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The government intends to
accomplish the following as a result of
this data collection: (a) Identify high
priority opportunities for public health
and healthcare collaboration, (b) inform
a public health-healthcare strategic
agenda, (c) improve the use of clinical
preventive services, and (d) improve
capacity of healthcare systems to
incorporate public health practices and
principles. At the conclusion of this
study, a formal report, two issue briefs,
and potentially a manuscript for
publication will be produced.
There are no costs to respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are
234.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Prevention and Wellness Assessment Survey ..
150
1
30/60
Coordinating & Identifying Activity .....................
Communication Coordination Activity ................
Telephone Interview ...........................................
150
150
9
1
1
1
30/60
30/60
1
Type of respondent
Form name
Physician, Nurse, or Other Healthcare Professional (To Complete Survey).
Key Health Plan Contact ....................................
Administrative Support ........................................
Physician, Nurse, or Other Healthcare Professional (To Complete 1-hour Interview Post
Survey).
Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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Prevention
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(404) 639–7570 or send comments to
CDC Leroy Richardson, 1600 Clifton
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send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
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Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing efforts to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
SUMMARY:
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Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on Workplace Violence
Prevention Programs in New Jersey
Healthcare Facilities (OMB No. 0920–
0914, expires 02/29/2016). The National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) is requesting a two year
extension in order to complete nursing
home interviews.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before May 26, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2015–
0012 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. All relevant comments
received will be posted without change
to Regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be
submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
Email: omb@cdc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Workplace Violence Prevention
Programs in New Jersey Healthcare
Facilities (OMB No. 0920–0914, expires
02/29/2016)—Extension—National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Background and Brief Description
The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) is requesting a two-year
extension to complete the nursing home
interviews for the project entitled
‘‘Workplace Violence Prevention
Programs in New Jersey Healthcare
Facilities’’. The long-term goal of the
proposed project is to reduce violence
against healthcare workers. The
objective of the proposed study is twofold: (1) To examine healthcare facility
compliance with the New Jersey
Violence Prevention in Health Care
Facilities Act, and (2) to evaluate the
effectiveness of the regulations in this
Act in reducing assault injuries to
workers.
Our central hypothesis is that
facilities with high compliance with the
regulations will have lower rates of
employee violence-related injury.
NIOSH received OMB approval (0920–
0914) to evaluate the legislation at
hospitals and at nursing homes, to
conduct a nurse survey and to conduct
a home healthcare aide survey. Data
collection is complete for the hospitals,
the nurse survey, and the home
healthcare aide survey. We are
requesting an extension to evaluate the
legislation at nursing homes.
First, we will conduct face-to-face
interviews with the Chairs of the
Violence Prevention Committees in 40
nursing homes (20 in New Jersey and 20
in Virginia) who are in charge of
overseeing compliance efforts. The
purpose of the interviews is to measure
compliance to the state regulations
(violence prevention policies, reporting
systems for violent events, violence
prevention committee, written violence
prevention plan, violence risk
assessments, post incident response and
violence prevention training). The
details of their Workplace Violence
Prevention Program are in their existing
policies and procedures. Second, we
will also collect assault injury data from
nursing home’s violent event reports
three years pre-regulation (2009–2011)
and three years post-regulation (2012–
2014). This data is captured in existing
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) logs and is
publicly available. The purpose of
collecting these data is to evaluate
changes in assault injury rates before
and after enactment of the regulations.
A contractor will conduct the
interviews, collect the nursing home’s
policies and procedures, and collect the
assault injury data (OSHA logs).
Healthcare workers are nearly five
times more likely to be victims of
violence than workers in all industries
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combined. While healthcare workers are
not at particularly high risk for jobrelated homicide, nearly 60% of all
nonfatal assaults occurring in private
industry are experienced in healthcare
occupations.
Six states have enacted laws to reduce
violence against healthcare workers by
requiring workplace violence
prevention programs. However, little is
understood about how effective these
laws are in reducing violence against
healthcare workers. We will test our
central hypothesis by accomplishing the
following specific aims:
1. Compare the comprehensiveness of
nursing home workplace violence
prevention programs before and after
enactment of the New Jersey regulations
in nursing homes; Working hypothesis:
Based on our preliminary research, we
hypothesize that enactment of the
regulations will improve the
comprehensiveness of nursing home
workplace violence prevention program
policies, procedures and training.
2. Examine patterns of assault injuries
to nursing home workers before and
after enactment of the regulations;
Working hypothesis: Based on our
preliminary research, we hypothesize
that rates of assault injuries to nursing
home workers will decrease following
enactment of the regulations.
Healthcare facilities falling under the
regulations are eligible for study
inclusion (i.e., nursing homes). A
contractor will conduct face-to-face
interviews with the chairs of the
Violence Prevention Committees at 40
nursing homes, who as stated in
regulations, are in charge of overseeing
compliance efforts. These individuals
will include nursing home
administrators. The purpose of the
interviews is to measure compliance to
the state regulations (Aim 1). The
interview form was pilot-tested by the
study team in the fall 2010 and includes
the following components as mandated
in the regulations: Violence prevention
policies, reporting systems for violent
events, violence prevention committee,
written violence prevention plan,
violence risk assessments, post incident
response and violence prevention
training. The nursing home’s policy and
procedures documents will be obtained
by the contractor to provide details
about their workplace violence
prevention program; a NIOSH employee
will complete the abstraction form from
the policy and procedures documents
received from the contractor. Questions
will also be asked about barriers and
facilitators to developing the violence
prevention program. These data will be
collected in the post-regulation time
period.
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 59 / Friday, March 27, 2015 / Notices
A contractor will also collect assault
injury data from nursing home violent
event reports three years pre-regulation
(2009–2011) and three years postregulation (2012–2014). This data will
be collected from existing OSHA logs; a
NIOSH employee will fill out the
Employee Incident Form from the
OSHA logs received from the contractor.
The purpose of collecting these data is
to evaluate changes in assault injury
rates before and after enactment of the
regulations (Aim 2). The following
information will be abstracted from the
OSHA logs: Date, time and location of
the incident; identity, job title and job
task of the victim; identity of the
perpetrator; description of the violent
act, including whether a weapon was
used; description of physical injuries;
number of employees in the vicinity
when the incident occurred, and their
actions in response to the incident;
recommendations of police advisors,
employees or consultants, and; actions
taken by the facility in response to the
incident. No employee or perpetrator
identifiable information will be
collected.
There are no costs to respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated burden hours are 120.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Average
burden per
esponse
(in hours)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total burden
(in hours)
Type of respondents
Form name
Nursing Home Administrator ..................
Nursing Home Administrator ..................
Nursing Home Administrator ..................
Interview ......................................
Abstraction Form .........................
Employee Incident Form .............
40
40
40
1
1
1
1
1
1
40
40
40
Total ................................................
.....................................................
........................
........................
........................
120
Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
Dated: March 20, 2015.
Francis S. Collins,
Director, NIH.
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HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
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Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Request for
Samples and Protocols
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the Agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), Federal Agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information, and to allow 60 days for
public comment in response to the
notice. This notice solicits comments on
the information collection requirements
relating to the regulations which state
that protocols for samples of biological
products must be submitted to the
Agency.
DATES: Submit either electronic or
written comments on the collection of
information by May 26, 2015.
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and Drug Administration, 8455
Colesville Rd., COLE–14526, Silver
Spring, MD 20993–0002, PRAStaff@
fda.hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal
Agencies must obtain approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests
or requirements that members of the
public submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal
Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information,
before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this
requirement, FDA is publishing notice
of the proposed collection of
information set forth in this document.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
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comments on the collection of
information to https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit written
comments on the collection of
information to the Division of Dockets
Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852. All
comments should be identified with the
docket number found in brackets in the
heading of this document.
ADDRESSES:
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-15-0914; Docket No. CDC-2015-0012]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on Workplace
Violence Prevention Programs in New Jersey Healthcare Facilities (OMB
No. 0920-0914, expires 02/29/2016). The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is requesting a two year
extension in order to complete nursing home interviews.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 26, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0012 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire,
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Proposed Project
Workplace Violence Prevention Programs in New Jersey Healthcare
Facilities (OMB No. 0920-0914, expires 02/29/2016)--Extension--National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
is requesting a two-year extension to complete the nursing home
interviews for the project entitled ``Workplace Violence Prevention
Programs in New Jersey Healthcare Facilities''. The long-term goal of
the proposed project is to reduce violence against healthcare workers.
The objective of the proposed study is two-fold: (1) To examine
healthcare facility compliance with the New Jersey Violence Prevention
in Health Care Facilities Act, and (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of
the regulations in this Act in reducing assault injuries to workers.
Our central hypothesis is that facilities with high compliance with
the regulations will have lower rates of employee violence-related
injury. NIOSH received OMB approval (0920-0914) to evaluate the
legislation at hospitals and at nursing homes, to conduct a nurse
survey and to conduct a home healthcare aide survey. Data collection is
complete for the hospitals, the nurse survey, and the home healthcare
aide survey. We are requesting an extension to evaluate the legislation
at nursing homes.
First, we will conduct face-to-face interviews with the Chairs of
the Violence Prevention Committees in 40 nursing homes (20 in New
Jersey and 20 in Virginia) who are in charge of overseeing compliance
efforts. The purpose of the interviews is to measure compliance to the
state regulations (violence prevention policies, reporting systems for
violent events, violence prevention committee, written violence
prevention plan, violence risk assessments, post incident response and
violence prevention training). The details of their Workplace Violence
Prevention Program are in their existing policies and procedures.
Second, we will also collect assault injury data from nursing home's
violent event reports three years pre-regulation (2009-2011) and three
years post-regulation (2012-2014). This data is captured in existing
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) logs and is
publicly available. The purpose of collecting these data is to evaluate
changes in assault injury rates before and after enactment of the
regulations. A contractor will conduct the interviews, collect the
nursing home's policies and procedures, and collect the assault injury
data (OSHA logs).
Healthcare workers are nearly five times more likely to be victims
of violence than workers in all industries combined. While healthcare
workers are not at particularly high risk for job-related homicide,
nearly 60% of all nonfatal assaults occurring in private industry are
experienced in healthcare occupations.
Six states have enacted laws to reduce violence against healthcare
workers by requiring workplace violence prevention programs. However,
little is understood about how effective these laws are in reducing
violence against healthcare workers. We will test our central
hypothesis by accomplishing the following specific aims:
1. Compare the comprehensiveness of nursing home workplace violence
prevention programs before and after enactment of the New Jersey
regulations in nursing homes; Working hypothesis: Based on our
preliminary research, we hypothesize that enactment of the regulations
will improve the comprehensiveness of nursing home workplace violence
prevention program policies, procedures and training.
2. Examine patterns of assault injuries to nursing home workers
before and after enactment of the regulations; Working hypothesis:
Based on our preliminary research, we hypothesize that rates of assault
injuries to nursing home workers will decrease following enactment of
the regulations.
Healthcare facilities falling under the regulations are eligible
for study inclusion (i.e., nursing homes). A contractor will conduct
face-to-face interviews with the chairs of the Violence Prevention
Committees at 40 nursing homes, who as stated in regulations, are in
charge of overseeing compliance efforts. These individuals will include
nursing home administrators. The purpose of the interviews is to
measure compliance to the state regulations (Aim 1). The interview form
was pilot-tested by the study team in the fall 2010 and includes the
following components as mandated in the regulations: Violence
prevention policies, reporting systems for violent events, violence
prevention committee, written violence prevention plan, violence risk
assessments, post incident response and violence prevention training.
The nursing home's policy and procedures documents will be obtained by
the contractor to provide details about their workplace violence
prevention program; a NIOSH employee will complete the abstraction form
from the policy and procedures documents received from the contractor.
Questions will also be asked about barriers and facilitators to
developing the violence prevention program. These data will be
collected in the post-regulation time period.
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A contractor will also collect assault injury data from nursing
home violent event reports three years pre-regulation (2009-2011) and
three years post-regulation (2012-2014). This data will be collected
from existing OSHA logs; a NIOSH employee will fill out the Employee
Incident Form from the OSHA logs received from the contractor. The
purpose of collecting these data is to evaluate changes in assault
injury rates before and after enactment of the regulations (Aim 2). The
following information will be abstracted from the OSHA logs: Date, time
and location of the incident; identity, job title and job task of the
victim; identity of the perpetrator; description of the violent act,
including whether a weapon was used; description of physical injuries;
number of employees in the vicinity when the incident occurred, and
their actions in response to the incident; recommendations of police
advisors, employees or consultants, and; actions taken by the facility
in response to the incident. No employee or perpetrator identifiable
information will be collected.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated burden hours are 120.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Nursing Home Administrator.... Interview....... 40 1 1 40
Nursing Home Administrator.... Abstraction Form 40 1 1 40
Nursing Home Administrator.... Employee 40 1 1 40
Incident Form.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 120
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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