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no costs to respondents other than their
time. The total estimated burden hours
are 8,301.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
Form name
Adults in CTG Awardee Communities ............
Adult Targeted Surveillance Survey Recruitment Screener.
Adult Targeted Surveillance Survey ..............
Adult Targeted Surveillance Survey Recruitment Screener.
Adult Targeted Surveillance Survey ..............
Adult Biometric Measures Recruitment
Screener (phone/paper).
Adult Biometric Measures Recruitment
Screener (in-person).
Youth Survey Recruitment Screener for Parent/Guardian.
Adult Biometric Measures ..............................
Adult Activity Diary and Reminder .................
Caregiver Survey Recruitment Screener .......
Caregiver Survey ...........................................
Caregiver Activity Diary (on behalf of young
child).
Child or Youth Biometric Measures. ..............
Youth Activity Diary ........................................
Youth Survey Recruitment Screener for
Youth.
Youth Survey ..................................................
Adults Participants in the Youth and Adult Biometric Study.
Children Participants in the Youth and Adult
Biometric Study.
Dated: July 31, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI),
Office of the Associate Director for Science
(OADS), Office of the Directors, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Proposed Project
Occupational injuries and illnesses
among emergency medical services
(EMS) workers: A NEISS–Work
telephone interview survey (0920–0834,
Expiration 12/31/2012)—Revision—
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Prevention
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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 (404) 639–7570 or send an
email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395–5806.
Written comments should be received
within 30 days of this notice.
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Studies have reported that EMS
workers have higher rates of non-fatal
injuries and illnesses as compared to the
general worker population. As EMS
professionals are tasked with protecting
the health of the public and treating
urgent medical needs, it follows that
understanding and preventing injuries
and illnesses among EMS workers will
have a benefit reaching beyond the
workers to the general public.
As mandated in the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Pub. L.
91–596), the mission of NIOSH is to
conduct research and investigations on
occupational safety and health. Related
to this mission, the purpose of this
project is to conduct research that will
provide a detailed description of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses
incurred by EMS workers. The project
will use two related data sources. The
first source is data abstracted from
medical records of EMS workers treated
in a nationally stratified sample of
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hr)
10,000
1
2/60
10,000
1,300
1
1
28/60
2/60
1,300
2,000
1
1
28/60
8/60
2,000
1
2/60
800
1
2/60
2,000
500
800
800
250
1
1
1
1
1
30/60
20/60
2/60
18/60
10/60
1,600
250
800
1
1
1
20/60
10/60
2/60
800
1
16/60
emergency departments. These data are
routinely collected by the occupational
supplement to the National Electronic
Injury Surveillance System (NEISS–
Work). The second data source, for
which NIOSH is seeking OMB approval
for a two year extension, is responses to
telephone interview surveys of the
injured and ill EMS workers identified
within NEISS–Work. Collection of
telephone interview data began in July
2010.
Data collected under the original
OMB approval for this project indicate
that EMS workers are willing to respond
to detailed questions about their
occupational injury and related
circumstances. However, in order to
obtain enough data to produce stable,
detailed national estimates, data
collection should continue until July 1,
2014. This will provide a total of four
years of data for analysis. The only
revisions to this project are related to a
reduced annual sample, based on the
annual number of interviews collected
to-date, and a reduced cost burden due
to a decrease in estimated respondent
costs due to a decrease in the average
hourly wage of EMS workers.
The ongoing telephone interview
surveys will supplement NEISS–Work
data with an extensive description of
EMS worker injuries and illnesses,
including worker characteristics, injury
types, injury circumstances, injury
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outcomes, and use of personal
protective equipment. Previous reports
describing occupational injuries and
illnesses to EMS workers provide
limited details on specific regions or
sub-segments of the population. As
compared to these earlier studies, the
scope of the telephone interview data
will be broader as it includes sampled
cases nationwide and has no limitations
in regards to type of employment (i.e.,
volunteer versus career). Results from
the telephone interviews will be
weighted and reported as estimates of
EMS workers treated for occupational
injuries and illnesses in emergency
departments.
The sample size for the telephone
interview survey is estimated to be
approximately 150 EMS workers
annually for the proposed four year
duration of the study. This estimate is
based on preliminary analysis of the
data collected to-date. This revised
estimate was reduced from the original
sample projection of 175 EMS workers.
Consequently, the burden has been
reduced as well. Each telephone
interview will take approximately 20
minutes to complete, resulting in an
annualized burden estimate of 50 hours.
This project is a collaborative effort
between the Division of Safety Research
in the NIOSH and the Office of
Emergency Medical Services in the
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration. Both agencies have a
strong interest in improving
surveillance of EMS worker injuries and
illnesses to provide the information
necessary for effectively targeting and
implementing prevention efforts and,
consequently, reducing occupational
injuries and illnesses among EMS
workers.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time. The total estimated
annualized burden hours are 50.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondents
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
EMS workers ...............................................................................................................................
150
1
20/60
Dated: July 31, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI),
Office of the Associate Director for Science
(OADS), Office of the Directoros, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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Proposed Project
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send
comments to Kimberly S. Lane, at 1600
Clifton Road, MS D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
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agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection 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
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proficiency Testing in U.S. Clinical
Laboratories: Perception, Practices and
Potential for Expanded Utility—NEW—
the Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology
and Laboratory Services (OSELS),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The primary focus of this project is to
conduct a systematic analysis in order
to understand which types of
laboratories would be likely to follow
Proficiency Testing (PT) Good
Laboratory Practices (GLPs). The
Association of Public Health
Laboratories (APHL) and CDC (Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention)
hope to learn more about which
laboratories are not following Clinical
Laboratory Amendments of 1988 (CLIA)
PT guidelines and the reasons why. Our
survey population frame is 20,500
Certificate of Compliance laboratories
and 16,800 Certificate of Accreditation
laboratories. All of these laboratories are
required to perform PT in accordance
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with the CLIA. Many of these labs also
use their PT results internally for
laboratory quality improvement (PT
GLPs).
In addition, Centers for Medicaid and
Medicare Services (CMS) and CDC are
currently collaborating to revise the
CLIA regulations to update the list of
non-microbiological tests (analytes) for
which PT is required, and to update the
requirements for microbiology PT. Both
of these changes are expected to have
some impact on clinical and public
health laboratories, but CDC has very
little data to estimate the impact. This
information is needed to complete the
regulatory impact analysis. The
Department of Health and Human
Services knows very little about which
analytes are tested in the affected
laboratories other than those for which
PT is required by CLIA regulations. This
survey will ask laboratories whether
they offer testing for candidate analytes,
and how the regulatory changes would
impact their costs and PT practices in
their laboratory. Similarly for
microbiology laboratories, CMS and
CDC are considering whether to remove
the levels of service model for PT
enrollment. Therefore the survey will
ask a sample of microbiology
laboratories how this and other
potential changes would impact their
costs, PT practices, and perceived risk
of failing PT.
The goal of this project is to complete
a needs assessment to identify the
populations that would benefit from
receiving information on PT GLPs.
Since laboratories already pay for these
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30-Day-12-0834]
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
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received
within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Occupational injuries and illnesses among emergency medical
services (EMS) workers: A NEISS-Work telephone interview survey (0920-
0834, Expiration 12/31/2012)--Revision--National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Studies have reported that EMS workers have higher rates of non-
fatal injuries and illnesses as compared to the general worker
population. As EMS professionals are tasked with protecting the health
of the public and treating urgent medical needs, it follows that
understanding and preventing injuries and illnesses among EMS workers
will have a benefit reaching beyond the workers to the general public.
As mandated in the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Pub.
L. 91-596), the mission of NIOSH is to conduct research and
investigations on occupational safety and health. Related to this
mission, the purpose of this project is to conduct research that will
provide a detailed description of non-fatal occupational injuries and
illnesses incurred by EMS workers. The project will use two related
data sources. The first source is data abstracted from medical records
of EMS workers treated in a nationally stratified sample of emergency
departments. These data are routinely collected by the occupational
supplement to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
(NEISS-Work). The second data source, for which NIOSH is seeking OMB
approval for a two year extension, is responses to telephone interview
surveys of the injured and ill EMS workers identified within NEISS-
Work. Collection of telephone interview data began in July 2010.
Data collected under the original OMB approval for this project
indicate that EMS workers are willing to respond to detailed questions
about their occupational injury and related circumstances. However, in
order to obtain enough data to produce stable, detailed national
estimates, data collection should continue until July 1, 2014. This
will provide a total of four years of data for analysis. The only
revisions to this project are related to a reduced annual sample, based
on the annual number of interviews collected to-date, and a reduced
cost burden due to a decrease in estimated respondent costs due to a
decrease in the average hourly wage of EMS workers.
The ongoing telephone interview surveys will supplement NEISS-Work
data with an extensive description of EMS worker injuries and
illnesses, including worker characteristics, injury types, injury
circumstances, injury
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outcomes, and use of personal protective equipment. Previous reports
describing occupational injuries and illnesses to EMS workers provide
limited details on specific regions or sub-segments of the population.
As compared to these earlier studies, the scope of the telephone
interview data will be broader as it includes sampled cases nationwide
and has no limitations in regards to type of employment (i.e.,
volunteer versus career). Results from the telephone interviews will be
weighted and reported as estimates of EMS workers treated for
occupational injuries and illnesses in emergency departments.
The sample size for the telephone interview survey is estimated to
be approximately 150 EMS workers annually for the proposed four year
duration of the study. This estimate is based on preliminary analysis
of the data collected to-date. This revised estimate was reduced from
the original sample projection of 175 EMS workers. Consequently, the
burden has been reduced as well. Each telephone interview will take
approximately 20 minutes to complete, resulting in an annualized burden
estimate of 50 hours.
This project is a collaborative effort between the Division of
Safety Research in the NIOSH and the Office of Emergency Medical
Services in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Both
agencies have a strong interest in improving surveillance of EMS worker
injuries and illnesses to provide the information necessary for
effectively targeting and implementing prevention efforts and,
consequently, reducing occupational injuries and illnesses among EMS
workers.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are 50.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EMS workers.................................................. 150 1 20/60
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Dated: July 31, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Directoros, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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