[Federal Register: December 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 249)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-07-00]

 
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) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    1. Management of Occupational Blood Exposures and Antibiotic 
Prescription Practices Among United States Dentists--NEW--National 
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). 
In U.S. health care facilities, both occupational transmission of 
bloodborne pathogens and antimicrobial resistance are important 
problems with significant morbidity and costs. Several public health 
initiatives have been undertaken or are being developed to increase 
compliance with recently published recommendations to reduce 
occupational transmission of bloodborne pathogens and to assess current 
antibiotic use by physicians, hospital and other medical health-care 
workers. However, to date, there are limited data on dentists' 
implementation and knowledge of postexposure recommendations or on 
their antibiotic use. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion, Division of Oral Health, intends to conduct a survey of the 
management of occupational blood exposures and antibiotic prescription 
practices among United States dentists. Information provided by these 
data are critical to the Division of Oral Health's ongoing efforts to 
protect dental workers from infection with bloodborne diseases and to 
target educational efforts aimed at increasing awareness of and 
compliance with current CDC recommendations. Information on antibiotic 
prescribing practices will help identify the most effective strategies 
for promoting appropriate use of antibiotics among dentists, provide an 
epidemiologic baseline on which to measure future behaviors, and assess 
the need for comprehensive guidelines.
    A random sample of currently practicing U.S. dentists will be 
mailed questionnaires with two follow-up mailings to non-respondents. 
The information collected will include demographic information, office 
policies for management of occupational blood exposures and training of 
dental staff, the weekly number of antibiotic prescriptions, the most 
commonly prescribed antibiotics, and the most common oral conditions 
for which antibiotics are prescribed. The total annual burden hours are 
3600.

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                           Respondents                               Number of      responses/     response (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)
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Practicing U.S. Dentists........................................           3,600               1            0.25
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    Dated: December 21, 1999.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-33729 Filed 12-28-99; 8:45 am]
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