Notice2025-01154
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Correction
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Published
January 17, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), submits this Notice as a correction to the 60-day FRN (CDC Docket Number CDC- 2025-0001) published January 8, 2025 for the information collection project titled National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). This correction adds Polio to the NHSN package and extends the public comment period 60 days from the date of publication.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5885-5887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01154]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-25-0666; Docket No. CDC-2025-0001]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations; Correction
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: 60-Day notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), submits
this Notice as a correction to the 60-day FRN (CDC Docket Number CDC-
2025-0001) published January 8, 2025 for the information collection
project titled National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). This
correction adds Polio to the NHSN package and extends the public
comment period 60 days from the date of publication.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2025-
0001 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;
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Telephone: 404-639-7570; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#305f5d52705354531e575f46"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90fffdf2d0f3f4f3bef7ffe6">[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) (OMB Control No. 0920-
0666, Exp. 5/31/2025)--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) under OMB
Control Number 0920-0666. NHSN provides facilities, health departments,
states, regions, and the nation with data necessary to identify problem
areas, measure the progress of prevention efforts, and ultimately
eliminate healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) nationwide. NHSN also
allows healthcare facilities to track blood safety errors and various
HAI prevention practice methods such as healthcare personnel influenza
vaccine status and corresponding infection control adherence rates.
Enrollment in NHSN has continuously increased, with over 37,000
actively reporting healthcare facilities across the U.S. Of the total
enrolled healthcare facilities, there are over 6,000 acute care
facilities. NHSN currently has eight components, and the collection of
information is authorized by the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
242b, 242k, and 242m (d)).
A 60-day Federal Register Notice (FRN) was published on January 8,
2025 (90 FR 1495) for an Emergency Revision information collection
request (ICR) and was submitted to add three diseases to the NHSN
Pathogens of High Consequence Form: Influenza A (H5), Marburg, and
Oropouche. A second 60-day Federal Register Notice is submitted here to
add Polio to the NHSN Pathogens of High Consequence Form, as well. It
is crucial for CDC to be aware of cases of these select infectious
diseases of public health concern, including Polio, to help ensure that
local and state authorities are equipped to contain and prevent further
spread. Facilities enrolled in the NHSN Patient Safety Component will
be asked to select the specific diseases they are reporting on and then
provide the overall number of patients hospitalized with confirmed
disease along with stratification of disease in adult and pediatric
patients. The data collection will be collected electronically via the
NHSN application.
As a result of these changes, this Revision requests OMB approval
for an additional 111,021 estimated annual burden hours to be added to
Form 57.130--Pathogens of High Consequence. This brings the total
estimated burden for Form 57.130 to 777,146 burden hours, and the total
estimated annual burden hours for the entire NHSN package to 4,508,255.
Participation is required for healthcare facilities that report through
the NHSN platform. There is no cost to respondents other than their
time to participate.
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 hours) (in hours)
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Infection Preventionist/ 57.130 Pathogens 3650 365 5/60 111,021
Microbiologist. of High
Consequence.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 777,146
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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. 2025-01154 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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