Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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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