[Federal Register: March 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 55)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-33-04]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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) 498-1210. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Investigation (OMB No. 0920-0596)--Revision--National Center for
Infectious Diseases (NCID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). The purpose of this project is to prepare for a response to
another possible outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
in the United States and abroad. In late February 2003, CDC began
supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) in the investigation of
a multi-country outbreak of atypical pneumonia of unknown etiology. The
illness was subsequently named SARS. By March 2003, cases of SARS were
reported in the U.S. among travelers with a travel history to one or
more of the three provinces in Asia where the SARS outbreak was first
reported.
In order to prepare for another potential outbreak SARS in the U.S.
in the upcoming respiratory season, CDC plans to collect data for the
purpose of surveillance, case reporting, contact tracing and clinical
and epidemiological investigations. Currently, CDC is collecting this
information under an emergency clearance. To preserve continuity in the
surveillance information collected by public health investigators, CDC
is requesting a 3-year extension on the current surveillance forms. The
information collected includes contact information from travelers on a
flight with a person or persons suspected of having SARS, health care
workers exposure, and case report forms. The estimated annualized
burden is 2,213.
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No. of Avg. burden
Form Respondent No. of responses per per response
respondents respondent * (in hours)
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1. Transmission Protocol: Follow-up SARS cases and contacts. 500 5 10/60
Questionnaire.
2. Transmission Protocol: Contact Health Departments...... 300 1 15/60
Baseline Questionnaire.
3. Transmission Protocol: Household Health Departments...... 300 1 10/60
Information Questionnaire.
4. Transmission Protocol: Household Health Departments 300 1 15/60
Contact Baseline Questionnaire. Clinicians.
5. HCW Severe Pneumonia Surveillance State/Local Health 300 1 40/60
Form. Departments.
6. Pregnancy Protocol Data Collections Health Departments 50 1 15/60
Forms. Clinicians.
7. Transmission Protocol: Airline Quarantine Officers, 1,000 1 30/60
Contact Baseline Questionnaire. Health Department.
8. Transmission Protocol: HCW Baseline Health Departments 300 1 15/60
Questionnaire. Clinicians.
9. SARS Case Report Forms, Paper-based/ State/Local Health 300 1 40/60
Web-based Format. Departments.
10. Passenger Locator Card............ Airline Passengers...... 3,000 1 5/60
11. Clinical Baseline Questionnaire Health Department 100 1 1
for SARS Cases. Clinicians.
12. International SARS Case Reports Caseworker.............. 100 1 20/60
Form.
13. HCW Facility Encounter Forms...... Healthcare Facility, 300 1 30/60
State or Local Health
Departments.
14. SARS Screening Form............... Healthcare Facility, 300 1 15/60
State or Local Health
Departments.
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* The number of responses will be determined by the extent of a SARS outbreak.
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Dated: March 15, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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