80_FR_37390 80 FR 37265 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

80 FR 37265 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 125 (June 30, 2015)

Page Range37265-37268
FR Document2015-16028

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). NHSN is a system designed to accumulate, exchange, and integrate relevant information and resources among private and public stakeholders to support local and national efforts to protect patients and promote healthcare safety.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-15-0666; Docket No. CDC-2015-0048]


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 efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the National 
Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). NHSN is a

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system designed to accumulate, exchange, and integrate relevant 
information and resources among private and public stakeholders to 
support local and national efforts to protect patients and promote 
healthcare safety.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 31, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0048 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) 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 the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.

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 OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, 
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of 
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to 
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of 
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the 
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.

Proposed Project

    National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)--Revision--National 
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infection Diseases (NCEZID), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is a system designed 
to accumulate, exchange, and integrate relevant information and 
resources among private and public stakeholders to support local and 
national efforts to protect patients and promote healthcare safety. 
Specifically, the data is used to determine the magnitude of various 
healthcare-associated adverse events and trends in the rates of these 
events among patients and healthcare workers with similar risks. The 
data will be used to detect changes in the epidemiology of adverse 
events resulting from new and current medical therapies and changing 
risks. The NHSN currently consists of five components: Patient Safety, 
Healthcare Personnel Safety, Biovigilance, Long-Term Care Facility 
(LTCF), and Dialysis. The Outpatient Procedure Component is on track to 
be released in NHSN in 2016/2017. The development of this component has 
been previously delayed to obtain additional user feedback and support 
from outside partners.
    Changes were made to seven facility surveys. Based on user feedback 
and internal reviews of the annual facility surveys it was determined 
that questions and response options be amended, removed, or added to 
fit the evolving uses of the annual facility surveys. The surveys are 
being increasingly used to help intelligently interpret the other data 
elements reported into NHSN. Currently the surveys are used to 
appropriately risk adjust the numerator and denominator data entered 
into NHSN while also guiding decisions on future division priorities 
for prevention.
    Additionally, minor revisions have been made to 27 forms within the 
package to clarify and/or update surveillance definitions. Two forms 
are being removed as those forms will no longer be added to the NHSN 
system. The previously approved NHSN package included 54 individual 
collection forms; the current revision request removes two forms for a 
total of 52 forms. The reporting burden will increase by 583,825 hours, 
for a total of 4,861,542 hours.

                                        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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Registered Nurse (Infection     NHSN                       2,000               1            5/60             167
 Preventionist).                 Registration
                                 Form.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Facility Contact           2,000               1           10/60             333
 Preventionist).                 Information.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Patient Safety             5,000               1           50/60           4,167
 Preventionist).                 Component--Annu
                                 al Hospital
                                 Survey.

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Registered Nurse (Infection     Group Contact              1,000               1            5/60              83
 Preventionist).                 Information.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Patient Safety             6,000              12           15/60          18,000
 Preventionist).                 Monthly
                                 Reporting Plan.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Primary                    6,000              44           30/60         132,000
 Preventionist).                 Bloodstream
                                 Infection (BSI).
Registered Nurse (Infection     Pneumonia (PNEU)           6,000              72           30/60         216,000
 Preventionist).
Registered Nurse (Infection     Ventilator-                6,000             144           25/60         360,000
 Preventionist).                 Associated
                                 Event.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Urinary Tract              6,000              40           20/60          80,000
 Preventionist).                 Infection (UTI).
Staff RN......................  Denominators for           6,000               9               3         162,000
                                 Neonatal
                                 Intensive Care
                                 Unit (NICU).
Staff RN......................  Denominators for           6,000               9               5         270,000
                                 Specialty Care
                                 Area (SCA)/
                                 Oncology (ONC).
Staff RN......................  Denominators for           6,000              60               5       1,800,000
                                 Intensive Care
                                 Unit (ICU)/
                                 Other locations
                                 (not NICU or
                                 SCA).
Registered Nurse (Infection     Surgical Site              6,000              36           35/60         126,000
 Preventionist).                 Infection (SSI).
Staff RN......................  Denominator for            6,000             540            5/60         270,000
                                 Procedure.
Laboratory Technician.........  Antimicrobial              6,000              12            5/60           6,000
                                 Use and
                                 Resistance
                                 (AUR)-
                                 Microbiology
                                 Data Electronic
                                 Upload
                                 Specification
                                 Tables.
Pharmacy Technician...........  Antimicrobial              6,000              12            5/60           6,000
                                 Use and
                                 Resistance
                                 (AUR)-Pharmacy
                                 Data Electronic
                                 Upload
                                 Specification
                                 Tables.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Central Line               1,000             100           25/60          41,667
 Preventionist).                 Insertion
                                 Practices
                                 Adherence
                                 Monitoring.
Registered Nurse (Infection     MDRO or CDI                6,000              72           30/60         216,000
 Preventionist).                 Infection Form.
Registered Nurse (Infection     MDRO and CDI               6,000              24           15/60          36,000
 Preventionist).                 Prevention
                                 Process and
                                 Outcome
                                 Measures
                                 Monthly
                                 Monitoring.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Laboratory-                6,000             240           30/60         720,000
 Preventionist).                 identified MDRO
                                 or CDI Event.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Long-Term Care               250               1               1             250
 Preventionist).                 Facility
                                 Component--Annu
                                 al Facility
                                 Survey.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Laboratory-                  250               8           15/60             500
 Preventionist).                 identified MDRO
                                 or CDI Event
                                 for LTCF.
Registered Nurse (Infection     MDRO and CDI                 250              12            5/60             250
 Preventionist).                 Prevention
                                 Process
                                 Measures
                                 Monthly
                                 Monitoring for
                                 LTCF.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Urinary Tract                250               9           30/60           1,125
 Preventionist).                 Infection (UTI)
                                 for LTCF.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Monthly                      250              12            5/60             250
 Preventionist).                 Reporting Plan
                                 for LTCF.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Denominators for             250              12            3.25           9,750
 Preventionist).                 LTCF Locations.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Prevention                   250              12            5/60             250
 Preventionist).                 Process
                                 Measures
                                 Monthly
                                 Monitoring for
                                 LTCF.
Registered Nurse (Infection     LTAC Annual                  400               1           50/60             333
 Preventionist).                 Survey.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Rehab Annual               1,000               1           50/60             833
 Preventionist).                 Survey.
Occupational Health RN/         Healthcare                    50               1               8             400
 Specialist.                     Personnel
                                 Safety
                                 Component
                                 Annual Facility
                                 Survey.
Occupational Health RN/         Healthcare                17,000               1            5/60           1,417
 Specialist.                     Personnel
                                 Safety Monthly
                                 Reporting Plan.
Occupational Health RN/         Healthcare                    50             200           20/60           3,333
 Specialist.                     Worker
                                 Demographic
                                 Data.
Occupational Health RN/         Exposure to                   50              50               1           2,500
 Specialist.                     Blood/Body
                                 Fluids.
Occupational Health RN/         Healthcare                    50              30           15/60             375
 Specialist.                     Worker
                                 Prophylaxis/
                                 Treatment.
Laboratory Technician.........  Follow-Up                     50              50           15/60             625
                                 Laboratory
                                 Testing.
Occupational Health RN/         Healthcare                    50              50           10/60             417
 Specialist.                     Worker
                                 Prophylaxis/
                                 Treatment-
                                 Influenza.

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Medical/Clinical Laboratory     Hemovigilance                500               1               2           1,000
 Technologist.                   Module Annual
                                 Survey.
Medical/Clinical Laboratory     Hemovigilance                500              12            1/60             100
 Technologist.                   Module Monthly
                                 Reporting Plan.
Medical/Clinical Laboratory     Hemovigilance                500              12               1           6,000
 Technologist.                   Module Monthly
                                 Reporting
                                 Denominators.
Medical/Clinical Laboratory     Hemovigilance                500              48           15/60           6,000
 Technologist.                   Adverse
                                 Reaction.
Medical/Clinical Laboratory     Hemovigilance                500              10           10/60             833
 Technologist.                   Incident.
Staff RN......................  Patient Safety             5,000               1            5/60             417
                                 Component--Annu
                                 al Facility
                                 Survey for
                                 Ambulatory
                                 Surgery Center
                                 (ASC).
Staff RN......................  Outpatient                 5,000              12           15/60          15,000
                                 Procedure
                                 Component--Mont
                                 hly Reporting
                                 Plan.
Staff RN......................  Outpatient                 5,000              25           40/60          83,333
                                 Procedure
                                 Component Event.
Staff RN......................  Outpatient                 5,000              12           40/60          40,000
                                 Procedure
                                 Component--Mont
                                 hly
                                 Denominators
                                 and Summary.
Registered Nurse (Infection     Outpatient                 6,500               1             2.0          13,000
 Preventionist).                 Dialysis Center
                                 Practices
                                 Survey.
Staff RN......................  Dialysis Monthly           6,500              12            5/60           6,500
                                 Reporting Plan.
Staff RN......................  Dialysis Event..           6,500              60           25/60         162,500
Staff RN......................  Denominators for           6,500              12           10/60          13,000
                                 Dialysis Event
                                 Surveillance.
Staff RN......................  Prevention                 1,500              12            1.25          22,500
                                 Process
                                 Measures
                                 Monthly
                                 Monitoring for
                                 Dialysis.
Staff RN......................  Dialysis Patient             325              75           10/60           4,063
                                 Influenza
                                 Vaccination.
Staff RN......................  Dialysis Patient             325               5           10/60             271
                                 Influenza
                                 Vaccination
                                 Denominator.
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............       4,861,542
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Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Deputy Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 
Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
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                                                    collecting, validating and verifying                                    primary risk for acute hepatitis C. The                                       primarily through drug treatment
                                                    information, processing and                                             prevention of HCV infection among                                             programs and syringe exchange
                                                    maintaining information, and disclosing                                 PWIDs requires an integrated approach                                         programs, as well as persons referred to
                                                    and providing information; to train                                     including harm reduction interventions,                                       these sites as a result of referral from
                                                    personnel and to be able to respond to                                  substance abuse treatment, prevention                                         other programs and respondent driven
                                                    a collection of information, to search                                  of other blood borne infections, and care                                     sampling. Those who consent to
                                                    data sources, to complete and review                                    and treatment of HCV infection.                                               participate will be administered an
                                                    the collection of information; and to                                      The purpose of the proposed study is                                       eligibility interview questionnaire by
                                                    transmit or otherwise disclose the                                      to address the high prevalence of HCV                                         trained field staff. If found eligible, the
                                                    information.                                                            infection by developing and                                                   participant will take an interviewer-
                                                                                                                            implementing an integrated approach                                           administered survey that includes
                                                    Proposed Project
                                                                                                                            for detection, prevention, care and                                           information on initiation of drug use,
                                                    Prevent Hepatitis Transmission Among                                    treatment of infection among persons                                          injection practices, HCV and HIV
                                                    Persons Who Inject Drugs—New—                                           aged 18–30 years who reside in non-                                           infection status, access to prevention
                                                    National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral                                     urban counties. Awardees will develop                                         and medical care, desire to receive and
                                                    Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention                                       and implement a comprehensive                                                 barriers to receiving HCV treatment, and
                                                    (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease                                          strategy to enroll young non-urban                                            missed opportunities for hepatitis
                                                    Control and Prevention (CDC)                                            PWID, collect epidemiological                                                 prevention. Participants will receive
                                                    Background and Brief Description                                        information, test for HCV infection and                                       counselling regarding adherence to
                                                                                                                            provide linkage to primary care services,                                     medical and/or drug treatment services
                                                       Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is                                 prevention interventions, and treatment                                       and prevention services. Participants
                                                    the most common chronic blood borne                                     for substance abuse and HCV infection.                                        will be interviewed for a maximum of
                                                    infection in the United States;                                         In addition to providing HCV testing,                                         5 times within any 12-month interval
                                                    approximately 3 million persons are                                     participants will be offered testing for                                      during the course of the study: Consent
                                                    chronically infected. Identifying and                                   the presence of co-infections with                                            and interview at enrollment/baseline for
                                                    reaching persons at risk for HCV                                        hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV. Rates                                        an estimated 60 minutes, and 30-minute
                                                    infection is critical to prevent                                        of HCV infection or re-infection will be                                      follow-up interviews every 3 months
                                                    transmission and treat and cure if                                      evaluated through follow-up blood tests.                                      thereafter. Participants who are
                                                    infected. CDC monitors the national                                     Furthermore, adherence to prevention                                          recruited early in the study have more
                                                    incidence of acute hepatitis C through                                  services and retention in care will be                                        follow-up interviews than those who are
                                                    passive surveillance of acute,                                          assessed through follow up interviews.                                        recruited in the later part of the study
                                                    symptomatic cases of laboratory                                            The project will recruit an estimated                                      during the 3-year project. However,
                                                    confirmed hepatitis C cases. Since 2006,                                total of 1,500 young PWIDs to enroll                                          recruitment will be spread over 2 years
                                                    surveillance data have shown a trend                                    1,000. The participants will be recruited                                     and on average, the duration of follow-
                                                    toward reemergence of HCV infection                                     from settings where young PWIDs                                               up is estimated to be one year.
                                                    mainly among young persons who inject                                   obtain access to care and treatment                                              Participation in interviews and
                                                    drugs (PWID) in nonurban counties. Of                                   services. Recruitment will be direct and                                      responses to all study questions are
                                                    the cases reported in 2013 with                                         in-person by partnering with local harm                                       totally voluntary and there is no cost to
                                                    information on risk factors 62%                                         reduction sites. Recruiters will enroll                                       respondents other than their time. The
                                                    indicated injection drug use as the                                     subjects across recruitment sites                                             maximum burden is 3,375 hours.

                                                                                                                           ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Average
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Number of
                                                                                                                                                                             Number of                                              burden per              Total burden
                                                              Type of respondents                                                Form name                                                            responses per
                                                                                                                                                                            respondents                 respondent                   response                 (in hrs.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (in hrs.)

                                                    Young PWIDs ...................................          Screener ...........................................                         1500                             1                   15/60                 375
                                                    Eligible young PWIDs .......................             Initial Survey .....................................                         1000                             1                   60/60                1000
                                                    Eligible young PWIDs .......................             Follow-up survey ..............................                              1000                             4                   30/60                2000

                                                         Total ...........................................   ...........................................................   ........................   ........................   ........................           3375



                                                    Maryam I. Daneshvar,                                                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                                      ACTION:        Notice with comment period.
                                                    Deputy Director, Office of Scientific Integrity,                        HUMAN SERVICES
                                                    Office of the Associate Director for Science,                                                                                                         SUMMARY:   The Centers for Disease
                                                    Office of the Director, Centers for Disease                             Centers for Disease Control and                                               Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
                                                    Control and Prevention.                                                 Prevention                                                                    its continuing efforts to reduce public
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–16027 Filed 6–29–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                                                          burden and maximize the utility of
                                                                                                                            [60Day–15–0666; Docket No. CDC–2015–                                          government information, invites the
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                                                    BILLING CODE 4163–18–P                                                  0048]                                                                         general public and other Federal
                                                                                                                                                                                                          agencies to take this opportunity to
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          comment on proposed and/or
                                                                                                                            for Public Comment and
                                                                                                                                                                                                          continuing information collections, as
                                                                                                                            Recommendations
                                                                                                                                                                                                          required by the Paperwork Reduction
                                                                                                                            AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and                                       Act of 1995. This notice invites
                                                                                                                            Prevention (CDC), Department of Health                                        comment on the National Healthcare
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                                                    system designed to accumulate,                          extension of existing collection of                     accumulate, exchange, and integrate
                                                    exchange, and integrate relevant                        information, and each reinstatement of                  relevant information and resources
                                                    information and resources among                         previously approved information                         among private and public stakeholders
                                                    private and public stakeholders to                      collection before submitting the                        to support local and national efforts to
                                                    support local and national efforts to                   collection to OMB for approval. To                      protect patients and promote healthcare
                                                    protect patients and promote healthcare                 comply with this requirement, we are                    safety. Specifically, the data is used to
                                                    safety.                                                 publishing this notice of a proposed                    determine the magnitude of various
                                                    DATES: Written comments must be                         data collection as described below.                     healthcare-associated adverse events
                                                    received on or before August 31, 2015.                     Comments are invited on: (a) Whether                 and trends in the rates of these events
                                                    ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,                     the proposed collection of information                  among patients and healthcare workers
                                                    identified by Docket No. CDC–2015–                      is necessary for the proper performance                 with similar risks. The data will be used
                                                    0048 by any of the following methods:                   of the functions of the agency, including               to detect changes in the epidemiology of
                                                      • Federal eRulemaking Portal:                         whether the information shall have                      adverse events resulting from new and
                                                    Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions                 practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
                                                                                                                                                                    current medical therapies and changing
                                                    for submitting comments.                                agency’s estimate of the burden of the
                                                                                                                                                                    risks. The NHSN currently consists of
                                                      • Mail: Leroy A. Richardson,                          proposed collection of information; (c)
                                                                                                                                                                    five components: Patient Safety,
                                                    Information Collection Review Office,                   ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
                                                                                                            clarity of the information to be                        Healthcare Personnel Safety,
                                                    Centers for Disease Control and                                                                                 Biovigilance, Long-Term Care Facility
                                                    Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS–                  collected; (d) ways to minimize the
                                                                                                            burden of the collection of information                 (LTCF), and Dialysis. The Outpatient
                                                    D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.                                                                                    Procedure Component is on track to be
                                                      Instructions: All submissions received                on respondents, including through the
                                                                                                            use of automated collection techniques                  released in NHSN in 2016/2017. The
                                                    must include the agency name and
                                                                                                            or other forms of information                           development of this component has
                                                    Docket Number. All relevant comments
                                                    received will be posted without change                  technology; and (e) estimates of capital                been previously delayed to obtain
                                                    to Regulations.gov, including any                       or start-up costs and costs of operation,               additional user feedback and support
                                                    personal information provided. For                      maintenance, and purchase of services                   from outside partners.
                                                    access to the docket to read background                 to provide information. Burden means                       Changes were made to seven facility
                                                    documents or comments received, go to                   the total time, effort, or financial                    surveys. Based on user feedback and
                                                    Regulations.gov.                                        resources expended by persons to                        internal reviews of the annual facility
                                                      Please note: All public comment should be             generate, maintain, retain, disclose or                 surveys it was determined that
                                                    submitted through the Federal eRulemaking               provide information to or for a Federal                 questions and response options be
                                                    portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the         agency. This includes the time needed                   amended, removed, or added to fit the
                                                    address listed above.                                   to review instructions; to develop,                     evolving uses of the annual facility
                                                                                                            acquire, install and utilize technology                 surveys. The surveys are being
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    To
                                                                                                            and systems for the purpose of                          increasingly used to help intelligently
                                                    request more information on the
                                                                                                            collecting, validating and verifying                    interpret the other data elements
                                                    proposed project or to obtain a copy of
                                                                                                            information, processing and                             reported into NHSN. Currently the
                                                    the information collection plan and
                                                                                                            maintaining information, and disclosing                 surveys are used to appropriately risk
                                                    instruments, contact the Information
                                                                                                            and providing information; to train                     adjust the numerator and denominator
                                                    Collection Review Office, Centers for
                                                                                                            personnel and to be able to respond to                  data entered into NHSN while also
                                                    Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
                                                                                                            a collection of information, to search                  guiding decisions on future division
                                                    Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
                                                                                                            data sources, to complete and review                    priorities for prevention.
                                                    Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
                                                                                                            the collection of information; and to
                                                    Email: omb@cdc.gov.                                                                                                Additionally, minor revisions have
                                                                                                            transmit or otherwise disclose the
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the                                                                            been made to 27 forms within the
                                                                                                            information.
                                                    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)                                                                           package to clarify and/or update
                                                    (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies                 Proposed Project                                        surveillance definitions. Two forms are
                                                    must obtain approval from the Office of                   National Healthcare Safety Network                    being removed as those forms will no
                                                    Management and Budget (OMB) for each                    (NHSN)—Revision—National Center for                     longer be added to the NHSN system.
                                                    collection of information they conduct                  Emerging and Zoonotic Infection                         The previously approved NHSN
                                                    or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also                   Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease                  package included 54 individual
                                                    requires Federal agencies to provide a                  Control and Prevention (CDC).                           collection forms; the current revision
                                                    60-day notice in the Federal Register                                                                           request removes two forms for a total of
                                                    concerning each proposed collection of                  Background and Brief Description                        52 forms. The reporting burden will
                                                    information, including each new                           The National Healthcare Safety                        increase by 583,825 hours, for a total of
                                                    proposed collection, each proposed                      Network (NHSN) is a system designed to                  4,861,542 hours.

                                                                                                           ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                                                                                                       Average
                                                                                                                                                                   Number of
                                                                                                                                                 Number of                           burden per     Total burden
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                                                             Type of respondents                                  Form name                                      responses per
                                                                                                                                                respondents                           response       (in hours)
                                                                                                                                                                   respondent         (in hours)

                                                    Registered       Nurse         (Infection    NHSN Registration Form .................                2,000                 1             5/60            167
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Registered       Nurse         (Infection    Facility Contact Information .............              2,000                 1            10/60            333
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Registered       Nurse         (Infection    Patient Safety Component—Annual                         5,000                 1            50/60          4,167
                                                      Preventionist).                              Hospital Survey.



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                                                                                                             ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Average
                                                                                                                                                                             Number of
                                                                                                                                                           Number of                           burden per        Total burden
                                                               Type of respondents                                         Form name                                       responses per
                                                                                                                                                          respondents                           response          (in hours)
                                                                                                                                                                             respondent         (in hours)

                                                    Registered          Nurse             (Infection        Group Contact Information ...............              1,000                 1             5/60                83
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Registered          Nurse             (Infection        Patient Safety Monthly Reporting                       6,000                12            15/60            18,000
                                                      Preventionist).                                         Plan.
                                                    Registered          Nurse             (Infection        Primary Bloodstream Infection (BSI)                    6,000                44            30/60           132,000
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Registered          Nurse             (Infection        Pneumonia (PNEU) ..........................            6,000                72            30/60           216,000
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Registered          Nurse             (Infection        Ventilator-Associated Event .............              6,000               144            25/60           360,000
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Registered          Nurse             (Infection        Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) ............             6,000                40            20/60            80,000
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Staff RN ............................................   Denominators for Neonatal Intensive                    6,000                 9                   3        162,000
                                                                                                              Care Unit (NICU).
                                                    Staff RN ............................................   Denominators for Specialty Care                        6,000                 9                   5        270,000
                                                                                                              Area (SCA)/Oncology (ONC).
                                                    Staff RN ............................................   Denominators for Intensive Care                        6,000                60                   5      1,800,000
                                                                                                              Unit (ICU)/Other locations (not
                                                                                                              NICU or SCA).
                                                    Registered          Nurse             (Infection        Surgical Site Infection (SSI) .............            6,000                36            35/60           126,000
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Staff RN ............................................   Denominator for Procedure ..............               6,000               540             5/60           270,000
                                                    Laboratory Technician ......................            Antimicrobial Use and Resistance                       6,000                12             5/60             6,000
                                                                                                              (AUR)-Microbiology Data Elec-
                                                                                                              tronic Upload Specification Tables.
                                                    Pharmacy Technician .......................             Antimicrobial Use and Resistance                       6,000                12             5/60             6,000
                                                                                                              (AUR)-Pharmacy Data Electronic
                                                                                                              Upload Specification Tables.
                                                    Registered       Nurse                 (Infection       Central Line Insertion Practices Ad-                   1,000               100            25/60            41,667
                                                      Preventionist).                                         herence Monitoring.
                                                    Registered       Nurse                 (Infection       MDRO or CDI Infection Form ..........                  6,000                72            30/60           216,000
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Registered       Nurse                 (Infection       MDRO and CDI Prevention Process                        6,000                24            15/60            36,000
                                                      Preventionist).                                         and Outcome Measures Monthly
                                                                                                              Monitoring.
                                                    Registered       Nurse                 (Infection       Laboratory-identified MDRO or CDI                      6,000               240            30/60           720,000
                                                      Preventionist).                                         Event.
                                                    Registered       Nurse                 (Infection       Long-Term Care Facility Compo-                           250                 1                   1            250
                                                      Preventionist).                                         nent—Annual Facility Survey.
                                                    Registered       Nurse                 (Infection       Laboratory-identified MDRO or CDI                        250                 8            15/60               500
                                                      Preventionist).                                         Event for LTCF.
                                                    Registered       Nurse                 (Infection       MDRO and CDI Prevention Process                          250                12             5/60               250
                                                      Preventionist).                                         Measures Monthly Monitoring for
                                                                                                              LTCF.
                                                    Registered       Nurse   (Infection                     Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) for                        250                 9            30/60             1,125
                                                      Preventionist).                                         LTCF.
                                                    Registered       Nurse   (Infection                     Monthly Reporting Plan for LTCF ....                     250                12             5/60               250
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Registered       Nurse   (Infection                     Denominators for LTCF Locations ...                      250                12             3.25             9,750
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Registered       Nurse   (Infection                     Prevention   Process      Measures                       250                12             5/60               250
                                                      Preventionist).                                         Monthly Monitoring for LTCF.
                                                    Registered       Nurse   (Infection                     LTAC Annual Survey .......................               400                 1            50/60               333
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Registered       Nurse   (Infection                     Rehab Annual Survey ......................             1,000                 1            50/60               833
                                                      Preventionist).
                                                    Occupational Health RN/Specialist ...                   Healthcare Personnel Safety Com-                          50                 1                   8            400
                                                                                                              ponent Annual Facility Survey.
                                                    Occupational Health RN/Specialist ...                   Healthcare Personnel Safety Month-                    17,000                 1             5/60             1,417
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                                                                                                              ly Reporting Plan.
                                                    Occupational Health RN/Specialist ...                   Healthcare Worker Demographic                             50               200            20/60             3,333
                                                                                                              Data.
                                                    Occupational Health RN/Specialist ...                   Exposure to Blood/Body Fluids ........                    50                50                1             2,500
                                                    Occupational Health RN/Specialist ...                   Healthcare Worker Prophylaxis/                            50                30            15/60               375
                                                                                                              Treatment.
                                                    Laboratory Technician ......................            Follow-Up Laboratory Testing ..........                   50                50            15/60               625
                                                    Occupational Health RN/Specialist ...                   Healthcare Worker Prophylaxis/                            50                50            10/60               417
                                                                                                              Treatment-Influenza.



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                                                    37268                                   Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 125 / Tuesday, June 30, 2015 / Notices

                                                                                                               ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Average
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Number of
                                                                                                                                                                              Number of                                              burden per              Total burden
                                                               Type of respondents                                                Form name                                                            responses per
                                                                                                                                                                             respondents                                              response                (in hours)
                                                                                                                                                                                                         respondent                   (in hours)

                                                    Medical/Clinical Laboratory Tech-                         Hemovigilance Module Annual Sur-                                                500                            1                         2            1,000
                                                      nologist.                                                 vey.
                                                    Medical/Clinical Laboratory Tech-                         Hemovigilance Module Monthly Re-                                                500                          12                      1/60               100
                                                      nologist.                                                 porting Plan.
                                                    Medical/Clinical Laboratory Tech-                         Hemovigilance Module Monthly Re-                                                500                          12                           1           6,000
                                                      nologist.                                                 porting Denominators.
                                                    Medical/Clinical Laboratory Tech-                         Hemovigilance Adverse Reaction ....                                             500                          48                   15/60               6,000
                                                      nologist.
                                                    Medical/Clinical Laboratory Tech-                         Hemovigilance Incident ....................                                     500                          10                   10/60                 833
                                                      nologist.
                                                    Staff RN ............................................     Patient Safety Component—Annual                                             5,000                             1                     5/60                417
                                                                                                                Facility Survey for Ambulatory
                                                                                                                Surgery Center (ASC).
                                                    Staff RN ............................................     Outpatient Procedure Component—                                             5,000                            12                   15/60              15,000
                                                                                                                Monthly Reporting Plan.
                                                    Staff RN ............................................     Outpatient Procedure Component                                              5,000                            25                   40/60              83,333
                                                                                                                Event.
                                                    Staff RN ............................................     Outpatient Procedure Component—                                              5,000                           12                   40/60              40,000
                                                                                                                Monthly Denominators and Sum-
                                                                                                                mary.
                                                    Registered          Nurse             (Infection          Outpatient Dialysis Center Practices                                        6,500                              1                       2.0           13,000
                                                      Preventionist).                                           Survey.
                                                    Staff RN ............................................     Dialysis Monthly Reporting Plan ......                                      6,500                            12                    5/60               6,500
                                                    Staff RN ............................................     Dialysis Event ...................................                          6,500                            60                   25/60             162,500
                                                    Staff RN ............................................     Denominators for Dialysis Event                                             6,500                            12                   10/60              13,000
                                                                                                                Surveillance.
                                                    Staff RN ............................................     Prevention     Process            Measures                                  1,500                            12                      1.25            22,500
                                                                                                                Monthly Monitoring for Dialysis.
                                                    Staff RN ............................................     Dialysis Patient Influenza Vaccina-                                             325                          75                   10/60               4,063
                                                                                                                tion.
                                                    Staff RN ............................................     Dialysis Patient Influenza Vaccina-                                             325                            5                  10/60                 271
                                                                                                                tion Denominator.

                                                          Total ...........................................   ...........................................................   ........................   ........................   ........................      4,861,542



                                                    Maryam I. Daneshvar,                                                     Health, Dallas Regional Office, 1301                                          dually-eligible for Medicare and
                                                    Deputy Director, Office of Scientific Integrity,                         Young Street, Room 714, Dallas, TX                                            Medicaid that exceeds the Medicaid
                                                    Office of the Associate Director for Science,                            75202, to reconsider CMS’ decision to                                         allowable cost for the service provided
                                                    Office of the Director, Centers for Disease                              disapprove Texas’ Medicaid SPA 14–25.                                         to the recipient. This exclusion would
                                                    Control and Prevention.                                                    Closing Date: Requests to participate                                       permit the state to make Medicaid DSH
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–16028 Filed 6–29–15; 8:45 am]                              in the hearing as a party must be                                             payments that are above and beyond
                                                    BILLING CODE 4163–18–P                                                   received by the presiding officer by July                                     hospitals’ reported uncompensated
                                                                                                                             15, 2015.                                                                     costs of providing services to Medicaid
                                                                                                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                              and uninsured individuals.
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                                 Benjamin R. Cohen, Presiding Officer,                                            The issue to be considered at the
                                                    HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)                                                     CMS, 2520 Lord Baltimore Drive, Suite                                         hearing is:
                                                                                                                             L, Baltimore, Maryland 21244;
                                                    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid                                                                                                                        • Whether Texas SPA 14–25 is
                                                                                                                             Telephone: (410) 786–3169.                                                    inconsistent with Medicaid DSH
                                                    Services
                                                                                                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This                                               requirements of sections 1902(a)(13)(A)(iv)
                                                    Notice of Hearing: Reconsideration of                                    notice announces an administrative                                            and 1923 of the Social Security Act (Act)
                                                    Disapproval Texas Medicaid State Plan                                    hearing to reconsider CMS’ decision to                                        because it would provide for payment to
                                                    Amendment (SPA) 14–25                                                    disapprove Texas’ Medicaid SPA 14–25,                                         disproportionate share hospitals of amounts
                                                                                                                             which was submitted to the Centers for                                        that exceed the hospital’s uncompensated
                                                    AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and                                         Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)                                          costs which cannot be considered consistent
                                                    Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.                                                                                                                          with DSH requirements pursuant to the
                                                                                                                             on August 26, 2014 and disapproved on
                                                                                                                                                                                                           hospital-specific limit under section
                                                                                                                             April 7, 2015. In part, this SPA
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                                                    ACTION: Notice of Hearing:                                                                                                                             1923(g)(1) of the Act.
                                                    Reconsideration of Disapproval.                                          requested CMS approval to revise the
                                                                                                                             methodology for calculating the                                                 Section 1116 of the Act and federal
                                                    SUMMARY:  This notice announces an                                       hospital-specific limit for the                                               regulations at 42 CFR part 430, establish
                                                    administrative hearing to be held on                                     Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH)                                         Department procedures that provide an
                                                    August 6, 2015, at the Department of                                     program. Specifically, SPA 14–25                                              administrative hearing for
                                                    Health and Human Services, Centers for                                   proposed to exclude from the                                                  reconsideration of a disapproval of a
                                                    Medicare and Medicaid Services,                                          calculation, the portion of a Medicare                                        state plan or plan amendment. CMS is
                                                    Division of Medicaid & Children’s                                        payment for an individual who is                                              required to publish a copy of the notice


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