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Prevention
Solicitation of Nominations for
Appointment to the Healthcare
Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee (HICPAC)
ACTION:
Notice.
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking
nominations for membership on the
HICPAC. The HICPAC consists of 14
experts in fields including but not
limited to, infectious diseases, infection
prevention, healthcare epidemiology,
nursing, clinical microbiology, surgery,
hospitalist medicine, internal medicine,
epidemiology, health policy, health
services research, public health, and
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four-year terms. Selection of members is
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contribute to the accomplishment of
HICPAC objectives https://
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DATES: Nominations for membership on
the HICPAC be received no later than
November 30, 2017. Packages received
after this time will not be considered for
the current membership cycle.
ADDRESSES: All nominations should be
mailed to HICPAC, Division of
Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID,
CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop
A–07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, emailed
(recommended) to hicpac@cdc.gov, or
faxed to (404) 639–4043.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Stone, M.S., HICPAC, Division of
Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID,
CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop
A–07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333;
Telephone (404) 639–4045; hicpac@
cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services policy stipulates that
committee membership be balanced in
terms of points of view represented, and
the committee’s function. Appointments
shall be made without discrimination
on the basis of age, race, ethnicity,
gender, sexual orientation, gender
identity, HIV status, disability, and
cultural, religious, or socioeconomic
status. Nominees must be U.S. citizens,
and cannot be full-time employees of
the U.S. Government. Current
participation on federal workgroups or
prior experience serving on a federal
advisory committee does not disqualify
a candidate; however, HHS policy is to
avoid excessive individual service on
advisory committees and multiple
committee memberships. Committee
members are Special Government
Employees, requiring the filing of
financial disclosure reports at the
beginning and annually during their
terms. CDC reviews potential candidates
for HICPAC membership each year, and
provides a slate of nominees for
consideration to the Secretary of HHS
for final selection. HHS notifies selected
candidates of their appointment near
the start of the term in July 2018, or as
soon as the HHS selection process is
completed. Note that the need for
different expertise varies from year to
year and a candidate who is not selected
in one year may be reconsidered in a
subsequent year.
Nominees must be U.S. citizens, and
cannot be full-time employees of the
U.S. Government. Candidates should
submit the following items:
D Current curriculum vitae, including
complete contact information
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D At least one letter of
recommendation from person(s) not
employed by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
(Candidates may submit letter(s) from
current HHS employees if they wish,
but at least one letter must be submitted
by a person not employed by an HHS
agency (e.g., CDC, NIH, FDA, etc.).
Nominations may be submitted by the
candidate him- or herself, or by the
person/organization recommending the
candidate.
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Disease Registry.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, 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) has submitted the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for
the proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your
comments should address any of the
following: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
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collected; (d) Minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses; and (e) Assess information
collection costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the items contained in this
notice to the Attention: 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
Developmental Projects to Improve
the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey and Related
Programs—New—National Center for
Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as
amended, authorizes that the Secretary
of Health and Human Services (DHHS),
acting through NCHS, shall collect
statistics on the extent and nature of
illness and disability; environmental,
social and other health hazards; and
determinants of health of the population
of the United States. The Division of
Health and Nutrition Examination
Surveys (DHNES) has conducted
national surveys and related projects
periodically between 1970 and 1994,
and continuously since 1999.
The mission of DHNES programs is to
produce descriptive statistics which
measure the health and nutrition status
of the general population. The
continuous operation of DHNES
programs presents unique challenges in
testing new survey content and
activities, such as outreach or
participant screening etc.
This generic request covers
developmental projects to help evaluate
and enhance DHNES existing and
proposed data collection activities to
increase research capacity and improve
data quality. The information collected
through this Generic Information
Collection Request will not be used to
make generalizable statements about the
population of interest or to inform
public policy; however, methodological
findings from these projects may be
reported.
The purpose and use of projects under
this NHANES generic clearance would
include developmental projects
necessary for activities such as testing
new procedures, equipment, and
approaches that are going to be folded
into NHANES; designing and testing
examination components or survey
questions; creating new studies
including biomonitoring and clinical
measures; creating new cohorts,
including a pregnancy and/or a birth—
24 month cohort; testing of the cognitive
and interpretive aspects of survey
methodology; feasibility testing of
proposed new components or
modifications to existing components;
testing of human-computer interfaces/
usability; assessing the acceptability of
proposed NHANES components among
likely participants; testing alternative
approaches to existing NHANES
procedures, including activities related
to improving nonresponse; testing the
use of or variations/adjustments in
incentives; testing content of web based
surveys; testing the feasibility of
obtaining bodily fluid specimens (blood,
urine, semen, saliva, breastmilk) and
tissue sample (swabs); testing digital
imaging technology and related
procedures (e.g., retinal scan, liver
ultrasound, Dual-energy X-ray
absorptiometry (DEXA), prescription
and over-the-counter dietary
supplements bottles); testing the
feasibility of and procedure/processes
for accessing participant’s medical
records from healthcare settings (e.g.,
hospitals and physician offices); testing
the feasibility and protocols for home
examination measurements; testing
survey materials and procedures to
improve response rates, including
changes to advance materials and
protocols, changes to the incentive
structure, introduction of new and
timely outreach and awareness
procedures including the use of social
media; conducting crossover studies;
creating and testing digital survey
materials; conducting customer
satisfaction assessments or surveys.
The types of participants covered by
the NHANES generic may include
current or past NHANES participants;
family or household members of
NHANES participants; individuals
eligible to be participants in NHANES,
but who did not screen into the actual
survey; convenience samples;
volunteers from the general public;
subject matter experts or consultants
such as survey methodologist, academic
researchers, clinicians or other health
care providers; NHANES data or Web
site users; individuals abroad who
would be part of a collaborative
development project(s) between NCHS
and related public health agencies and/
or public health researchers abroad.
The type of participant involved in a
given developmental project would be
determined by the nature of the project.
The details of each project will be
included in the specific GenIC
submissions.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time. A three year clearance
is requested. The total estimated
annualized burden hours are 16,698.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of
respondent
Form name
Individuals or households .......
Developmental Projects, Special Study, Focus Group documents.
Developmental Projects & Special Study, Focus Group documents.
Developmental Projects & Special Study documents ............
Focus Group/Developmental Project Documents ..................
Customer Satisfaction/Usability Documents ..........................
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Volunteers ...............................
NHANES participants .............
Subject Matter Experts ...........
NHANES web or Data users ..
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Number of
respondents
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
3,500
1
3
600
1
3
1,400
15
1,100
1
1
2
3
1
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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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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. CDC previously
published a ‘‘Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations’’ notice on May 31,
2017 to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC did
not receive comments related to the
previous notice. The purpose of this
notice is to allow an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. The Office
of Management and Budget is
particularly interested in comments
that:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agencies estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
(d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including, through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses; and
(e) Assess information collection
costs.
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the proposed project or to obtain a copy
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of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the items contained in this
notice to the Attention: CDC Desk
Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395–5806. Provide written comments
within 30 days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
Health Hazard Evaluation and
Technical Assistance—Requests and
Emerging Problems (OMB Control No.
0920–0260, Expiration Date 11/30/
2017)—Revision—National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 and the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977, mandates the
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) respond to
requests for health hazard evaluations
(HHE) to identify chemical, biological or
physical hazards in workplaces
throughout the United States. Each year,
NIOSH receives approximately 290 such
requests. Most HHE requests come from
the following types of companies:
Service, manufacturing, health and
social services, transportation,
construction, agriculture, mining,
skilled trade and construction.
A printed HHE request form is
available in English and in Spanish. The
form is also available on the Internet
and differs from the printed version
only in format and in the fact that it can
be submitted directly from the Web site.
The request form takes an estimated 12
minutes to complete. The form provides
the mechanism for employees,
employers, and other authorized
representatives to supply the
information required by the regulations
governing the NIOSH HHE program (42
CFR 85.3–1). The information provided
is used by NIOSH to determine whether
there is reasonable cause to justify
conducting an investigation and
provides a mechanism to respond to the
requestor.
NIOSH reviews the HHE request to
determine if an on-site evaluation is
needed. The primary purpose of an onsite evaluation is to help employers and
employees identify and eliminate
occupational health hazards. For 40% of
the requests received NIOSH determines
an on-site evaluation is needed.
In about 70% of on-site evaluations,
employees are interviewed to help
further define concerns. Interviews may
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take approximately 15 minutes per
respondent. The interview questions are
specific to each workplace and its
suspected diseases and hazards.
In approximately 30% of on-site
evaluations (presently estimated to be
37 facilities), questionnaires are
distributed to the employees (averaging
about 100 employees per site).
Questionnaires may require
approximately 30 minutes to complete.
The survey questions are specific to
each workplace and its suspected
diseases and hazards, however, items in
the questionnaires are derived from
standardized or widely used medical
and epidemiologic data collection
instruments.
NIOSH administers a follow-back
program to assess the effectiveness of its
HHE program in reducing workplace
hazards. The first follow-back
questionnaire is sent shortly after the
first visit for an on-site evaluation and
takes about 10 minutes to complete. A
second follow-back questionnaire is sent
a month after the final report and
requires about 20 minutes to complete.
At 24 months, a third follow-back
questionnaire is sent which takes about
15 minutes to complete. The first and
third follow-back questionnaires have
had minor re-wording of questions to
improve the ease of responding with no
change in information requested or
estimated time to complete. The second
follow-back questionnaire has added
new questions regarding final report
content and format. This accounts for
the additional 5 minute increase in
estimated completion time from the
2014 revision of the second follow-back
questionnaire.
For requests where NIOSH does not
conduct an on-site evaluation, the
requestor receives the first follow-back
questionnaire 1 month after our report
and a second one 12 months after our
response. The first questionnaire takes
about 10 minutes to complete and the
second questionnaire takes about 15
minutes to complete. No changes other
that for some minor re-wording of
questions have been made. No
additional information is collected and
the time estimates for completion
remain unchanged.
Minimal changes have been made to
the request form for Health Hazard
Evaluations. The revisions made in this
package are minor re-wording of
questions contained in four of the five
follow-back questionnaires to improve
the ease of responding by the
questionnaire recipients.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time. The total estimated
annual burden hours are 2,959. This is
61 hours less than the 3,020 hours
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-17-17ABE]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be
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collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses; and (e) Assess information
collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Direct written comments
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: 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
Developmental Projects to Improve the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey and Related Programs--New--National Center for
Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C.
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on the
extent and nature of illness and disability; environmental, social and
other health hazards; and determinants of health of the population of
the United States. The Division of Health and Nutrition Examination
Surveys (DHNES) has conducted national surveys and related projects
periodically between 1970 and 1994, and continuously since 1999.
The mission of DHNES programs is to produce descriptive statistics
which measure the health and nutrition status of the general
population. The continuous operation of DHNES programs presents unique
challenges in testing new survey content and activities, such as
outreach or participant screening etc.
This generic request covers developmental projects to help evaluate
and enhance DHNES existing and proposed data collection activities to
increase research capacity and improve data quality. The information
collected through this Generic Information Collection Request will not
be used to make generalizable statements about the population of
interest or to inform public policy; however, methodological findings
from these projects may be reported.
The purpose and use of projects under this NHANES generic clearance
would include developmental projects necessary for activities such as
testing new procedures, equipment, and approaches that are going to be
folded into NHANES; designing and testing examination components or
survey questions; creating new studies including biomonitoring and
clinical measures; creating new cohorts, including a pregnancy and/or a
birth--24 month cohort; testing of the cognitive and interpretive
aspects of survey methodology; feasibility testing of proposed new
components or modifications to existing components; testing of human-
computer interfaces/usability; assessing the acceptability of proposed
NHANES components among likely participants; testing alternative
approaches to existing NHANES procedures, including activities related
to improving nonresponse; testing the use of or variations/adjustments
in incentives; testing content of web based surveys; testing the
feasibility of obtaining bodily fluid specimens (blood, urine, semen,
saliva, breastmilk) and tissue sample (swabs); testing digital imaging
technology and related procedures (e.g., retinal scan, liver
ultrasound, Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), prescription and
over-the-counter dietary supplements bottles); testing the feasibility
of and procedure/processes for accessing participant's medical records
from healthcare settings (e.g., hospitals and physician offices);
testing the feasibility and protocols for home examination
measurements; testing survey materials and procedures to improve
response rates, including changes to advance materials and protocols,
changes to the incentive structure, introduction of new and timely
outreach and awareness procedures including the use of social media;
conducting crossover studies; creating and testing digital survey
materials; conducting customer satisfaction assessments or surveys.
The types of participants covered by the NHANES generic may include
current or past NHANES participants; family or household members of
NHANES participants; individuals eligible to be participants in NHANES,
but who did not screen into the actual survey; convenience samples;
volunteers from the general public; subject matter experts or
consultants such as survey methodologist, academic researchers,
clinicians or other health care providers; NHANES data or Web site
users; individuals abroad who would be part of a collaborative
development project(s) between NCHS and related public health agencies
and/or public health researchers abroad.
The type of participant involved in a given developmental project
would be determined by the nature of the project. The details of each
project will be included in the specific GenIC submissions.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time. A three year
clearance is requested. The total estimated annualized burden hours are
16,698.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Individuals or households.......... Developmental Projects, 3,500 1 3
Special Study, Focus Group
documents.
Volunteers......................... Developmental Projects & 600 1 3
Special Study, Focus Group
documents.
NHANES participants................ Developmental Projects & 1,400 1 3
Special Study documents.
Subject Matter Experts............. Focus Group/Developmental 15 1 1
Project Documents.
NHANES web or Data users........... Customer Satisfaction/ 1,100 2 5/60
Usability Documents.
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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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