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other nations since they provide a
broader global understanding of how to
most effectively manage and potentially
prevent HIV, for example through
vaccine development. Efforts to develop
vaccines funded by the National
Institutes of Health and other US-based
organizations may directly benefit from
the findings of this study.
Blood donors are tested for
transfusion-transmissible infections
including HIV when they present to
donate, and test result information as
well as demographic data will be
routinely collected in a database at the
five blood centers participating in
REDS–III studies (located in the cities of
Chongqing, Liuzhou, Luoyang,
Mianyang, and Urumqi). These data will
allow for calculation of HIV incidence,
prevalence, and residual risk.
Additionally, a case-control study will
be conducted over a 2 and 1⁄2 year
period to evaluate the risk factors
associated with HIV infection among
blood donors. Cases will be defined as
potential donors who deny risks on the
donor screening questionnaire but are
found to be positive on HIV testing
(their donation is discarded), HIVpositive donors who gave blood at one
of the five blood centers as stated above
(primary sites) or at blood centers
located in the Guangxi Autonomous
Region (peripheral sites, recruited
through the Guangxi CDC for this study
only but not other REDS–III studies)
will be eligible to participate and
complete a Risk Factor Questionnaire
that will assess general demographic
and risk factor information pertinent to
HIV infection. Controls will be negative
for HIV on confirmatory testing.
Assuming 50% response rate, it is
anticipated that 390 HIV-positive
donors and 960 controls will participate
in the case control study. The results of
this study will contribute to global HIV
surveillance and prevention, provide a
broader global understanding of HIV
epidemiology, and support public
health efforts to most effectively manage
and potentially prevent HIV
transmission both worldwide and in the
US.
OMB approval is requested for 3
years. There are no costs to respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated burden hours are 450.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Type of respondents
HIV Risk factor Q ..............................
Blood donors—Case Primary Sites
Blood
donors—Case
peripheral
sites.
Blood donors—Control primary sites
Blood donors—Control peripheral
sites.
Dated: August 18, 2014.
Lynn Susulske,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National
Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project:
‘‘Voluntary Customer Survey Generic
Clearance for the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality.’’ In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44
U.S.C. 3501–3520, AHRQ invites the
public to comment on this proposed
information collection.
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SUMMARY:
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total annual
burden hours
210
180
1
1
20/60
20/60
70
60
540
420
1
1
20/60
20/60
180
140
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on May 29th 2014 and allowed
60 days for public comment. No
comments were received. The purpose
of this notice is to allow an additional
30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by September 29, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) to survey the users of AHRQ’s
work products and services, OMB
control number 0935–0106. The current
clearance was approved on July 20th,
2011 and will expire on July 31st, 2014.
Customer surveys will be undertaken
by AHRQ to assess its work products
and services provided to its customers,
to identify problem areas, and to
determine how they can be improved.
Surveys conducted under this generic
clearance are not required by regulation
and will not be used by AHRQ to
regulate or sanction its customers.
Surveys will be entirely voluntary, and
information provided by respondents
will be combined and summarized so
that no individually identifiable
information will be released. Proposed
information collections submitted under
this generic clearance will be reviewed
and acted upon by OMB within 14 days
of submission to OMB.
Proposed Project
Method of Collection
The information collected through
focus groups and voluntary customer
surveys will be used by AHRQ to
identify strengths and weaknesses in
products and services to make
improvements that are practical and
feasible. Information from these
customer surveys will be used to plan
Voluntary Customer Survey Generic
Clearance for the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
This is a request for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to reapprove for an additional 3 years, under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
the generic clearance for the Agency for
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and redirect resources and efforts to
improve or maintain a high quality of
service to the lay and health
professional public.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated total
burden hours for the respondents. Mail
surveys are estimated to average 15
minutes, telephone surveys 40 minutes,
web-based surveys 10 minutes, focus
groups two hours, and in-person
interviews are estimated to average 50
minutes. Mail surveys may also be sent
to respondents via email, and may
include a telephone non-response
follow-up. Telephone non-response
follow-up for mailed surveys does not
count as a telephone survey. The total
burden hours for the 3 years of the
clearance is estimated to be 10,150
hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost
burden for the respondents. The total
cost burden for the 3 years of the
clearance is estimated to be $340,127.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS OVER 3 YEARS
Number of
respondents
Type of information collection
Number of
responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Mail/email * ...............................................................................
Telephone ................................................................................
Web-based ...............................................................................
Focus Groups ..........................................................................
In-person ..................................................................................
15,000
600
15,000
1,500
600
1
1
1
1
1
15/60
40/60
10/60
2.0
50/60
3,750
400
2,500
3,000
500
Total ..................................................................................
32,700
na
na
10,150
* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change.
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN OVER 3 YEARS
Number of
respondents
Type of information collection
Total burden
hours
Average hourly
wage rate *
Total cost burden
Mail/email .................................................................................
Telephone ................................................................................
Web-based ...............................................................................
Focus Groups ..........................................................................
In-person ..................................................................................
15,000
600
15,000
1,500
600
3,750
400
2,500
3,000
500
$33.51
33.51
33.51
33.51
33.51
$125,663
13,404
83,775
100,530
16,755
Total ..................................................................................
32,700
10,150
na
340,127
* Based upon the average wages for 29–000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009.’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s
information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of AHRQ healthcare
research and healthcare information
dissemination functions, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including
hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) 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 upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
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Dated: August 20, 2014.
Richard Kronick,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2014–20420 Filed 8–27–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project: ‘‘Generic
Clearance for Questionnaire and Data
Collection Testing, Evaluation, and
Research for the Agency for Healthcare
SUMMARY:
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Research and Quality.’’ In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44
U.S.C. 3501–3520, AHRQ invites the
public to comment on this proposed
information collection.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on May 29th 2014 and allowed
60 days for public comment. One
comment was received. The purpose of
this notice is to allow an additional 30
days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by September 29, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection
project: ``Voluntary Customer Survey Generic Clearance for the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality.'' In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, AHRQ invites the public to comment
on this proposed information collection.
This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on May 29th 2014 and allowed 60 days for public
comment. No comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by September 29, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection
instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be
obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Voluntary Customer Survey Generic Clearance for the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
This is a request for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to
re-approve for an additional 3 years, under the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, the generic clearance for the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) to survey the users of AHRQ's work products and
services, OMB control number 0935-0106. The current clearance was
approved on July 20th, 2011 and will expire on July 31st, 2014.
Customer surveys will be undertaken by AHRQ to assess its work
products and services provided to its customers, to identify problem
areas, and to determine how they can be improved. Surveys conducted
under this generic clearance are not required by regulation and will
not be used by AHRQ to regulate or sanction its customers. Surveys will
be entirely voluntary, and information provided by respondents will be
combined and summarized so that no individually identifiable
information will be released. Proposed information collections
submitted under this generic clearance will be reviewed and acted upon
by OMB within 14 days of submission to OMB.
Method of Collection
The information collected through focus groups and voluntary
customer surveys will be used by AHRQ to identify strengths and
weaknesses in products and services to make improvements that are
practical and feasible. Information from these customer surveys will be
used to plan
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and redirect resources and efforts to improve or maintain a high
quality of service to the lay and health professional public.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated total burden hours for the
respondents. Mail surveys are estimated to average 15 minutes,
telephone surveys 40 minutes, web-based surveys 10 minutes, focus
groups two hours, and in-person interviews are estimated to average 50
minutes. Mail surveys may also be sent to respondents via email, and
may include a telephone non-response follow-up. Telephone non-response
follow-up for mailed surveys does not count as a telephone survey. The
total burden hours for the 3 years of the clearance is estimated to be
10,150 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost burden for the respondents. The
total cost burden for the 3 years of the clearance is estimated to be
$340,127.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Burden Hours Over 3 Years
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Number of
Type of information collection Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Mail/email *........................ 15,000 1 15/60 3,750
Telephone........................... 600 1 40/60 400
Web-based........................... 15,000 1 10/60 2,500
Focus Groups........................ 1,500 1 2.0 3,000
In-person........................... 600 1 50/60 500
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Total........................... 32,700 na na 10,150
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* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change.
Exhibit 2--Estimated Cost Burden Over 3 Years
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Number of Total burden Average hourly
Type of information collection respondents hours wage rate * Total cost burden
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Mail/email.......................... 15,000 3,750 $33.51 $125,663
Telephone........................... 600 400 33.51 13,404
Web-based........................... 15,000 2,500 33.51 83,775
Focus Groups........................ 1,500 3,000 33.51 100,530
In-person........................... 600 500 33.51 16,755
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Total........................... 32,700 10,150 na 340,127
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* Based upon the average wages for 29-000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ``National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009.'' U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ's
information collection are requested with regard to any of the
following: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of AHRQ healthcare research and
healthcare information dissemination functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of AHRQ's
estimate of burden (including hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) 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 upon the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the Agency's subsequent request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: August 20, 2014.
Richard Kronick,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-20420 Filed 8-27-14; 8:45 am]
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