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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5885-5887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01154]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-25-0666; Docket No. CDC-2025-0001]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations; Correction

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: 60-Day notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), submits 
this Notice as a correction to the 60-day FRN (CDC Docket Number CDC-
2025-0001) published January 8, 2025 for the information collection 
project titled National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). This 
correction adds Polio to the NHSN package and extends the public 
comment period 60 days from the date of publication.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2025-
0001 by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, 
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to www.regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (www.regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed 
above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329;

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Telephone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) (OMB Control No. 0920-
0666, Exp. 5/31/2025)--Revision--National Center for Emerging and 
Zoonotic Infection Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), National 
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects data from healthcare 
facilities in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) under OMB 
Control Number 0920-0666. NHSN provides facilities, health departments, 
states, regions, and the nation with data necessary to identify problem 
areas, measure the progress of prevention efforts, and ultimately 
eliminate healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) nationwide. NHSN also 
allows healthcare facilities to track blood safety errors and various 
HAI prevention practice methods such as healthcare personnel influenza 
vaccine status and corresponding infection control adherence rates. 
Enrollment in NHSN has continuously increased, with over 37,000 
actively reporting healthcare facilities across the U.S. Of the total 
enrolled healthcare facilities, there are over 6,000 acute care 
facilities. NHSN currently has eight components, and the collection of 
information is authorized by the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
242b, 242k, and 242m (d)).
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice (FRN) was published on January 8, 
2025 (90 FR 1495) for an Emergency Revision information collection 
request (ICR) and was submitted to add three diseases to the NHSN 
Pathogens of High Consequence Form: Influenza A (H5), Marburg, and 
Oropouche. A second 60-day Federal Register Notice is submitted here to 
add Polio to the NHSN Pathogens of High Consequence Form, as well. It 
is crucial for CDC to be aware of cases of these select infectious 
diseases of public health concern, including Polio, to help ensure that 
local and state authorities are equipped to contain and prevent further 
spread. Facilities enrolled in the NHSN Patient Safety Component will 
be asked to select the specific diseases they are reporting on and then 
provide the overall number of patients hospitalized with confirmed 
disease along with stratification of disease in adult and pediatric 
patients. The data collection will be collected electronically via the 
NHSN application.
    As a result of these changes, this Revision requests OMB approval 
for an additional 111,021 estimated annual burden hours to be added to 
Form 57.130--Pathogens of High Consequence. This brings the total 
estimated burden for Form 57.130 to 777,146 burden hours, and the total 
estimated annual burden hours for the entire NHSN package to 4,508,255. 
Participation is required for healthcare facilities that report through 
the NHSN platform. There is no cost to respondents other than their 
time to participate.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Infection Preventionist/        57.130 Pathogens            3650             365            5/60         111,021
 Microbiologist.                 of High
                                 Consequence.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............         777,146
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health 
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-01154 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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