[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4890-4891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01885]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-22CB; Docket No. CDC-2022-0011]


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 Assessment for the Get Ahead of 
Sepsis (GAOS) Consumer Campaign. This assessment collects on-line 
survey data from target consumer groups and healthcare professionals 
(HCP) before and after the campaign.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 1, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0011 by either 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 H21-8, 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, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS H21-8, 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;
    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; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Assessment for the Get Ahead of Sepsis (GAOS) Consumer Campaign--
New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases 
(NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Sepsis is a life threating emergency, and it is the body's 
overactive and toxic response to an infection. Each year 1.7 million 
adults in the United States develop sepsis, with 270,000 fatalities. 
Sepsis is the leading cause of death in hospitals and one out of three 
hospital fatalities are due to sepsis infection. Sepsis management in 
U.S. hospitals is the highest when compared to inpatient cost for all 
other medical conditions. Annual costs are estimated to be over $62 
billion.
    In media and public health campaigns, antimicrobial resistance and 
sepsis are rarely presented together which does not make their linkage 
apparent. It has been concluded that sepsis and antimicrobial 
stewardship should not be discussed in isolation. Surprisingly, 24 
percent of adults in the U.S. have never heard of sepsis, so this 
presents a unique opportunity for future messaging campaigns.
    The goals of the GAOS educational campaign are to prevent and 
reduce infections that lead to sepsis and to optimize healthcare 
quality and patient safety by raising awareness, knowledge, and 
motivating behavior change related to sepsis prevention, early 
recognition, and appropriate treatment among consumer target audiences. 
A panel survey will be utilized to recruit participants. Surveys will 
be distributed to consumer target groups and HCPs both before and after 
the media campaign and partner outreach.
    Consumer audiences include:
    (1) Cancer patients and their caregivers (English speaking),
    (2) Patients who survived severe COVID-19 or sepsis and their 
caregivers (English speaking),

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    (3) Women who care for a young child (children ages 12 and younger; 
English speaking),
    (4) Women who care for a young child (children ages 12 and younger; 
Spanish speaking),
    (5) Women who care for an aging parent 65+ (English speaking),
    (6) Women who care for an aging parent 65+ (Spanish speaking),
    (7) Men aged 65+ with one or more chronic conditions (English 
speaking), and
    (8) Healthy adults 65+ (English speaking).
    HCP audiences include:
    (1) Emergency Medical Services personnel (English speaking),
    (2) Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants who work at urgent 
care clinics (English speaking),
    (3) Emergency Department triage nurses (English speaking),
    (4) General medical ward staff (English speaking),
    (5) Primary care physicians (English speaking),
    (6) Long-term care (LTC) nurses (English speaking), and
    (7) LTC medical technicians and sitters (English speaking).
    This program evaluation will assist CDC in determining if the media 
campaign, along with partner outreach, was successful in changing 
awareness, knowledge, and behaviors of consumers and HCPs in select 
target markets. The data collected will also be used to inform future 
refinement and implementation of the campaign (materials and tactics).
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 68 annual burden hours. 
There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Consumer......................  Get Ahead of                  50               1           20/60              17
                                 Sepsis Consumer
                                 Pre-test.
Consumer......................  Get Ahead of                  50               1           20/60              17
                                 Sepsis Consumer
                                 Post-test.
HCPs..........................  Get Ahead of                  50               1           20/60              17
                                 Sepsis HCP
                                 Campaign Pre-
                                 test.
HCPs..........................  Get Ahead of                  50               1           20/60              17
                                 Sepsis HCP
                                 Campaign Post-
                                 test.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              68
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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. 2022-01885 Filed 1-28-22; 8:45 am]
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