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OMB Control No: 0920-0666	ICR Reference No: 201801-0920-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201708-0920-029
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CDC	Agency Tracking No: 0920-0666
Title: The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/12/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/31/2018
Terms of Clearance: CDC is approved to proceed with this collection and will coordinate future amendments to the collection instruments with CMS and other agencies/groups that require mandatory reporting of NHSN-collected data. For all forthcoming adjustments/additions to the existing instruments (however small), CDC will clearly demonstrate in the supporting documentation the associated incremental increase/decrease in burden for all changes and the specific sources of the changes (discretionary/voluntary new data elements, mandatory statutory changes, etc.).

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2021	01/31/2021	01/31/2021
Responses	11,537,900	0	11,537,900
Time Burden (Hours)	5,503,470	0	5,575,470
Cost Burden (Dollars)	197,482,719	0	197,482,719

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	11,537,900	11,537,900	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	5,503,470	5,575,470	-72,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	197,482,719	197,482,719	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Forms

Short Statement: Submission of Non-Substantive Change Request for NHSN (0920-0666) entails a reversion to a previously approved Form CDC 57.116 and results in a decrease in approximately 72,000 Burden Hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $17,050,666

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Jeffrey Zirger 404 639-7118 wtj5@cdc.gov