Proposed Collection; Comment Request: Organ Procurement Survey

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Collection; Comment Request: Organ Procurement Survey

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, which provides for an opportunity for public

comment on proposed data collection projects, the Department of

Clinical Bioethics (DCB), National Institutes of Health (NIH) will

publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

Proposed Collection

The Department of Clinical Bioethics, Warren Grant Magnuson

Clinical Center (CC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), intends to

seek approval to conduct a survey aimed at United States organ

procurement organizations and transplant surgeons. The survey asks for

information about procedures used for organ donation and implementation

of wishes specified in advance care directives. The data collected will

help the NIH to serve patients and research subjects who are enrolled

in protocols at the CC and are interested in the option of organ

donation and the impact of including organ donation provisions in

advance care directives. The data collected will also assist the

respondents in understanding the practice of organ donation nationwide.

The results of the survey will be reported confidentially, in the

aggregate and stripped of individual identifiers.

Estimate of burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to average 30 minutes per respondent:

Respondents: United States organ procurement organization and

transplant surgeons.

Estimated number of respondents: 198.

Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 99 hours.

Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collection is

necessary, including whether the information has practical use; (b)

ways to enhance the clarity, quality, and use of the information to be

collected; (c) the accuracy of the agency estimate of burden of the

proposed collection; and (d) ways to minimize the collection burden of

the respondents. Send written comments to David Wendler, Department of

Clinical Bioethics, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, 10

Center Drive, Building 10, Room 1C124, Bethesda, MD 20892. all

responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public

record.

For Further Information

To request more information on the proposed collection or to obtain

a copy of data collection plans and the survey instrument, contact

David Wendler at the address above or call (non-toll-free number) 301-

435-8726.

Comments Due Date

Comments regarding this information collection should be submitted

on or before July 6, 1998.

Dated: April 28, 1998.

David K. Henderson,

Deputy Director for Clinical Care, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical

Center.

[FR Doc. 98-11936 Filed 5-4-98; 8:45 am]

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