[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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