[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49526-49528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20355]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2017-N-0084]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Adverse Event Program for Medical Devices (Medical 
Product Safety Network)

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) is

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announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection 
of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (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 Adverse Event Program for 
Medical Devices (Medical Program Safety Network (MedSun)).

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the collection 
of information by November 19, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows. Please note that late, 
untimely filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments 
must be submitted on or before November 19, 2019. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of November 19, 2019. Comments 
received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) 
will be considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery 
service acceptance receipt is on or before that date.

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be 
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment 
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party 
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone 
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your 
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in 
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2017-N-0084 for ``Agency Information Collection Activities; 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Adverse Event Program for Medical 
Devices (Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun)).'' Received comments, 
those filed in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be placed in the 
docket and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' 
publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets 
Management Staff between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly 
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You 
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information 
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states 
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will 
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in 
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the 
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be 
available for public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit both copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish 
your name and contact information to be made publicly available, you 
can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body of 
your comments and you must identify this information as 
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not 
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other 
applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's posting of 
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or 
access the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Sanford, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 
Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-8867, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
    With respect to the following collection of information, FDA 
invites comments on these topics: (1) Whether the proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of FDA's 
functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques, when 
appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

Adverse Event Program for Medical Devices (Medical Product Safety 
Network (MedSun))

OMB Control Number 0910-0471--Extension

    Section 519 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) 
(21 U.S.C. 360i) authorizes FDA to require (1) manufacturers to report 
medical device-related deaths, serious injuries, and

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malfunctions; and (2) user facilities to report device-related deaths 
directly to manufacturers and FDA and serious injuries to the 
manufacturer. Section 213 of the Food and Drug Administration 
Modernization Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-115) amended section 519(b) of 
the FD&C Act relating to mandatory reporting by user facilities of 
deaths, serious injuries, and serious illnesses associated with the use 
of medical devices. This amendment legislated the replacement of 
universal user facility reporting by a system that is limited to a ``. 
. . subset of user facilities that constitutes a representative profile 
of user reports'' for device-related deaths and serious injuries. This 
amendment is reflected in section 519(b)(5)(A) of the FD&C Act. This 
legislation provides FDA with the opportunity to design and implement a 
national surveillance network, composed of well-trained clinical 
facilities, to provide high-quality data on medical devices in clinical 
use. This system is called the Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun).
    FDA is seeking OMB clearance to continue to use electronic data 
collection to obtain the information on Form FDA 3500A (approved under 
OMB control number 0910-0291) related to medical devices and tissue 
products from the user facilities participating in MedSun, to obtain a 
demographic profile of the facilities, and for additional questions, 
which will permit FDA to better understand the cause of reported 
adverse events. Participation in the program is voluntary and includes 
approximately 300 facilities.
    In addition to collecting data on the electronic adverse event 
report form, MedSun collects additional information from participating 
sites about reported problems emerging from the MedSun hospitals. This 
data collection is also voluntary and is collected on the same website 
as the report information.
    The burden estimate is based on the number of facilities 
participating in MedSun (300). FDA estimates an average of 18 reports 
per site annually. This estimate is based on MedSun working to promote 
reporting in general from the sites, as well as promoting reporting 
from specific parts of the hospitals, such as the pediatric intensive 
care units, the electrophysiology laboratories, and the hospital 
laboratories.
    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

                                                     Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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                                                              Number of
                Activity                     Number of      responses per     Total annual          Average burden  per response           Total hours
                                            respondents       respondent       responses
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Adverse event reporting.................             300               18            5,400   0.50 (30 minutes).........................           2,700
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

    Our estimated burden for the information collection reflects an 
overall decrease of 113 hours despite a corresponding increase of 1,650 
responses. We attribute this adjustment to an increase in the number of 
submissions we received over the last few years but a decrease in the 
amount of time spent entering data due to IT efficiencies that have 
been built into the MedSun reporting system to reduce data entry by 
user facilities.

    Dated: September 6, 2019.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-20355 Filed 9-19-19; 8:45 am]
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