[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10157-10158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03829]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-21431-60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit an Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). The ICR is for reinstatement of a previously-approved 
information collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0313, which 
expired on October 31, 2013. Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, OS 
seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or 
any other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before April 25, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 
[email protected] or by calling (202) 690-6162.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-21431-60D 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: National Blood Collection and 
Utilization Survey.
    Abstract: The National Blood Collection & Utilization Survey 
(NBCUS) is a biennial survey of the blood collection and utilization 
community (industry) to produce reliable and accurate estimates of 
national and regional collections, utilization, safety, and 
availability of all blood products, some cellular therapeutic products, 
as well as information on bacterial testing and human tissue 
transplantation that are of interest to the transfusion medicine 
community. The 2013 NBCUS shall be funded by the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (DHHS) and performed by (contactor, to be 
determined). In previous years, the NBCUS program was performed under 
the auspices of the National Blood Data Resource Center (NBDRC), a 
private subsidiary of AABB (formerly known as the American Association 
of Blood Banks), with private funding.
    The survey includes a core of standard questions on blood 
collection, processing, and utilization practices to allow for 
comparison with data from previous surveys; additionally, questions to 
specifically address emerging and developing issues and technologies in 
blood collection and utilization are included. Biovigilance remains a 
key theme for the 2013 survey, as continued from the 2007, 2009, and 
2011 iterations. To that end, questions on transfusion transmitted 
infections, transfusion associated circulatory overload, acute 
hemolysis, delayed hemolysis, and severe allergic reactions are 
included in the survey.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Under the authority of 
Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.241), as 
identified in the 1997 HHS Blood Action Plan, and twice in the Advisory 
Committee on Blood &

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Tissue Safety & Availability's (ACBTSA) recommendations to the 
Secretary, there is a need to provide national policy makers with 
current supply and demand data.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents will include approximately 3,000 
institutions that include U.S. blood collection and processing 
facilities, hospital-based transfusion blood banks, and cord blood 
banks. Participating institutions will be selected from the American 
Hospital Association (AHA) annual survey database and AABB member list 
of blood collection facilities.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. 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. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
                    Form name                       respondents    responses per   response (in        hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey           3,000               1               1           3,000
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    Total.......................................           3,000               1               1           3,000
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    OS specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.

Darius Taylor,
Deputy, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-03829 Filed 2-21-14; 8:45 am]
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