55400 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 182 / Wednesday, September 21, 2005 / Notices 

Joan Karr, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–18786 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

(30 Day–05–04KJ) 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

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) 371–5983 or send an 

email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, New 

Executive Office Building, via fax to 

(202) 395–6974. Written comments 

should be received within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Evaluation of the Poison HELP 

Campaign—to Enhance Public 

Awareness of the National Poison TollFree Number, Poison Center Access and 

Poison Prevention—New—The National 

Center for Injury Prevention and Control 

(NCIPC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Every day more than 6,000 calls about 

poison emergencies are placed to poison 

control centers (PCCs) throughout the 

United States. Although PCCs clearly 

save lives and reduce healthcare costs, 

the system that delivers care and 

prevents poisoning is comprised of 

more than 131 telephone numbers and 

thousands of disjointed local prevention 

efforts. 

As a result a national media campaign 

was launched to establish a national 

toll-free helpline entitled Poison Help 

(1–800–222–1222) that the general 

public, health professionals, and others 

can use to access poison emergency 

services and prevention information 24 

hours a day, seven days a week. The 

Poison Help campaign is the only 

national and regional media effort to 

promote awareness and use of the 

national toll-free number. The 

prospective audience for the Poison 

Help campaign is very broad—any 

person at any time is a potential user. 

To evaluate the campaign’s current 

performance a General Population 

Survey will be conducted with 2,500 

households in the United States. The 

General Population Survey supplies 

unique and essential information that 

provides CDC and HRSA with data on 

variations in awareness and use of the 

national toll-free number. These data 

will also suggest which campaign 

messages about poison prevention or 

available PCC services have resonated 

most strongly with various audiences. 

Results will be used to make 

comparisons with future evaluation 

activities and to make improvements to 

future campaign efforts. There is no cost 

to respondents other than their time. 

The total annualized estimated burden 

hours are 382. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses/respondent 

Average burden/response 

(in hours) 

Screened Households ........................................................................................................... 2,940 1 1/60 

Survey Respondents ............................................................................................................. 2,500 1 8/60 

Dated: September 15, 2005. 

Betsey S. Dunaway, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Science Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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Prevention 

Government-Owned Inventions: 

Availability for Licensing and 

Cooperative Research and 

Development Agreements (CRADAs) 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, Technology Transfer Office, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The invention named in this 

notice is owned by agencies of the 

United States Government and is 

available for licensing in the United 

States (U.S.) in accordance with 35 

U.S.C. 207, and is available for 

cooperative research and development 

agreements (CRADAs) in accordance 

with 15 U.S.C. 3710a, to achieve 

expeditious commercialization of 

results of federally funded research and 

development. A U.S. non-provisional 

patent application and a PCT 

application have been filed. National 

stage foreign patent applications 

claiming priority to the PCT application 

are expected to be filed within the 

appropriate deadlines to extend market 

coverage for U.S. companies and may 

also be available for licensing. 

ADDRESSES: Licensing and CRADA 

information, and information related to 

the technology listed below, may be 

obtained by writing to Suzanne Seavello 

Shope, J.D., Technology Licensing and 

Marketing Scientist, Technology 

Transfer Office, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), Mailstop 

K–79, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, 

GA 30341, telephone (770) 488–8613; 

facsimile (770) 488–8615; or e-mail 

sshope@cdc.gov. A signed Confidential 

Disclosure Agreement (available under 

Forms at http://www.cdc.gov/tto) will be 

required to receive copies of 

unpublished patent applications and 

other information. 

Diagnostics 

Development of Real-Time PCR Assay 

for Detection of Pneumococcal DNA and 

Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Disease 

The ability to diagnose pneumococcal 

pneumonia is limited by the lack of a 

sensitive, specific, and accurate 

laboratory assay. Using the PsaA 

(pneumococcal protein A) protein gene, 

CDC researchers have designed unique 

primers and probes and developed a 

real-time PCR assay for detection of 

pneumococcal DNA in serum and other 

sterile site body fluids for the diagnosis 

of pneumococcal disease. The PCR 

assay provides a tool for accurate 

diagnosis by clinicians, and for 

determination of the effectiveness 

(efficacy) of newly licensed 

pneumococcal polysaccharide-conjugate