Healthcare-Associated Infections and
Antimicrobial Use in U.S. Nursing Homes--New--National Center for
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and encouraging
appropriate use of antimicrobials are priorities of both the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). The burden and epidemiology of HAIs and
antimicrobial use in U.S. nursing homes is currently unknown.
Understanding the scope and magnitude of all types of HAIs in patient
populations across the spectrum of U.S. healthcare facilities is
essential to the development of effective prevention and control
strategies and policies.
HAI prevalence and antimicrobial use estimates can be obtained
through prevalence surveys in which data are collected in healthcare
facilities during a short, specified time period. Essential steps in
reducing the occurrence of HAIs and the prevalence of resistant
pathogens include estimating the burden, types, and causative organisms
of HAIs; assessing the nature and extent of antimicrobial use in U.S.
healthcare facilities; and assessing the nature and extent of
antimicrobial use.
Prevalence surveys, in which data are collected in healthcare
facilities during a short, specified time period represent an efficient
and cost-effective alternative to prospective studies of HAI and
antimicrobial use incidence. Given the absence of existing HAI and
antimicrobial use data collection mechanisms for nursing homes,
prevalence surveys represent a robust method for obtaining the
surveillance data required to identify HAIs and antibiotic use
practices that should be targeted for more intensive surveillance and
to guide and evaluate prevention efforts.
The methods for the data collection are based on those used in CDC
hospital prevalence surveys and informed by a CDC pilot survey
conducted in nine U.S. nursing homes. The survey will be performed by
the CDC through the Emerging Infections Program (EIP), a collaboration
with CDC and 10 state health departments with experience in HAI
surveillance and data collection. Respondents are nursing homes
certified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services in EIP
states. Nursing home participation is voluntary. Nursing homes will be
randomly selected for participation, with a goal in each EIP site of
recruiting a total of 20 nursing homes.
There will be no anticipated costs to respondents other than their
time. Information collection will last approximately one year.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs.) (in hrs.)
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Director of Nursing, Healthcare 200 1 45/60 150
Registered Nurse, Infection Facility
Control and Prevention Assessment.
Officer.
Registered Nurse.............. Residents by 200 38 20/60 2,533
Location Form.
Licensed Practical or Licensed ................ 200 38 20/60 2,533
Vocational Nurses.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 5,216
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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