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that will be vacated during the 2014
calendar year.
DATES: Nominations for membership on
the Committee must be received no later
than October 28, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be
mailed or delivered to Dr. Jerry
Menikoff, Director, Office for Human
Research Protections, Department of
Health and Human Services, 1101
Wootton Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville,
MD 20852. Nominations will not be
accepted by email or by facsimile.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Gorey, Executive Director, SACHRP,
Office for Human Research Protections,
1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 200,
Rockville, MD 20852, telephone: 240–
453–8141. A copy of the Committee
charter and list of the current members
can be obtained by contacting Ms.
Gorey, accessing the SACHRP Web site
at www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp, or
requesting via email at sachrp@
osophs.dhhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Committee provides advice on matters
pertaining to the continuance and
improvement of functions within the
authority of HHS directed toward
protections for human subjects in
research. Specifically, the Committee
provides advice relating to the
responsible conduct of research
involving human subjects with
particular emphasis on special
populations such as neonates and
children, prisoners, the decisionally
impaired, pregnant women, embryos
and fetuses, individuals and
populations in international studies,
investigator conflicts of interest and
populations in which there are
individually identifiable samples, data
or information.
In addition, the Committee is
responsible for reviewing selected
ongoing work and planned activities of
the OHRP and other offices/agencies
within HHS responsible for human
subjects protection. These evaluations
may include, but are not limited to, a
review of assurance systems, the
application of minimal research risk
standards, the granting of waivers,
education programs sponsored by
OHRP, and the ongoing monitoring and
oversight of institutional review boards
and the institutions that sponsor
research.
Nominations: The OHRP is requesting
nominations to fill three positions for
voting members of SACHRP that are
scheduled to become vacant during
2014. Nominations of potential
candidates for consideration are being
sought from a wide array of fields,
including, but not limited to: Public
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health and medicine, behavioral and
social sciences, health administration,
and biomedical ethics. To qualify for
consideration of appointment to the
Committee, an individual must possess
demonstrated experience and expertise
in any of the several disciplines and
fields pertinent to human subjects
protection and/or clinical research.
The individuals selected for
appointment to the Committee can be
invited to serve a term of up to four
years. Committee members receive a
stipend and reimbursement for per diem
and any travel expenses incurred for
attending Committee meetings and/or
conducting other business in the
interest of the Committee. Interested
applicants may self-nominate.
Nominations may be retained and
considered for future vacancies.
Nominations should be typewritten.
The following information should be
included in the package of material
submitted for each individual being
nominated for consideration: (1) A letter
of nomination that clearly states the
name and affiliation of the nominee, the
basis for the nomination (i.e., specific
attributes which qualify the nominee for
service in this capacity), and a statement
that the nominee is willing to serve as
a member of the Committee; (2) the
nominator’s name, address, daytime
telephone number, and the home and/
or work address, telephone number, and
email address of the individual being
nominated; and (3) a current copy of the
nominee’s curriculum vitae. Federal
employees should not be nominated for
consideration of appointment to this
Committee.
The Department makes every effort to
ensure that the membership of HHS
Federal advisory committees is fairly
balanced in terms of points of view
represented and the committee’s
function. Every effort is made to ensure
that individuals from a broad
representation of geographic areas,
women and men, ethnic and minority
groups, and the disabled are given
consideration for membership on HHS
Federal advisory committees.
Appointment to this Committee shall be
made without discrimination on the
basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender,
sexual orientation, disability, and
cultural, religious, or socioeconomic
status.
Individuals who are selected to be
considered for appointment will be
required to provide detailed information
regarding their financial holdings,
consultancies, and research grants or
contracts. Disclosure of this information
is necessary in order to determine if the
selected candidate is involved in any
activity that may pose a potential
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conflict with the official duties to be
performed as a member of SACHRP.
Dated: September 24, 2013.
Jerry Menikoff,
Director, Office for Human Research
Protections, Executive Secretary, Secretary’s
Advisory Committee on Human Research
Protections.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Office of Minority Health: Statement of
Organization, Functions and
Delegations of Authority
This notice amends Part A, Office of
the Secretary, Statement of
Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority for the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, at Chapter AC, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Health, as last
amended at 60 FR 56605–06 (November
9, 1995), 60 FR 18418—19 (April 11,
1995), 60 FR 471—473 (January 4,
1995), 58 FR 7140 (February 4, 1993),
and 57 FR 13750–51 (April 7, 1992) and
as established at 50 FR 50847–48
(December 12, 1985). This amendment
establishes the Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Minority Health as
reporting directly to the Secretary and
administratively supported by the
Assistant Secretary for Health. The
change is as follows:
I. Under Part A, Chapter AC.20,
‘‘Functions,’’ Section C, ‘‘Office of
Minority Health,’’ delete the first
paragraph, which begins with ‘‘The
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority
Health serves,’’ and replace with the
following:
The Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Minority Health serves as the Director of
the Office of Minority Health and
principal advisor to the Secretary for
health program activities that address
minority populations, develops policies
for the improvement of the health status
of minority populations, and
coordinates all PHS minority health
activities. The Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Minority Health reports
directly to the Secretary and is
administratively supported by the ASH.
II. Delegations of Authority: All
delegations and re-delegations of
authority made to officials and
employees of affected organizational
components will continue in them or
their successors pending further
redelegations.
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Dated: September 19, 2013.
Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
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.
Proposed Project
Prevalence Survey of HealthcareAssociated Infections (HAIs) and
Antimicrobial Use in U.S. Acute Care
Hospitals—Reinstatement—(0920–0852
exp 5/31/13)—National Center for
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Preventing healthcare-associated
infections (HAIs) is a CDC priority. An
essential step in reducing the
occurrence of HAIs is to estimate
accurately the burden of these infections
in U.S. hospitals, and to describe the
types of HAIs and causative organisms.
The scope and magnitude of HAIs in the
United States were last directly
estimated in the 1970s in which
comprehensive data were collected from
a sample of 338 hospitals; 5% of
hospitalized patients acquired an
infection not present at the time of
admission. Because of the substantial
resources necessary to conduct hospitalwide surveillance in an ongoing
manner, most of the more than 4,500
hospitals now reporting to the CDC’s
current HAI surveillance system, the
National Healthcare Safety Network
(NHSN 0920–0666 expiration 1/31/15),
focus instead on device-associated and
procedure-associated infections in
selected patient locations, and do not
report data on all types of HAIs
occurring hospital-wide. Periodic
assessments of the magnitude and types
of HAIs occurring in all patient
populations within acute care hospitals
are needed to inform decisions by local
and national policy makers and by
hospital infection control personnel
regarding appropriate targets and
strategies for HAI prevention.
During 2008–2009 in the previous
project period, CDC developed a pilot
protocol for HAI point prevalence
survey, conducted over a 1-day period
at each of nine acute care hospitals in
one U.S. city. This pilot phase was
followed in 2010 by a phase 2, limited
roll-out HAI and antimicrobial use
prevalence survey, conducted during
July and August in 22 hospitals across
10 Emerging Infections Program (EIP)
sites (in California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland,
Minnesota, New Mexico, New York,
Oregon, and Tennessee). Experience
gained in the phase 1 and phase 2
surveys was used to conduct a fullscale, phase 3 survey in 2011, involving
183 hospitals in the 10 EIP sites. Over
11,000 patients were surveyed, and
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analysis of HAI and antimicrobial use
data is ongoing at this time.
This reinstatement is sought, to allow
a repeat HAI and antimicrobial use
prevalence survey to be performed in
2014. A repeat survey will allow further
refinement of survey methodology and
assessment of changes over time in
prevalence, HAI distribution, and
pathogen distribution. It will also allow
for a re-assessment of the burden of
antimicrobial use, at a time when
antimicrobial stewardship is an area of
active engagement in many acute care
hospitals. The 2014 survey will be
performed in a sample of up to 500
acute care hospitals, drawn from the
acute care hospital populations in each
of the 10 EIP sites (and including
participation from many hospitals that
participated in prior phases of the
survey). Infection prevention personnel
in participating hospitals and EIP site
personnel will collect demographic and
clinical data from the medical records of
a sample of eligible patients in their
hospitals on a single day in 2014, to
identify CDC-defined HAIs. The surveys
will provide data for CDC to make
estimates of the prevalence of HAIs
across this sample of U.S. hospitals as
well as the distribution of infection
types and causative organisms. These
data can be used to work toward
reducing and eliminating healthcareassociated infections—a Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Healthy People 2020 objective (https://
www.healthypeople.gov/2020/
topicsobjectives2020/
overview.aspx?topicid=17). This survey
project also supports the CDC Winnable
Battle goal of improving national
surveillance for healthcare-associated
infections (https://www.cdc.gov/
winnablebattles/Goals.html).
There are no costs to respondents
other than their time. The estimated
annualized burden is 6,325 hours.
Healthcare Facility Assessment (HCA) .......
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Office of Minority Health: Statement of Organization, Functions
and Delegations of Authority
This notice amends Part A, Office of the Secretary, Statement of
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, at Chapter AC, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Health, as last amended at 60 FR 56605-06
(November 9, 1995), 60 FR 18418--19 (April 11, 1995), 60 FR 471--473
(January 4, 1995), 58 FR 7140 (February 4, 1993), and 57 FR 13750-51
(April 7, 1992) and as established at 50 FR 50847-48 (December 12,
1985). This amendment establishes the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Minority Health as reporting directly to the Secretary and
administratively supported by the Assistant Secretary for Health. The
change is as follows:
I. Under Part A, Chapter AC.20, ``Functions,'' Section C, ``Office
of Minority Health,'' delete the first paragraph, which begins with
``The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health serves,'' and
replace with the following:
The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health serves as the
Director of the Office of Minority Health and principal advisor to the
Secretary for health program activities that address minority
populations, develops policies for the improvement of the health status
of minority populations, and coordinates all PHS minority health
activities. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health reports
directly to the Secretary and is administratively supported by the ASH.
II. Delegations of Authority: All delegations and re-delegations of
authority made to officials and employees of affected organizational
components will continue in them or their successors pending further
redelegations.
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Dated: September 19, 2013.
Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-23680 Filed 9-26-13; 8:45 am]
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