Occupational Safety and Health Administration Peer Review Agenda
Last updated April 2018
Under the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review, Federal Agencies must post an agenda describing their plans for external peer review of scientific information and assessments that the Agency intends to disseminate. This page lists scientific products under development that OSHA plans to have peer reviewed in the near term. The entries below include a link to any draft documents that are available to the public. To obtain a copy of the OMB Bulletin, click here.
This peer review agenda will be updated periodically; announcements that the agenda has been updated will appear in the "OSHA News" section on OSHA's home page (http://www.osha.gov).
The public is invited to submit comments on this agenda. You may submit your comments via E-Mail to PeerReview@dol.gov.
Peer Review Agenda
| Title of planned report: | Modeling Approach for Estimating burden of Occupationally-Acquired Infections in Health Care Settings |
| Subject and purpose: | Modeling for selected infectious agents to assist in analyzing health benefits from implementing infection control precaution in order to support a proposed infectious Diseases standard. |
| Agency contact: | Val Schaeffer, Directorate of Standard and Guidance |
| The report is likely to be: | Undetermined whether scientific information is "influential" or "highly influential”. |
| Timing of the review: | Draft Final Peer Review was completed in May 2016 and will be made available at the time of the Proposed Rule |
| The peer review will be conducted by: | A peer review panel _____ Individual letter reviews __X__ An alternative procedure (describe) _____ |
| Will the agency provide opportunities for the public to comment on the work product to be peer reviewed? | Yes ____ No __X___ NA _____ |
| If yes, how and when will these opportunities be provided? | |
| Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review? | Yes ____ No __X___ |
| Anticipated number of reviewers: | 3 or fewer _____ 4-10 __X__ More than 10 _____ |
| Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review: | Exposure/Risk modeling, Infectious Agent/Disease Characteristics, infection Control Practices |
| Reviewers will be selected by: | The agency _____ A designated outside organization __X__ |
| Will the public, including scientific or professional societies, be asked to nominate potential peer reviewers? | Yes _____ No __X__ |