Notice2021-13263
Needs and Challenges in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Use for Underserved User Populations
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Published
June 24, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
NIOSH requests information on the Needs and Challenges in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Use for Underserved User Populations.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33296-33297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13263]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Needs and Challenges in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Use
for Underserved User Populations
AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: NIOSH requests information on the Needs and Challenges in
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Use for Underserved User
Populations.
DATES: Submit a letter of information by August 23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties should submit information to: NIOSH,
Attn: Sherri Diana, National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, NIOSH Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-34, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45226-1998, Email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0c7c7c696f63626f697e627f4c6f686f226b637a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6616160305090805031408152605020548010910">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: N. Katherine Yoon, Ph.D., National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Email Address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1f51467070715f7c7b7c31787069"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="511f083e3e3f113235327f363e27">[email protected]</span></a>, Phone number:
412-386-6752 [non-toll-free number]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The NIOSH National Personal Protective Technology
Laboratory (NPPTL) is expanding its portfolio to include activities
that consider the needs of U.S. worker populations who are underserved
related to personal protective equipment (PPE) use, availability,
accessibility, acceptability, or knowledge. Underserved PPE user
populations may include, but are not limited to, workers who are of an
atypical size; who are members of a gender, racial, ethnic, or
linguistic minority group; who conduct non-traditional worker
activities; or who are members of sub-disciplines that are not the
primary focus of the current PPE activities within their larger field.
To inform the possible design and execution of these activities, NPPTL
seeks information from the public, including individuals/organizations
who/that (1) advocate for these worker populations, (2) actively
conduct PPE research, services, or policymaking for these worker
populations, (3) are planning to conduct PPE research, services, or
policymaking for these worker populations, (4) have direct knowledge
about research, service, or policy gaps affecting these worker
populations, or (5) are current or former PPE users that experienced
PPE use, availability, accessibility, acceptability, or knowledge
issues.
Information Needs: CDC is particularly interested in receiving
information being sought in Request (1). As such, responders are
requested to provide information responsive to Request (1), and may
address any or all of the topics identified in Requests (2) and (3):
Request (1) Describe respondent(s)
i. Individual or company/institution name, location, and website
(if any)
ii. Individual or company/institution contact information (include
the respondent's role in the organization, address, phone number, and
email address)
iii. The primary motivation(s) for why you (or your organization)
are responding to this Notice
iv. Any additional relevant background information about yourself
or your organization as well as names of any other organizations
currently working in applicable issues
Request (2) Describe your experiences related to PPE use,
availability, accessibility, acceptability, and knowledge issues for
underserved PPE user populations within the U.S. (e.g., individuals of
small or large size; members of gender, racial, ethnic or other
minority group of a specific occupation, non-traditional workers, etc.)
i. What experiences have you had in recent years related to PPE
use, availability, accessibility, acceptability, and knowledge issues
for underserved PPE user populations? Also, specify and describe the
underserved PPE user group(s) with which you have had experience.
ii. What data/information/resources did you find to be the most
relevant/valuable to the experiences described in Request 2(i)?
iii. How long have you or your organization been working in the
areas of work identified in Request 2(i)? Did your or your
organization's involvement change over time, and if so, how and why?
iv. What achievements were a result of your work in PPE use,
availability, accessibility, acceptability, and knowledge for
underserved PPE user populations? (e.g., publications, guidance, new/
revised policies or procedures, establishment of a key committee)
v. What is your future work plan on PPE use, availability,
accessibility, and knowledge for underserved PPE user populations?
Request (3) Describe PPE gaps/barriers that remain to be addressed
for underserved PPE user populations within the U.S. related to PPE
use, availability, accessibility, acceptability, and knowledge issues
(if any)
i. What research gaps/barriers remain to be addressed?
ii. What service gaps/barriers remain to be addressed?
iii. What policy gaps/barriers remain to be addressed?
Informational submissions in response to this Notice are due no
later than August 23, 2021. Please limit informational submission to
three pages
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or less in 12-point font, single-spaced. NIOSH will not respond to
individual informational submissions nor publish publicly a compendium
of responses. An informational submission in response to this Notice
does not create any commitment on or behalf of CDC or HHS to develop or
pursue any program or ideas discussed herein or related to PPE use for
underserved user populations more generally.
Disclaimer and Important Notes
This Federal Register Notice is for planning purposes; it does not
constitute a formal announcement for comprehensive applications. In
accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 48 CFR 15.201(e),
responses to this Notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the
Government to form a binding award. NIOSH will not provide
reimbursement for costs incurred in responding to this Notice.
John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-13263 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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