[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 246 (Thursday, December 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93945-93946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30786]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: 0990-New-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for a new collection. 
Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be 
provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on 
this ICR during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before January 23, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-5683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the Information Collection Request Title 
and document identifier 0990-New-30D for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: National Tissue Recovery 
through Utilization Survey (NTRUS).
    Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, 
Department of Health and Human Services, is requesting OMB approval on 
a new ICR. This survey is being conducted to generate national 
estimates of recovery through utilization activity; of donated human 
tissue for calendar years 2012 and 2015, and to compare metrics across 
three data collection periods that includes results from a 2007 survey, 
the most recent year these data were collected. The survey and data 
collection and analysis methods will be similar to the 2007 survey. The 
general categories of information to be collected are listed under the 
Survey Section of the Annualized Burden Hour table below.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Policy advice provided by 
the HHS Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability 
to the HHS Secretary and Assistant Secretary for Health is used to 
direct departmental efforts to address transfusion and transplantation 
issues, such as emergency preparedness and infectious disease 
transmission related to donated human tissue. The advice provided is 
partly dependent on analysis of relevant information, such as tissue 
collection through utilizations data.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents for this survey would be U.S. 
tissue banks that screen and recover tissue from living and deceased 
donors, and process, store, and/or distribute tissues grafts for 
transplantation from these donors.
    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        burden per     Total burden
      Type of  respondent        Survey section     respondents   responses  per   response  (in       hours
                                                                     respondent       hours)
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All tissue banks..............  Tissue bank                  110               1           10/60           18.33
                                 activities,
                                 tissue types
                                 handled, and
                                 inspections.
Tissue banks that handle        Referrals,                    80               1               1              80
 referrals, Recover/acquire      authorization,
 tissue.                         and informed
                                 consent; Tissue
                                 recovery and
                                 acquisition.
Tissue banks that process       Tissue                        35               1               1              35
 tissue.                         processing.
Tissue banks that store tissue  Tissue storage..              65               1           20/60           21.67
Tissue banks that distribute    Tissue                        58               1           30/60              29
 tissue.                         distribution.
Tissue banks that have donor    Communicable                  35               1               1              35
 infectious disease testing      disease testing
 performed and may handle        and adverse
 adverse outcome reports.        outcome reports.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             219
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Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-30786 Filed 12-21-16; 8:45 am]
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