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for recruitment, respondents who will
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systematically from within an ongoing
surveillance or research project.
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Dated: November 26, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI),
Office of the Associate Director for Science
(OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30 Day-13–0843]
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
Field Evaluation of Prototype Kneelassist Devices in Low-seam Mining
(0920–0843, Expiration 1/31/2013)—
Extension—National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
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Background and Brief Description
NIOSH, under Public Law 91–596,
Sections 20 and 22 (Section 20–22,
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970) has the responsibility to conduct
research relating to innovative methods,
techniques, and approaches dealing
with occupational safety and health
problems.
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voluntary. The total estimated burden is
55820 hours.
There is no cost to participants other
than their time.
No. of
respondents
Screener .........................................................
Consent Forms ...............................................
Individual interview .........................................
Group interview ..............................................
Survey of Individual ........................................
According to the Mining Safety and
Health Administration (MSHA) injury
database, 227 knee injuries were
reported in underground coal mining in
2007. With data from the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), it can be estimated that
the financial burden of knee injuries
was nearly three million dollars in 2007.
Typically, mine workers utilize
kneepads to better distribute the
pressures at the knee. The effectiveness
of these kneepads was only recently
investigated in a study by NIOSH that
has not yet been published. The results
of this study demonstrated that
kneepads do decrease the maximum
stress applied to the knee albeit not
drastically. Additionally, the average
pressure across the knee remains similar
to the case where subjects wore no
kneepads at all. Thus, the injury data
and the results of this study suggest the
need for the improved design of kneelassist devices such as kneepads. NIOSH
is currently undertaking the task of
designing more effective kneel-assist
devices such as a kneepad and a padded
support worn at the ankle where mine
workers can comfortably rest their body
weight.
These devices must also be field
tested to verify they do not result in
body discomfort or inadvertent
accidents. It is also important to
determine how usable and durable these
devices are in the harsh mining
environment. In order to quantitatively
demonstrate that these prototype
devices are superior to their
predecessors, mine workers using these
prototypes must be interviewed. Their
feedback will identify any necessary
changes to the design of the devices
such that NIOSH can ensure the
prototypes will be well-accepted by the
mining community.
To collect this type of information, a
field study must be conducted where
kneel-assist devices currently used in
the mining industry (i.e. kneepads) are
compared to the new prototype designs.
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Average hours
per response
1
1
1
1
1
10/60
5/60
1
2
30/60
The study suggested here would take
approximately 13 months.
Phase I of this study will evaluate the
prototype kneel-assist device by mine
workers after being used for one month.
Iterative changes will be made to the
design based on the feedback obtained
during Phase I. Data will be collected
via interviews with individual mine
workers and through a focus group
where all mine workers come together
to express their opinions about the
devices. If the prototype kneel-assist
devices do not appear to be successful,
the data collected will be used to
adequately redesign them and the above
described process will begin again. If
the prototype kneel-assist devices
appear to be successful, Phase II of the
study will commence.
Once Phase II of study is ready to
commence, cooperating mines will be
identified. Every month, the section
foreman at the cooperating mines will
be asked to supply some information
regarding the current mine
environment.
Initially, the mine workers will be
given a control kneel-assist device.
Currently, mine workers only utilize
kneepads as a kneel-assist device.
Therefore, only a control kneepad will
be provided. They will then be asked
some basic demographics information
such as their age and time in the mining
industry. Additional data will then be
collected at 1, 3, and 6 months after the
study commences. The mine workers
will be asked to provide their feedback
regarding factors such as body part
discomfort, usability, durability, and
ease of movement with respect to the
control kneepad. After evaluating the
control kneepad, mine workers will
then be given the prototype kneel-assist
device that was finalized in Phase I of
the study. The same questions that were
asked about the control kneepad will
again be asked at 1, 3, and 6 months
after usage begins of the prototype.
Thus, Phase II of the study will last 12
months.
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There will be no cost to the
respondents other than their time. The
total burden is 216.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Respondents
Phase I ..................................
Form name
Section Foreman ..................
Phase I Section Foreman
Form.
Phase I Baseline Form .........
Phase I 1month form ............
Phase I Focus Group Questions.
Phase II Section Foreman
Form.
Phase II Baseline Form ........
Phase II 1, 3, and 6 months
forms.
Mine Workers .......................
Mine Workers .......................
Mine Workers .......................
Phase II .................................
Section Foreman ..................
Mine Workers .......................
Mine Workers .......................
Dated: November 26, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI),
Office of the Associate Director for Science
(OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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.
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Proposed Project
Laboratory Medicine Best Practices
Project (LMBP), OMB Control Number
0920–0848, Expiration 5/31/2013—
EXTENSION—Office of Surveillance,
Epidemiology and Laboratory Services
(OSELS), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60 Day-13–0848]
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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 and
send comments to Ron Otten, 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
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
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Background and Brief Description
CDC is seeking approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to collect information from
healthcare organizations in order to
conduct systemic evidence reviews of
laboratory practice effectiveness. The
purpose of information collection is to
include completed unpublished quality
improvement studies/assessments
carried out by healthcare organizations
(laboratories, hospitals, clinics) in
systematic reviews of practice
effectiveness. CDC has been sponsoring
the Laboratory Medicine Best Practices
initiative to develop new systematic
evidence reviews methods for making
evidence-based recommendations in
laboratory medicine. This initiative
supports the CDC’s mission of
improving laboratory practices. The
focus of the Initiative is on pre- and
post-analytic laboratory medicine
practices that are effective at improving
health care quality. While evidence
based approaches for decision-making
have become standard in healthcare,
this has been limited in laboratory
medicine. No single-evidence-based
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responses per
respondent
No. of
respondents
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
3
1
30/60
27
27
27
1
1
1
20/60
30/60
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10/60
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model for recommending practices in
laboratory medicine exists, although the
number of laboratories operating in the
United States and the volume of
laboratory tests available certainly
warrant such a model. The Laboratory
Medicine Best Practices Initiative began
in October 2006, when CDC convened
the Laboratory Medicine Best Practices
Workgroup (Workgroup), a
multidisciplinary panel of experts in
several fields including laboratory
medicine, clinical medicine, health
services research, and health care
performance measurement. The
Workgroup has been supported by staff
at CDC and the Battelle Memorial
Institute under contract to CDC. To date,
the Laboratory Medicine Best Practices
(LMBP) project work has been
completed over three phases. During
Phase 1 (October 2006–September
2007)of the project, CDC staff developed
systematic review methods for
conducting evidence reviews using
published literature, and completed a
proof-of-concept test. Results of an
extensive search and review of
published literature using the methods
for the topic of patient specimen
identification indicated that an
insufficient quality and number of
studies were available for completing
systematic evidence reviews of
laboratory medicine practice
effectiveness for multiple practices, and
hence for making evidence-based
recommendations. These results were
considered likely to be generalizable to
most potential topic areas of interest. A
finding from Phase 1 work was that
laboratories would be unlikely to
publish quality improvement projects or
studies demonstrating practice
effectiveness in the peer reviewed
literature, but that they routinely
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-13-0843]
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
Field Evaluation of Prototype Kneel-assist Devices in Low-seam
Mining (0920-0843, Expiration 1/31/2013)--Extension--National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
NIOSH, under Public Law 91-596, Sections 20 and 22 (Section 20-22,
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) has the responsibility to
conduct research relating to innovative methods, techniques, and
approaches dealing with occupational safety and health problems.
According to the Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
injury database, 227 knee injuries were reported in underground coal
mining in 2007. With data from the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), it can be estimated that the financial
burden of knee injuries was nearly three million dollars in 2007.
Typically, mine workers utilize kneepads to better distribute the
pressures at the knee. The effectiveness of these kneepads was only
recently investigated in a study by NIOSH that has not yet been
published. The results of this study demonstrated that kneepads do
decrease the maximum stress applied to the knee albeit not drastically.
Additionally, the average pressure across the knee remains similar to
the case where subjects wore no kneepads at all. Thus, the injury data
and the results of this study suggest the need for the improved design
of kneel-assist devices such as kneepads. NIOSH is currently
undertaking the task of designing more effective kneel-assist devices
such as a kneepad and a padded support worn at the ankle where mine
workers can comfortably rest their body weight.
These devices must also be field tested to verify they do not
result in body discomfort or inadvertent accidents. It is also
important to determine how usable and durable these devices are in the
harsh mining environment. In order to quantitatively demonstrate that
these prototype devices are superior to their predecessors, mine
workers using these prototypes must be interviewed. Their feedback will
identify any necessary changes to the design of the devices such that
NIOSH can ensure the prototypes will be well-accepted by the mining
community.
To collect this type of information, a field study must be
conducted where kneel-assist devices currently used in the mining
industry (i.e. kneepads) are compared to the new prototype designs. The
study suggested here would take approximately 13 months.
Phase I of this study will evaluate the prototype kneel-assist
device by mine workers after being used for one month. Iterative
changes will be made to the design based on the feedback obtained
during Phase I. Data will be collected via interviews with individual
mine workers and through a focus group where all mine workers come
together to express their opinions about the devices. If the prototype
kneel-assist devices do not appear to be successful, the data collected
will be used to adequately redesign them and the above described
process will begin again. If the prototype kneel-assist devices appear
to be successful, Phase II of the study will commence.
Once Phase II of study is ready to commence, cooperating mines will
be identified. Every month, the section foreman at the cooperating
mines will be asked to supply some information regarding the current
mine environment.
Initially, the mine workers will be given a control kneel-assist
device. Currently, mine workers only utilize kneepads as a kneel-assist
device. Therefore, only a control kneepad will be provided. They will
then be asked some basic demographics information such as their age and
time in the mining industry. Additional data will then be collected at
1, 3, and 6 months after the study commences. The mine workers will be
asked to provide their feedback regarding factors such as body part
discomfort, usability, durability, and ease of movement with respect to
the control kneepad. After evaluating the control kneepad, mine workers
will then be given the prototype kneel-assist device that was finalized
in Phase I of the study. The same questions that were asked about the
control kneepad will again be asked at 1, 3, and 6 months after usage
begins of the prototype. Thus, Phase II of the study will last 12
months.
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There will be no cost to the respondents other than their time. The
total burden is 216.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
No. of No. of burden per
Respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Phase I...................... Section Foreman. Phase I Section 3 1 30/60
Foreman Form.
Mine Workers.... Phase I 27 1 20/60
Baseline Form.
Mine Workers.... Phase I 1month 27 1 30/60
form.
Mine Workers.... Phase I Focus 27 1 1
Group
Questions.
Phase II..................... Section Foreman. Phase II 6 12 10/60
Section
Foreman Form.
Mine Workers.... Phase II 54 1 20/60
Baseline Form.
Mine Workers.... Phase II 1, 3, 54 6 25/60
and 6 months
forms.
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Dated: November 26, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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