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healthcare events, related infections in
the community, and antimicrobial
resistance; communicates the results
and findings of response activities with
federal and state agencies in order to
alert healthcare providers and educate
the public to prevent similar adverse
events in the future; (2) strategically
supports local, state, national, and
international efforts to prevent
healthcare-associated infections, related
infections in the community,
antimicrobial resistance, and related
adverse events or medical errors using
evidence-based recommendations and
effective health communications
strategies that enhance rapid and
reliable information dissemination and
exchange; (3) develops and/or evaluates
the effectiveness of both experimental
and applied interventions to prevent
healthcare-associated infections, related
infections in the community,
antimicrobial resistance, blood-borne
virus transmission, and related adverse
events or medical errors across the
spectrum of healthcare delivery sites; (4)
provides epidemiology support to
laboratory branch for investigation and
study of both recognized and emerging
bacterial healthcare pathogens and
related community pathogens, including
antimicrobial resistant forms of these
pathogens; (5) develops, promotes, and
monitors implementation of guidelines/
recommendations, and other proven
interventions to prevent healthcareassociated infections, related infections
in the community, blood-borne virus
transmission, antimicrobial resistance,
medical errors, and occupational
infections/exposures among healthcare
personnel; (6) develops and/or evaluates
the effectiveness of both experimental
and applied interventions to promote
healthcare worker safety; (7) develops,
promotes, and monitors implementation
of interventions to prevent transmission
of healthcare-associated HIV infections
and conducts case investigations of
occupational HIV infections; (8)
conducts research, including applied
epidemiologic and clinical, to prevent
healthcare-associated infections and
antimicrobial resistant infections; (9)
provides expert consultation, guidance,
and technical support to other branches
in the division, across the agency, to
domestic and international partners,
and the U.S. public on the epidemiology
and prevention of healthcare-associated
infections, related community
infections, antimicrobial resistance, and
exposures/injuries among healthcare
personnel; and (10) provides
epidemiology support to clinical and
environmental microbiology branch to
identify new strategies to prevent

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adverse events due to infections
associated with indwelling medical
devices, contaminated products,
dialysis, and water.
Surveillance Branch (CVKDD). (1)
Monitors and evaluates on the national
level the extent, distribution, and
impact of healthcare-associated
infections, antimicrobial use and
resistance, adverse drug events,
healthcare worker safety events, and
adherence to clinical processes and
intervention programs designed to
prevent or control adverse exposures or
outcomes in healthcare; (2) provides
leadership and consultative services for
statistical methods and analysis to
investigators in the Branch, Division,
and other organizations responsible for
surveillance, research studies, and
prevention and control of healthcareassociated infections and other
healthcare-associated adverse events; (3)
improves methods and enables wider
use of clinical performance
measurements by healthcare facilities
and public health entities for specific
interventions and prevention strategies
designed to safeguard patients and
healthcare workers from risk exposures
and adverse outcomes through
collaborations with extramural partners;
(4) collaborates with public and private
sector partners to further standardize,
integrate, and streamline systems by
which healthcare organizations collect,
manage, analyze, report, and respond to
data on clinical guideline adherence,
healthcare-associated infections,
including transmission of multi-drugresistant organisms and other
healthcare-associated adverse events; (5)
coordinates, further develops, enables
wider use, and maintains the NHSN, (a
web-based system for healthcare
facilities throughout the U.S. to collect
and analyze their own data and share
data with DHQP and other organizations
on healthcare-associated adverse events
and process-of-care measures) to obtain
scientifically valid clinical performance
indices and benchmarks that promote
healthcare quality and value at the
facility, state, and national levels; (6)
conducts applied research to identify
and develop innovative methods to
detect and monitor healthcareassociated infections and antimicrobial
resistance; (7) conducts special studies
and provides national estimates of
targeted, healthcare-associated adverse
events, antimicrobial use and resistance
patterns, and the extent to which
prevention and control safeguards are in
use to protect at-risk patients across the
spectrum of healthcare delivery sites;
and (8) uses NHSN and other data
sources to conduct special studies and

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provide national estimates of targeted
occupational illnesses and injuries
among healthcare workers and the
extent to which preventive safeguards
are in use across the spectrum of
healthcare delivery sites.
Dated: December 13, 2007.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 07–6130 Filed 12–21–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: National Survey of Child and
Adolescent Well-Being-Second Cohort
(NSCAW II).
OMB No.: 0970–0202.
Description: The Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
intends to collect data on a new sample
of children and families for the National
Survey of Child and Adolescent WellBeing (NSCAW). The NSCAW was
authorized under Section 427 of the
Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunities Reconciliation Act of
1996. The original survey began in
November 1999 with a national sample
of 5,501 children, ages 0–14, who had
been the subject of investigation by
Child Protective Services during the
baseline data collection period, which
extended from November 1999 through
April 2000. Direct assessments and
interviews were conducted with the
children themselves, their primary
caregivers, their caseworkers, and, for
school-aged children, their teachers;
agency directors also were interviewed
at baseline. Follow-up data collections
were conducted 12 months, 18 months,
and 36 months post-baseline, and a fifth
data collection is currently under way.
The NSCAW is the only source of
nationally representative, firsthand
information about the functioning and
well-being, service needs, and service
utilization of children and families who
come to the attention of the child
welfare system. Information is collected
about children’s cognitive, social,
emotional, behavioral, and adaptive
functioning, as well as family and
community factors that are likely to
influence their functioning. Family
service needs and service utilization
also are addressed in the data collection.
The current data collection plan calls
for selecting a new cohort of 5,700

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children and families and repeating the
data collection procedures used in the
original study. Selection of a new cohort
will allow the comparison of
characteristics of children who are
entering the child welfare system today
with those who entered prior to the
implementation of the Adoption and
Safe Families Act and prior to the
advent of the Child and Family Services
Review process. The data collection will

follow the same format as that used in
previous rounds of data collection, and
will employ, with only modest
revisions, the same instruments that
have been used in previous rounds.
Currently, HHS intends to collect
baseline data and one follow-up 18
months later, with future follow-up
rounds contingent on funding
availability. Data from NSCAW are
made available to the research

community though licensing
arrangements from the National Data
Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect at
Cornell University.
Respondents: 5,700 children and their
associated permanent or foster
caregivers, caseworkers, and teachers; in
addition, an administrator will be
interviewed in each location from
which children are sampled.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Instrument

Average
burden hours
per response

Total burden
hours

Child Interview ...............................................................................................
Permanent Caregiver Interview .....................................................................
Foster Caregiver Interview ............................................................................
Caseworker Interview ....................................................................................
Teacher Questionnaire ..................................................................................
Agency Questionnaire ...................................................................................

5,700
3,800
1,990
5,700
3,000
97

1
1
1
1
1
1

1.2
2.0
1.5
1.0
.75
1.0

6,840
7,600
2,985
5,700
2,250
97

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: ..................................................

........................

........................

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25,472

Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may
be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection. E-mail address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment
OMB is required to make a decision
concerning the collection of information
between 30 and 60 days after
publication of this document in the
Federal Register. Therefore, a comment
is best assured of having its full effect
if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent

directly to the following: Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, FAX: 202–395–6974,
Attn: Desk Officer for ACF.
Dated: December 17, 2007.
Brendan Kelly,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07–6143 Filed 12–21–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Compassion Capital Fund
Impact Evaluation Process Study.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The information
collection activity proposed under this

notice will obtain information about
intermediary grantee agencies providing
capacity building assistance to faithbased and community organizations
under the Compassion Capital Fund
(CCF) Demonstration program. The
information gathered under this data
collection activity will be used to
describe the approach and methods
used by intermediaries to provide the
services that are being evaluated in the
CCF impact evaluation. Information
collection will be through informal
discussions and observations on-site at
the organizations, using uniform
protocols.
Respondents: Directors and staff
providing technical assistance and
related services to faith-based and
community organizations and directors
and staff in faith-based and community
organizations that have received
capacity building assistance.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents

Instrument

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Intermediary Protocol for Executive Director ...................................................
Intermediary Protocol for Key Staff .................................................................
Faith-based or Community Organization Protocol for Executive Director ......
Faith-based or Community Organization Protocol for Key Staff .....................

Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 180.
Additional Information:

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30
30
60

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Number of
responses
per
respondent

Average
burden
hours per
response
1
1
1
1

Total
burden hours
3
1
2
1

30
30
60
60

Office of Information Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be

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