| Page Range | 93945-93946 | |
| FR Document | 2016-30786 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 246 (Thursday, December 22, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 93945-93946] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-30786] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary [Document Identifier: 0990-New-30D] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for a new collection. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on this ICR during the review and approval period. DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before January 23, 2017. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-5683. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting information, please include the Information Collection Request Title and document identifier 0990-New-30D for reference. Information Collection Request Title: National Tissue Recovery through Utilization Survey (NTRUS). Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is requesting OMB approval on a new ICR. This survey is being conducted to generate national estimates of recovery through utilization activity; of donated human tissue for calendar years 2012 and 2015, and to compare metrics across three data collection periods that includes results from a 2007 survey, the most recent year these data were collected. The survey and data collection and analysis methods will be similar to the 2007 survey. The general categories of information to be collected are listed under the Survey Section of the Annualized Burden Hour table below. Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Policy advice provided by the HHS Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability to the HHS Secretary and Assistant Secretary for Health is used to direct departmental efforts to address transfusion and transplantation issues, such as emergency preparedness and infectious disease transmission related to donated human tissue. The advice provided is partly dependent on analysis of relevant information, such as tissue collection through utilizations data. Likely Respondents: Respondents for this survey would be U.S. tissue banks that screen and recover tissue from living and deceased donors, and process, store, and/or distribute tissues grafts for transplantation from these donors. The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized in the table below. Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Number of Number burden per Total burden Type of respondent Survey section respondents responses per response (in hours respondent hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All tissue banks.............. Tissue bank 110 1 10/60 18.33 activities, tissue types handled, and inspections. Tissue banks that handle Referrals, 80 1 1 80 referrals, Recover/acquire authorization, tissue. and informed consent; Tissue recovery and acquisition. Tissue banks that process Tissue 35 1 1 35 tissue. processing. Tissue banks that store tissue Tissue storage.. 65 1 20/60 21.67 Tissue banks that distribute Tissue 58 1 30/60 29 tissue. distribution. Tissue banks that have donor Communicable 35 1 1 35 infectious disease testing disease testing performed and may handle and adverse adverse outcome reports. outcome reports. --------------------------------------------------------------- Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 219 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 93946]] Terry S. Clark, Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2016-30786 Filed 12-21-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150-28-P
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice. | |
| Dates | Comments on the ICR must be received on or before January 23, 2017. | |
| Contact | Information Collection Clearance staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-5683. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 93945 |