Document headings vary by document type but may contain
                    the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document
the number of the CFR title and the number of each part
                      the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly
                      related to
the agency docket number / agency internal file number
the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in
                      the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory
                      Actions See the
                    Document Drafting Handbook
                    for more details.
 Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [30Day-04-040W]
 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) 498-1210 or send an e-mail to 
                    *omb@cdc.gov.*
                     Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice. 
                    ( print page 61385) Proposed Project National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)—New—National Center for Infectious Disease (NCID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). OMB first approved the information collection now known as the “National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System” (OMB No.0920-0012) in 1970; it approved the “National Surveillance System for Healthcare Workers(NaSH)” (OMB 0920-0417) in 1997, and the “Surveillance for Bloodstream and Vascular Access Infections in Outpatient Hemodialysis Centers” (OMB No. 0920-0442) in 1999. These three data collections have been modified and are being merged to create the NHSN. The NHSN will evolve with the addition of modules and participating healthcare institutions from a wide spectrum of settings. The NHSN is a knowledge system for accumulating, exchanging, and integrating relevant information and resources among private and public stakeholders to support local and national efforts to protect patients and to promote healthcare safety. Specifically, the data will be 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. They will be used to detect changes in the epidemiology of adverse events resulting from new and current medical therapies and changing risks. Healthcare institutions that participate in NHSN voluntarily report their data to the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion in the National Center for Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System that uses a web browser-based technology for data entry and data management. Data are collected by trained surveillance personnel using written standardized protocols. The table below shows the estimated annual burden in hours to collect and report data. The total burden hours are 65,817. Title
No. of respondents
No. of responses/respondent
Burden per response (in hrs.)Facility Contact Information
350
1
10/60Patient Safety Component Facility Characteristics
350
1
30/60Agreement To Participate and Consent
350
1
15/60Group Contact Information
350
1
5/60Patient Safety Monthly Reporting Plan
350
9
25/60Healthcare Personnel Safety Reporting Plan
90
2
10/60Patient Data*Primary Bloodstream Infection (BSI)**
200
36
25/60Pneumonia (PNEU)
200
72
25/60Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
200
27
25/60Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
200
27
25/60Dialysis Incident (DI)
80
90
12/60Custom Event (not reported to CDC)Antimicrobial Use and Resistance (AUR)—Microbiology Laboratory Data**
20
45
3Antimicrobial Use and Resistance (AUR)—Pharmacy Data**
20
36
2Denominators for Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/Other Locations (Not NICU or SCA)
245
18
5Denominators for Specialty Care Area (SCA)
75
9
5Denominators for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
100
9
4Denominators for Procedure
200
540
5/60Dialysis Log Form (Not reported to CDC)Denominators for Outpatient Dialysis
80
9
5/60Patient Safety Component—Hemodialysis Center Practices Survey
80
1
1List of Blood Isolates+
350
1
1Manual Categorization of Positive Blood Cultures+
350
1
1Exposures to Blood/Body Fluids
90
42
1Healthcare Personnel Post Exposure Prophylaxis
90
6
15/60Healthcare Personnel Demographic Data
90
42
10/60Healthcare Personnel Vaccination History
90
42
15/60Annual Facility Survey
90
1
5.5Implementation of Engineering Controls
90
1
30/60Healthcare Personnel Survey
90
10
10/60* Data on Patient Data Form are entered as part of an adverse event (AE), so the burden of these data are included under each AE form's burden estimate.** Burden will be eliminated when reporting these data once an HHSN institution implements electronic data capture.+ Burden during Validation phase only, then eliminated.
 Dated: October 12, 2004. Alvin Hall, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


[FR Doc. 04-23220 Filed 10-15-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P