[Federal Register: August 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 158)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-08-08BA]
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) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
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Proposed Project
Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) Projects--New--National
Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) is a core component of
CDC's Emerging Infections Program Network (EIP), a collaboration
between CDC, state health departments, and universities. ABCs is an
active laboratory- and population-based surveillance system for six
invasive bacterial pathogens of public health importance (group A and
group B streptococcus, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis,
Streptococcus pneumoniae, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus). Case finding is active and laboratory-based. Following the
identification of cases, a standard case report is completed on all
identified cases through medical record review. Data collection is
performed differently in each surveillance area, for example, through
the cooperation of on-site hospital personnel (e.g., Infection Control
Practitioners or Medical Records personnel); through medical record
review or clinician interview by county health department personnel; or
through medical record review by surveillance personnel. Case report
forms are entered into a secure computerized database and maintained at
each surveillance site. The computerized databases, with personal
identifiers removed, are transmitted to CDC by the fifth of every
month.
The data collection has important practical utility to the
government as well as EIP populations and the American population as a
whole. ABCs data is critical for documenting disease burden and
describing the epidemiology of invasive bacterial disease, tracking
trends in antimicrobial resistance, contributing to the development and
evaluation of new vaccines, developing and assessing public health
prevention measures, and improving overall public health practice.
Current information on disease incidence is needed to study present and
emerging disease problems. The ABCs surveillance system provides data
for those engaged in research or medical practice, health education
officials, and manufacturers of pharmaceutical products which may lead
to effective prevention strategies and enhanced interventions.
Respondents for each of the data collection forms are state health
departments (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland,
Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Tennessee) who are
recipients of funding through the EIP cooperative agreement. The number
of responses is dependent on the number of cases that are identified.
Number of ``responses'' for all case report forms must be estimated not
knowing before hand how many cases will occur.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden is 4918 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Type of respondent Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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ABCs Case Report Form................. State Health Department. 10 809 20/60
Invasive Methicillin-resistant State Health Department. 10 609 20/60
Staphylococcus aureus ABCs Case
Report Form.
ABCs Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in State Health Department. 10 41 10/60
Children Case Report Form.
Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease State Health Department. 10 37 20/60
Prevention Tracking Form.
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Dated: August 5, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-18820 Filed 8-13-08; 8:45 am]
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