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other nations since they provide a 

broader global understanding of how to 

most effectively manage and potentially 

prevent HIV, for example through 

vaccine development. Efforts to develop 

vaccines funded by the National 

Institutes of Health and other US-based 

organizations may directly benefit from 

the findings of this study. 

Blood donors are tested for 

transfusion-transmissible infections 

including HIV when they present to 

donate, and test result information as 

well as demographic data will be 

routinely collected in a database at the 

five blood centers participating in 

REDS–III studies (located in the cities of 

Chongqing, Liuzhou, Luoyang, 

Mianyang, and Urumqi). These data will 

allow for calculation of HIV incidence, 

prevalence, and residual risk. 

Additionally, a case-control study will 

be conducted over a 2 and 1⁄2 year 

period to evaluate the risk factors 

associated with HIV infection among 

blood donors. Cases will be defined as 

potential donors who deny risks on the 

donor screening questionnaire but are 

found to be positive on HIV testing 

(their donation is discarded), HIVpositive donors who gave blood at one 

of the five blood centers as stated above 

(primary sites) or at blood centers 

located in the Guangxi Autonomous 

Region (peripheral sites, recruited 

through the Guangxi CDC for this study 

only but not other REDS–III studies) 

will be eligible to participate and 

complete a Risk Factor Questionnaire 

that will assess general demographic 

and risk factor information pertinent to 

HIV infection. Controls will be negative 

for HIV on confirmatory testing. 

Assuming 50% response rate, it is 

anticipated that 390 HIV-positive 

donors and 960 controls will participate 

in the case control study. The results of 

this study will contribute to global HIV 

surveillance and prevention, provide a 

broader global understanding of HIV 

epidemiology, and support public 

health efforts to most effectively manage 

and potentially prevent HIV 

transmission both worldwide and in the 

US. 

OMB approval is requested for 3 

years. There are no costs to respondents 

other than their time. The total 

estimated burden hours are 450. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Type of respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

HIV Risk factor Q .............................. Blood donors—Case Primary Sites 210 1 20/60 70 

Blood donors—Case peripheral 

sites.

180 1 20/60 60 

Blood donors—Control primary sites 540 1 20/60 180 

Blood donors—Control peripheral 

sites.

420 1 20/60 140 

Dated: August 18, 2014. 

Lynn Susulske, 

NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National 

Institutes of Health. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20528 Filed 8–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘Voluntary Customer Survey Generic 

Clearance for the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality.’’ In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520, AHRQ invites the 

public to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on May 29th 2014 and allowed 

60 days for public comment. No 

comments were received. The purpose 

of this notice is to allow an additional 

30 days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by September 29, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

Voluntary Customer Survey Generic 

Clearance for the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality 

This is a request for the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to reapprove for an additional 3 years, under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

the generic clearance for the Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ) to survey the users of AHRQ’s 

work products and services, OMB 

control number 0935–0106. The current 

clearance was approved on July 20th, 

2011 and will expire on July 31st, 2014. 

Customer surveys will be undertaken 

by AHRQ to assess its work products 

and services provided to its customers, 

to identify problem areas, and to 

determine how they can be improved. 

Surveys conducted under this generic 

clearance are not required by regulation 

and will not be used by AHRQ to 

regulate or sanction its customers. 

Surveys will be entirely voluntary, and 

information provided by respondents 

will be combined and summarized so 

that no individually identifiable 

information will be released. Proposed 

information collections submitted under 

this generic clearance will be reviewed 

and acted upon by OMB within 14 days 

of submission to OMB. 

Method of Collection 

The information collected through 

focus groups and voluntary customer 

surveys will be used by AHRQ to 

identify strengths and weaknesses in 

products and services to make 

improvements that are practical and 

feasible. Information from these 

customer surveys will be used to plan 


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and redirect resources and efforts to 

improve or maintain a high quality of 

service to the lay and health 

professional public. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated total 

burden hours for the respondents. Mail 

surveys are estimated to average 15 

minutes, telephone surveys 40 minutes, 

web-based surveys 10 minutes, focus 

groups two hours, and in-person 

interviews are estimated to average 50 

minutes. Mail surveys may also be sent 

to respondents via email, and may 

include a telephone non-response 

follow-up. Telephone non-response 

follow-up for mailed surveys does not 

count as a telephone survey. The total 

burden hours for the 3 years of the 

clearance is estimated to be 10,150 

hours. 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost 

burden for the respondents. The total 

cost burden for the 3 years of the 

clearance is estimated to be $340,127. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS OVER 3 YEARS

Type of information collection Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Mail/email * ............................................................................... 15,000 1 15/60 3,750 

Telephone ................................................................................ 600 1 40/60 400 

Web-based ............................................................................... 15,000 1 10/60 2,500 

Focus Groups .......................................................................... 1,500 1 2.0 3,000 

In-person .................................................................................. 600 1 50/60 500 

Total .................................................................................. 32,700 na na 10,150 

* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change. 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN OVER 3 YEARS

Type of information collection Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average hourly 

wage rate * Total cost burden 

Mail/email ................................................................................. 15,000 3,750 $33.51 $125,663 

Telephone ................................................................................ 600 400 33.51 13,404 

Web-based ............................................................................... 15,000 2,500 33.51 83,775 

Focus Groups .......................................................................... 1,500 3,000 33.51 100,530 

In-person .................................................................................. 600 500 33.51 16,755 

Total .................................................................................. 32,700 10,150 na 340,127 

* Based upon the average wages for 29–000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009.’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s 

information collection are requested 

with regard to any of the following: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of AHRQ healthcare 

research and healthcare information 

dissemination functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including 

hours and costs) of the proposed 

collection(s) of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: August 20, 2014. 

Richard Kronick, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20420 Filed 8–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: ‘‘Generic 

Clearance for Questionnaire and Data 

Collection Testing, Evaluation, and 

Research for the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality.’’ In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520, AHRQ invites the 

public to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on May 29th 2014 and allowed 

60 days for public comment. One 

comment was received. The purpose of 

this notice is to allow an additional 30 

days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by September 29, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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