[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7556-7557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02540]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-20GX; Docket No. CDC-2020-0009]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled Validated Follow-up Interview of 
Clinicians on Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions. This 
collection aims to perform an interview of outpatient clinicians 
regarding the acceptability and perceived clinician-level barriers 
associated with our year-long implementation of interventions designed 
around the Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 10, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0009 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, of the Information 
Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
1600 Clifton Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-
7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(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. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Validated Follow-up Interview of Clinicians on Outpatient 
Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions--New--Division of Healthcare 
Quality Promotion (DHQP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Code of Federal Regulations under subsections C and D of Sec.  
247d-5 authorizes education of medical and health services personnel in 
antimicrobial resistance and appropriate use of antibiotics and the 
funding of eligible entities to increase capacity to detect, monitor, 
and combat antimicrobial resistance. Through the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention's SHEPheRD funding mechanism, the University of 
Utah has been awarded a contract to perform such work as stated above 
within a research framework in the urgent care setting, with 
interventions based on the Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic 
Stewardship. Intermountain Healthcare is the subcontractor for this 
work, and operates the clinics participating in the intervention arm of 
this research study. The proposed request for data collection will 
allow Intermountain Healthcare to explore knowledge, attitudes, and 
practices among clinicians to identify barriers and facilitators after 
the implementation of the antibiotic stewardship program in the urgent 
care setting of participating clinics. CDC requests approval for 207 
estimated annualized burden hours. There is no cost to respondents 
other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                      Number      Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)       (in hrs.)
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Urgent Care Clinician.........  Interview Guide.              40              15               4              40
Urgent Care Clinician.........  Survey..........             250               8               5             167
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             207
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-02540 Filed 2-7-20; 8:45 am]
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