[Federal Register: November 15, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 220)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-08-07AU]

 
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection 
Control Practices Survey--New--National Center for Preparedness, 
Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Background and Brief Description

    In October, 2006, CDC recommended specific strategies to reduce 
transmission of multi-drug resistant organisms, including MRSA, in U.S. 
hospitals. Currently detailed data on ongoing MRSA prevention efforts 
at hospitals reporting to CDC surveillance systems is unknown. CDC has 
developed a survey to assess MRSA prevention programs in place at 
health care facilities reporting MRSA infection data to CDC through 
established surveillance systems. In this project, infection control 
practitioners in all hospitals that participate in the MRSA portion of 
the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance System will be surveyed 
electronically three times. There will be an initial baseline survey 
and then two follow-up surveys, each a year apart. The surveys will 
determine if changes in infection control practice correlate with 
changes in rates of MRSA infections. The proposed survey will provide 
data that can be used to assess progress toward achieving CDC's Health 
Protection Goals. The survey will also provide data on facility-based 
MRSA prevention policies and procedures that may affect MRSA infection 
rates. These results will inform CDC in the prevention and control of 
MRSA.
    This proposed project supports CDC's Goal of ``Healthy People in 
Healthy Places'' and its Strategic Goal to ``Increase the number of 
health care institutions that comply with evidence based guidelines for 
infection control.''
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time to complete 
the survey. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 105 hours.

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                                                                                Number of        Average burden
                      Respondents                            Number of        responses per    per response  (in
                                                            respondents         respondent           hours)
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Infection Control Practitioners........................                210                  1              30/60
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    Dated: November 8, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-22314 Filed 11-14-07; 8:45 am]

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