83 FR 51957 - Draft Guideline: Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 199 (October 15, 2018)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 199 (October 15, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-22377 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 51957-51958] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-22377] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Docket No. CDC-2018-0099] Draft Guideline: Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), announces the opening of a docket to obtain comment on the Draft Guideline: Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services (Draft Guideline). The Draft Guideline is an update of two sections of the Guideline for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel, 1998: C. Infection Control Objectives for a Personnel Health Service and D. Elements of a Personnel Health Service for Infection Control. The updated recommendations in the Draft Guideline are intended to facilitate the provision of occupational infection prevention and control services to healthcare personnel and to prevent transmission of infections between healthcare personnel and others. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 14, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018- 0099, by any of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Attn: Docket No. CDC-2018-0099, HICPAC Secretariat, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop A07, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. Instructions: Submissions via http://regulations.gov are preferred. All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted without change to http://regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kendra Cox, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: (404) 639-4000. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Participation Interested persons or organizations are invited to participate by submitting written views, recommendations, and data. Please note that comments received, including attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the public record and are subject to public disclosure. Comments will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, do not include any information in your comments or supporting materials that you consider confidential or [[Page 51958]] inappropriate for public disclosure. If you include your name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in the body of your comments, that information will be on public display. CDC will review all submissions and may choose (but is not required) to redact, or withhold, submissions containing private or proprietary information such as Social Security numbers, medical information, inappropriate language, or duplicate/near-duplicate examples of a mass-mail campaign. CDC will carefully consider all comments timely submitted in preparation of the final guideline Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services and may revise the final document as appropriate. Background The Draft Guideline, located in the ``Supporting & Related Material'' tab of the docket, updates two sections from the 1998 Guideline: C. Infection Control Objectives for a Personnel Health Service and D. Elements of a Personnel Health Service for Infection Control. Those sections described the infrastructure and routine practices of Occupational Health Services for providing occupational infection prevention and control services to healthcare personnel. Once finalized, the Draft Guideline is intended for use by the leaders and staff of Occupational Health Services and the administrators and leaders of healthcare organizations in order to facilitate the provision of occupational infection prevention and control services to healthcare personnel. Since 2015, the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) has worked with national partners, academicians, public health professionals, healthcare providers, and other partners to develop this Draft Guideline as a recommendation for CDC to update sections of the 1998 Guideline. HICPAC includes representatives from public health, infectious diseases, regulatory and other federal agencies, professional societies, and other stakeholders. The draft recommendations in this Draft Guideline are informed by a systematic literature review of articles published in peer-reviewed journals or repositories of systematic reviews; and a review of occupational infection prevention and control guidelines, regulations, and standards. This Draft Guideline is not, and once finalized will not be, a federal rule or regulation; instead its purpose, as discussed above, will be to facilitate the provision of occupational prevention and control services to healthcare personnel. Dated: October 10, 2018. Sandra Cashman, Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2018-22377 Filed 10-12-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
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Response: GSA will implement Total annual responses: 143,334. Services (Draft Guideline). The Draft
additional certifications and Hours per Response: 2.5. Guideline is an update of two sections
representations into SAM, as directed Total Burden Hours: 358,335. of the Guideline for Infection Control in
by OMB. At this time, only the Public comments are particularly Healthcare Personnel, 1998: C. Infection
assurances in the SF–424B are being invited on: Whether this collection of Control Objectives for a Personnel
incorporated. information is necessary for the proper Health Service and D. Elements of a
Comment: One respondent stated that performance of functions of the System Personnel Health Service for Infection
the SAM registration process is time- for Award Management Registration Control. The updated recommendations
consuming and frustrating for their Requirements for Prime Grant in the Draft Guideline are intended to
foreign-based recipients and they object Recipients, whether it will have facilitate the provision of occupational
to adding another layer to the process. practical utility; whether our estimate of infection prevention and control
They further stated that their grants are the public burden of this collection of services to healthcare personnel and to
usually under $10,000. information is accurate, and based on prevent transmission of infections
Response: Although 2 CFR 25— valid assumptions and methodology; between healthcare personnel and
Universal Identifier and System for ways to enhance the quality, utility, and others.
Award Management, requires that all clarity of the information to be
entities applying for or receiving federal DATES: Written comments must be
collected; and ways in which we can
awards, including subrecipients of received on or before December 14,
minimize the burden of the collection of
federal awards, must register in SAM, 2018.
information on those who are to
there are conditions under which a respond, through the use of appropriate ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
federal agency may exempt a foreign technological collection techniques or identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
entity from this requirement. 2 CFR other forms of information technology. 0099, by any of the following methods:
25.110 (d)(2)(ii) allows agencies to Obtaining Copies of Proposals: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
determine the practicality of whether a Requesters may obtain a copy of the www.regulations.gov. Follow the
‘‘foreign entity applying for or receiving information collection documents in instructions for submitting comments.
an award or subaward for a project or hard-copy or electronic format. Hard • Mail: Division of Healthcare Quality
program outside the United States copy: General Services Administration, Promotion, National Center for
valued at less than $25,000’’ must Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
comply with the SAM registration 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC Diseases, Centers for Disease Control
requirement. 20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please and Prevention, Attn: Docket No. CDC–
Comment: One respondent stated that cite OMB Control No. 3090–0290, 2018–0099, HICPAC Secretariat, 1600
eliminating an agency’s ability to System for Award Management Clifton Road NE, Mailstop A07, Atlanta,
require certifications and assurances on Registration Requirements for Prime Georgia 30329.
their own application is impractical. Grant Recipients, in all correspondence. Instructions: Submissions via http://
Response: Although the standard regulations.gov are preferred. All
Dated: October 4, 2018.
governmentwide certifications and submissions received must include the
representations will be certified in David A. Shive,
agency name and Docket Number. All
SAM, Federal agencies will still be able Chief Information Officer. relevant comments received will be
to require the submission of agency or [FR Doc. 2018–22407 Filed 10–12–18; 8:45 am] posted without change to http://
program specific certifications and BILLING CODE 6820–WY–P regulations.gov, including any personal
representations with applications. information provided. For access to the
Comment: One respondent stated that docket to read background documents
the cost and implementation timeline DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND or comments received, go to http://
considerations for agencies with online HUMAN SERVICES www.regulations.gov.
project and grant application systems.
Centers for Disease Control and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The respondent further stated that they
could not implement system changes by Prevention Kendra Cox, Division of Healthcare
October 1. Quality Promotion, National Center for
[Docket No. CDC–2018–0099] Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Response: GSA has informed OMB of
this consideration. The implementation Diseases, Centers for Disease Control
Draft Guideline: Infection Control in and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE,
date for entities to begin providing Healthcare Personnel: Infrastructure
certifications during their initial Mailstop A–07, Atlanta, Georgia 30329;
and Routine Practices for Telephone: (404) 639–4000.
registration and their subsequent annual Occupational Infection Prevention and
re-registration will be no earlier than SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Control Services
January 1, 2019. The full transition to Public Participation
grant certifications in SAM will not be AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and
completed for a year, since existing Prevention (CDC), Department of Health Interested persons or organizations
registrants will complete the and Human Services (DHHS). are invited to participate by submitting
certifications in their annual re- ACTION: Notice with comment period. written views, recommendations, and
certification process. Once a recipient data.
has registered or re-registered, the SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Please note that comments received,
Control and Prevention (CDC), in the including attachments and other
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Federal agency will be able to download
or print a copy of the entity’s Department of Health and Human supporting materials, are part of the
certification to be entered into the Services (DHHS), announces the public record and are subject to public
entity’s grant award file. opening of a docket to obtain comment disclosure. Comments will be posted on
on the Draft Guideline: Infection Control https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore,
C. Annual Reporting Burden in Healthcare Personnel: Infrastructure do not include any information in your
Respondents: 143,334. and Routine Practices for Occupational comments or supporting materials that
Responses per Respondent: 1. Infection Prevention and Control you consider confidential or
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inappropriate for public disclosure. If will be to facilitate the provision of change, all relevant comments to
you include your name, contact occupational prevention and control Regulations.gov.
information, or other information that services to healthcare personnel. Please note: Submit all comments through
identifies you in the body of your Dated: October 10, 2018. the Federal eRulemaking portal
comments, that information will be on Sandra Cashman, (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
public display. CDC will review all address listed above.
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease
submissions and may choose (but is not
Control and Prevention. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request
required) to redact, or withhold,
submissions containing private or [FR Doc. 2018–22377 Filed 10–12–18; 8:45 am] more information on the proposed
proprietary information such as Social BILLING CODE 4163–18–P project or to obtain a copy of the
Security numbers, medical information, information collection plan and
inappropriate language, or duplicate/ instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Information Collection Review Office,
near-duplicate examples of a mass-mail
campaign. CDC will carefully consider HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and
all comments timely submitted in Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–
Centers for Disease Control and D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
preparation of the final guideline Prevention
Infection Control in Healthcare 404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
Personnel: Infrastructure and Routine [60Day–19–1105; Docket No. CDC–2018– SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Practices for Occupational Infection 0098] Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
Prevention and Control Services and (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
may revise the final document as Proposed Data Collection Submitted must obtain approval from the Office of
appropriate. for Public Comment and Management and Budget (OMB) for each
Recommendations collection of information they conduct
Background or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and
The Draft Guideline, located in the Prevention (CDC), Department of Health requires Federal agencies to provide a
‘‘Supporting & Related Material’’ tab of and Human Services (HHS). 60-day notice in the Federal Register
the docket, updates two sections from concerning each proposed collection of
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
the 1998 Guideline: C. Infection Control information, including each new
Objectives for a Personnel Health SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease proposed collection, each proposed
Service and D. Elements of a Personnel Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of extension of existing collection of
Health Service for Infection Control. its continuing effort to reduce public information, and each reinstatement of
Those sections described the burden and maximize the utility of previously approved information
infrastructure and routine practices of government information, invites the collection before submitting the
Occupational Health Services for general public and other Federal collection to the OMB for approval. To
providing occupational infection agencies the opportunity to comment on comply with this requirement, we are
prevention and control services to a proposed and/or continuing publishing this notice of a proposed
healthcare personnel. information collection, as required by data collection as described below.
Once finalized, the Draft Guideline is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The OMB is particularly interested in
intended for use by the leaders and staff This notice invites comment on a comments that will help:
of Occupational Health Services and the proposed information collection project 1. Evaluate whether the proposed
administrators and leaders of healthcare titled One Health Harmful Algal Bloom collection of information is necessary
organizations in order to facilitate the System (OHHABS). The OHHABS is a for the proper performance of the
provision of occupational infection voluntary reporting system available to functions of the agency, including
prevention and control services to state and territorial public health whether the information will have
healthcare personnel. departments and their designated practical utility;
Since 2015, the Healthcare Infection 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
environmental health or animal health
Control Practices Advisory Committee agency’s estimate of the burden of the
partners. It collects data on individual
(HICPAC) has worked with national proposed collection of information,
human and animal cases of illnesses
partners, academicians, public health including the validity of the
from harmful algal bloom (HAB)-
professionals, healthcare providers, and methodology and assumptions used;
associated exposures, as well as
other partners to develop this Draft 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
environmental data about HABs.
Guideline as a recommendation for CDC clarity of the information to be
to update sections of the 1998 DATES: CDC must receive written
collected; and
Guideline. HICPAC includes comments on or before December 14,
4. Minimize the burden of the
representatives from public health, 2018.
collection of information on those who
infectious diseases, regulatory and other ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, are to respond, including through the
federal agencies, professional societies, identified by Docket No. CDC–2018– use of appropriate automated,
and other stakeholders. 0098 by any of the following methods: electronic, mechanical, or other
The draft recommendations in this • Federal eRulemaking Portal: technological collection techniques or
Draft Guideline are informed by a Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions other forms of information technology,
systematic literature review of articles for submitting comments. e.g., permitting electronic submissions
published in peer-reviewed journals or • Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
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of responses.
repositories of systematic reviews; and a Collection Review Office, Centers for 5. Assess information collection costs.
review of occupational infection Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
prevention and control guidelines, Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, Proposed Project
regulations, and standards. This Draft Georgia 30329. One Health Harmful Algal Bloom
Guideline is not, and once finalized will Instructions: All submissions received System (OHHABS)—Extension—
not be, a federal rule or regulation; must include the agency name and National Center for Emerging and
instead its purpose, as discussed above, Docket Number. CDC will post, without Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID),
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