[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 25 (Monday, February 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6412-6413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2610]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-09-08BD]


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 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Survey of HIV Testing in Hospitals--New--National Center 
for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Early identification of HIV infection has significant benefits to 
the infected individual and society. In light of recent advancements in 
HIV testing and treatment, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) released its prevention initiative, Advancing HIV 
Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic. A key component of 
this strategy focuses upon increased HIV testing in healthcare settings 
to increase the number of persons with HIV who are aware of their 
infection and are successfully referred to treatment and prevention 
services. In September 2006, CDC released revised recommendations for 
routine HIV testing of adults, adolescents, and pregnant women in 
healthcare settings as a measure to address the high number of 
individuals who are unaware of their HIV infection.
    Routine HIV testing programs in hospital settings, including 
emergency departments (EDs) and urgent care centers (UCCs), have great 
potential to identify a large number of previously undiagnosed 
individuals. Prior to the release of the revised recommendations, few 
such hospital-based testing programs had existed in the United States. 
CDC is committed to increasing the number of such programs in the U.S., 
and is currently working with partners to achieve these goals. This 
project proposes a survey to assess HIV testing policies and practices 
in hospitals nationwide and to describe the uptake of the revised HIV 
testing recommendations for hospital settings.
    The objectives of this project are: (1) To determine the extent to 
which HIV testing is being conducted in U.S. hospitals; (2) to describe 
the characteristics of hospitals with and without HIV testing programs; 
and (3) to identify barriers to and facilitators of implementing HIV 
testing programs in these settings. This data will assist CDC in 
monitoring the uptake of recommendations for HIV testing in healthcare 
settings.
    CDC is requesting approval for collecting information for 2 years. 
This project will collect data from hospitals on a one-time voluntary 
basis using a brief survey. Surveys will be completed by the hospital 
administrators at each site who are most knowledgeable on HIV testing 
practices, infection control, and laboratory procedures for their site, 
in consultation with other hospital staff, as necessary. Collection of 
data will provide information on current HIV testing practices and 
policies for the hospital; use of point-of-care and conventional HIV 
tests; and barriers and facilitators of hospital-based HIV testing.
    Data will be requested from a representative sample of the nearly 
5000 U.S. community hospitals. CDC estimates that a total of 1000 
respondents would spend one hour in the collection, management, and 
reporting of information under this project. Data collection will occur 
over two years with 500 surveys conducted per year. There is no cost to 
the participating hospitals other than their time. The total estimated 
annual burden hours are 500.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Number of     Avg. burden per
         Type of respondent                  Form name            Number of      responses per    response  (in
                                                                 respondents       respondent         hours)
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Hospital............................  National Survey of HIV              500                1                1
                                       Testing in Hospitals.
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    Dated: February 3, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-2610 Filed 2-6-09; 8:45 am]
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