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occurring and/or serious patient safety 

events. The skilled nursing facilities 

event-specific formats are: Device or 

Supply, including Health Information 

Technology; Fall; Healthcare-Associated 

Infection; Medication or Other 

Substance; and Pressure Ulcer. 

This new format includes a 

description of patient safety events and 

unsafe conditions to be reported (event 

description) and a sample patient safety 

aggregate report and individual event 

summary in skilled nursing facilities. 

The Skilled Nursing Facilities Common 

Format is available at the PSO Privacy 

Protection Center (PPC) Web site: 

https://www.psoppc.org/web/

patientsafety. 

Commenting on Skilled Nursing 

Facilities Common Format 

To allow for greater participation by 

the private sector in the subsequent 

development of the Common Formats, 

AHRQ engaged the National Quality 

Forum (NQF), a non-profit organization 

focused on health care quality, to solicit 

comments and advice to guide the 

further refinement of the Common 

Formats. The NQF began this process 

with feedback on AHRQ’s 0.1 Beta 

release of the Common Formats. Based 

upon the expert panel’s feedback, 

AHRQ, in conjunction with the PSWG, 

further revised and refined the Common 

Formats and released Version 1.0. 

The review process above was 

repeated again from September 2009 

through February 2010 to further refine 

Common Formats Version 1.0 and 

incorporate public comments prior to 

finalization of the technical 

specifications for electronic 

implementation. The latest version of 

the formats is Version 1.1. 

The Agency is specifically interested 

in obtaining feedback from both the 

private and public sectors on this new 

format for skilled nursing facilities to 

guide their improvement. Information 

on how to comment and provide 

feedback on the Common Formats, the 

Skilled Nursing Facilities beta version, 

is available at the National Quality 

Forum (NQF) Web site for Common 

Formats: http://www.Quality.forum.org/

projects/commonformats.aspx. 

Common Formats Development 

In anticipation of the need for 

Common Formats, AHRQ began their 

development in 2005 by creating an 

inventory of functioning private and 

public sector patient safety reporting 

systems. This inventory provides an 

evidence base that informs construction 

of the Common Formats. The inventory 

now numbers 69 and includes many 

systems from the private sector, 

including prominent academic settings, 

hospital systems, and international 

reporting systems (e.g., from the United 

Kingdom and the Commonwealth of 

Australia). In addition, virtually all 

major Federal patient safety reporting 

systems are included, such as those 

from the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA), the Department 

of Defense (DoD), and the Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA). 

Since February 2005, AHRQ has 

coordinated an interagency Federal 

Patient Safety Work Group (PSWG) to 

assist AHRQ with developing and 

maintaining the Common Formats. The 

PSWG includes major health agencies 

within the HHS—CDC, Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services, FDA, 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration, the Indian Health 

Service, the National Institutes of 

Health, the National Library of 

Medicine, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (ONC), the Office of Public 

Health and Science, the Substance 

Abuse and Mental Health Services 

Administration—as well as the DoD and 

the VA. 

The PSWG assists AHRQ with 

assuring the consistency of definitions/ 

formats with those of relevant 

government agencies as refinement of 

the Common Formats continues. When 

developing Common Formats, AHRQ 

first reviews existing patient safety 

event reporting systems from a variety 

of health care organizations. Working 

with the PSWG and Federal subject 

matter experts, AHRQ drafts and 

releases beta versions of the Common 

Formats for public review and 

comment. To the extent practicable, the 

Common Formats are also aligned with 

World Health Organization (WHO) 

concepts, framework, and definitions 

contained in their draft International 

Classification for Patient Safety (ICPS). 

The process for updating and refining 

the formats will continue to be an 

iterative one. Future versions of the 

Common Formats will be developed for 

ambulatory settings, such as ambulatory 

surgery centers and physician and 

practitioner offices. More information 

on the Common Formats can be 

obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site: 

http://www.PSO.AHRQ.gov/index.html. 

Dated: February 23, 2011. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–11–0770] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

National HIV Behavioral Surveillance 

System (NHBS)—0920–0770 exp. 03/31/ 

2011)—Revision-National Center for 

HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention 

(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The purpose of this data collection is 

to monitor behaviors related to human 

immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection 

among persons at high risk for infection 

in the United States. The primary 

objectives of NHBS are to obtain data 

from samples of persons at risk to: (a) 

Describe the prevalence and trends in 

risk behaviors; (b) describe the 

prevalence of and trends in HIV testing 

and HIV infection; (c) describe the 

prevalence of and trends in use of HIV 

prevention services; (d) identify met and 

unmet needs for HIV prevention 

services in order to inform health 

departments, community-based 

organizations, community planning 

groups and other stakeholders. This 

project addresses the goals of CDC’s HIV 

prevention strategic plan, specifically 

the goal of strengthening the national 

capacity to monitor the HIV epidemic to 

better direct and evaluate prevention 

efforts. 

For the proposed data collection, CDC 

has revised the interview data collection 

instruments. A few questions were 

added (related to health care access and 

utilization, use of pre-exposure 

prophylaxis, homophobia, HIV stigma, 

and discrimination), some were 

removed, and others were revised from 

the previously approved instrument to 

make them easier for respondents to 


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understand and respond appropriately. 

The project activities and methods will 

remain the same as those used in the 

previously approved collection. 

Data are collected through 

anonymous, in-person interviews 

conducted with persons systematically 

selected from 25 Metropolitan Statistical 

Areas (MSAs) throughout the United 

States; these 25 MSAs were chosen 

based on having high AIDS prevalence. 

Persons at risk for HIV infection to be 

interviewed for NHBS include men who 

have sex with men (MSM), injecting 

drug users (IDUs), and heterosexuals at 

increased risk of HIV (HET). A brief 

screening interview will be used to 

determine eligibility for participation in 

the behavioral assessment. The data 

from the behavioral assessment will 

provide estimates of behavior related to 

the risk of HIV and other sexually 

transmitted diseases, prior testing for 

HIV, and use of HIV prevention 

services. All persons interviewed will 

also be offered an HIV test and will 

participate in a pre-test counseling 

session. No other federal agency 

systematically collects this type of 

information from persons at risk for HIV 

infection. These data have substantial 

impact on prevention program 

development and monitoring at the 

local, state, and national levels. 

CDC estimates that NHBS will 

involve, per year in each of the 25 

MSAs, eligibility screening for 50 to 200 

persons and eligibility screening plus 

the survey with 500 eligible 

respondents, resulting in a total of 

37,500 eligible survey respondents and 

7,500 ineligible screened persons during 

a 3-year period. Data collection will 

rotate such that interviews will be 

conducted among one group per year: 

MSM in year 1, IDU in year 2, and HET 

in year 3. The type of data collected for 

each group will vary slightly due to 

different sampling methods and risk 

characteristics of the group. 

This request is for a revision and an 

approval for an additional 3 years of 

data collection. Participation of 

respondents is voluntary and there is no 

cost to the respondents other than their 

time. The total estimated annualized 

burden hours are 9,931. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

per response; (in 

hours) 

Year 1 (MSM): 

Persons Screened ............................................................... Screener ................. 17,500 1 5/60 

Eligible Participants ............................................................. Survey ..................... 12,500 1 30/60 

Year 2 (IDU): 

Persons Referred by Peer Recruiters ................................. Screener ................. 13,750 1 5/60 

Eligible Participants ............................................................. Survey ..................... 12,500 1 54/60 

Peer Recruiters ................................................................... Recruiter Debriefing 6,250 1 2/60 

Year 3 (HET): 

Persons Referred by Peer Recruiters ................................. Screener ................. 13,750 1 5/60 

Eligible Participants ............................................................. Survey ..................... 12,500 1 39/60 

Peer Recruiters ................................................................... Recruiter Debriefing 6,250 1 2/60 

Petunia Gissendaner, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Docket Number NIOSH–226] 

Request for Information on 

Implementation of the James Zadroga 

9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 

2010 (Pub. L. 111–347) 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) requests 

comments from the public on 

implementing the provisions of the 

James Zadroga 9/11 Health and 

Compensation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 

347). A copy of the Act is posted on the 

Internet at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ 

docket in the NIOSH Docket number 

226. The Federal government is 

developing an implementation plan, 

and comments from the public will 

assist in this process by gaining 

perspectives from interested parties on 

ways to meet the Act’s requirements. 

The public is invited to submit written 

comments to the NIOSH Docket number 

226. A public meeting on March 3, 

2011, was previously announced in the 

Federal Register (76 FR 7862) on 

February 11, 2011 to accept oral 

comments from the public. 

Public Comment Period: All 

comments must be received by April 29, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted to the NIOSH Docket Office, 

identified by Docket number NIOSH– 

226, by any of the following methods: 

• Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert 

A. Taft Laboratories, MS–C34, 4676 

Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 

45226. 

• Facsimile: (513) 533–8285. 

• E-mail: nioshdocket@cdc.gov. 

All information received in response 

to this notice will be available for public 

examination and copying at the NIOSH 

Docket Office, Room 111, 4676 

Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 

45226. 

A complete electronic docket 

containing a copy of the James Zadroga 

9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 

2010 (Pub. L. 111–347) and all 

comments submitted will be available 

on the NIOSH Web site at http:// 

www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket. All 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection, including any 

personally identifiable or confidential 

business information that is included in 

a comment. Because comments will be 

made public, they should not include 

any sensitive personal information, such 

as a person’s social security number; 

date of birth; driver’s license number; 

state identification number or foreign 

country equivalent; passport number; 

financial account number; or credit or 

debit card number. Comments also 

should not include any sensitive health 

information, such as medical records or 

other individually identifiable health 


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