Notice2024-12238
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
June 4, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Coronavirus (COVID-19) Surveillance in Healthcare Facilities. This data collection is designed to standardize the data elements collected from across the country regarding the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare facilities.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47962-47963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12238]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-24-1317; Docket No. CDC-2024-0042]
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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Surveillance in Healthcare Facilities. This data collection is designed
to standardize the data elements collected from across the country
regarding the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare facilities.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before August 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0042 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7570;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#432c2e21032027206d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c63616e4c6f686f226b637a">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Surveillance in Healthcare Facilities (OMB Control No. 0920-1317, Exp.
3/31/2026)--Revision--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic
Infection Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects data from healthcare
facilities in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). NHSN
allows facilities to share data immediately with local, state, and
national partners for impact monitoring, decision-making, and
surveillance activities. The NHSN COVID-19 Modules (OMB Control No.
0920-1317) are designed to standardize the data elements collected
across the country regarding the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare
facilities. In collecting standardized data, NHSN provides a vendor-
neutral platform and a national lens into the burden hospitals are
experiencing in a way that is designed to support the public health
response. NHSN is a platform that exists in nearly all acute-care
hospitals, nursing homes, and dialysis facilities in the US and can
provide a secure, sturdy infrastructure.
The ICR was previously approved in May 2024 for 8,864,813 responses
and 6,460,072 burden hours. The proposed changes in this new ICR
include revisions to 12 existing data collection forms and addition of
two new data
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collection forms. In this Revision, CDC requests OMB approval for an
estimated annual burden of 6,455,846 hours. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time to participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total
Type of respondent Form No. Form respondents responses per response burden (in
respondent (in hours) hours)
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Microbiologist........... 57.102 COVID-19 Hospital 5,200 365 90/60 2,847,000
Data Form
(excluding
Psychiatric and
Rehabilitation
Facilities).
Microbiologist........... 57.103 COVID-19 Hospital 870 365 90/60 476,325
Data Form
(Psychiatric and
Rehabilitation
Facilities).
Microbiologist........... 57.140 National 11,500 1 5/60 958
Healthcare Safety
Network (NHSN)
Registration Form.
57.144 COVID-19 and 16,500 52 25/60 357,500
Respiratory
Pathogens Module
Long Term Care
Facility:
Resident Impact
and Facility
Capacity Pathway.
Microbiologist........... 57.145 COVID-19 Module, 11,621 52 5/60 50,358
Long Term Care
Facility: Staff
and Personnel
Impact form.
Microbiologist........... 57.155 Point of Care 6,270 200 10/60 209,000
Testing Results.
Microbiologist........... 57.159 VA Resident COVID- 195 25 35/60 2,844
19 Event Form-
LTCF.
Microbiologist........... 57.160 VA Staff and 176 25 30/60 2,200
Personnel COVID-
19 Event Form-
LTCF.
Microbiologist........... 57.218 Weekly Respiratory 16,500 52 25/60 357,500
Pathogen and
Vaccination
Summary for
Residents of Long-
Term Care
Facilities (CSV).
Microbiologist........... 57.219 Healthcare 32,900 76 45/60 1,875,300
Personnel COVID-
19 Vaccination
Cumulative
Summary (CSV).
Microbiologist........... 57.220 Weekly Person 1,600 52 60/60 83,200
Level Respiratory
Pathogen and
Vaccination for
Residents of Long-
Term Care
Facilities-Long-
term Care
Facility
Component (Manual
Entry).
Microbiologist........... 57.220 Weekly Person 1,600 52 40/60 55,467
Level Respiratory
Pathogen and
Vaccination for
Residents of Long-
Term Care
Facilities-Long-
term Care
Facility
Component (CSV
Entry).
Microbiologist........... 57.221 Healthcare 73 76 60/60 5,548
Personnel COVID-
19 Person Level
Vaccination-Long-
Term Care
Component
(Manual).
Microbiologist........... 57.221 Healthcare 73 76 40/60 3,699
Personnel COVID-
19 Person Level
Vaccination-Long-
Term Care
Component (CSV).
Microbiologist........... 57.221 Healthcare 73 76 60/60 5,548
Personnel COVID-
19 Person Level
Vaccination-
Healthcare
Personnel Safety
Component
(Manual).
Microbiologist........... 57.221 Healthcare 73 76 40/60 3,699
Personnel COVID-
19 Person Level
Vaccination-
Healthcare
Personnel Safety
Component (CSV).
Microbiologist........... 57.509 Weekly Patient 7,700 12 75/60 115,500
COVID-19
Vaccination
Cumulative
Summary for
Dialysis
Facilities.
Microbiologist........... 57.510 COVID-19 Module 150 56 30/60 4,200
Dialysis
Outpatient
Facility.
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Total................ .......... .................. ........... .............. ........... 6,455,846
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-12238 Filed 6-3-24; 8:45 am]
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