[Federal Register: April 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 73)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-08-08AB]
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.
Proposed Project
All Age Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance (Flu Hosp)--New--
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The data collection network is an established CDC-state-academic
institution collaborative network, the Emerging Infections Program
(EIP) which includes defined catchment areas in the states of
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New
Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee. From October 1 through April
30 (flu season), Flu Hosp sites will collect data in selected catchment
areas using case report forms. Participating sites will also complete
discharge audit forms following flu season.
A standardized case report form will be completed for all persons
meeting the case definition and inclusion criteria in the selected
catchment areas. Most of the case report forms can be completed using
data obtained from the laboratory and medical chart review. If the
medical chart is not available, or the necessary information is not
included in the medical record, the patient or their proxy may be
interviewed.
To address any limitation in completeness of case identification, a
retrospective discharge audit will be conducted by each participating
site following flu season. Based on a range of discharge diagnoses,
persons aged 18 years or older who are residents of a geographically-
defined area and who were admitted to hospitals during October 1, 2007
through April 30, 2008, will have their medical chart examined to
identify whether they had an influenza positive test result at the
beginning of their hospitalization. The discharge audit will determine
if cases were missed by usual case ascertainment methods. The
completeness evaluation is a matching (or linking) project, followed by
chart abstraction of missed cases.
The need for the information and proposed use(s) of the information
are necessary because currently there is no national surveillance
system in place that is able to estimate the burden of laboratory-
confirmed adult hospitalizations during seasonal or pandemic influenza
within a given season. Additionally, because influenza is often
underreported, including a retrospective discharge audit in addition to
conducting prospective surveillance is needed to identify limitations
in current surveillance efforts.
The respondents for each of the forms are the 10 state health
departments who submit biweekly case report forms for pediatric and
adult influenza surveillance, and who submit discharge audit forms to
CDC. Responses for the case report forms indicate the number of cases
that are identified. The number of responses for all case report forms
must be estimated as we do not know before hand how many cases will
occur. Respondents are required to submit data for the Adult Flu Hosp
project and the Pediatric Influenza Project to the CDC bi-weekly during
flu season. Responses for Discharge Audit forms A-D indicate the number
of times each site is required to fill out the respective form. Data
for the Discharge audit will be a one-time data collection for each
case. Although 10 states participate in Flu Hosp, because New York
includes two functionally and geographically different catchment areas,
those two areas will submit individual discharge audit data, to make a
total of 11 respondents.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden is 508 hours.
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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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Pediatric Influenza Hospitalization Health Department...... 10 75 15/60
Surveillance Project Case Report Form.
Adult Influenza Hospitalization Health Department...... 10 120 15/60
Surveillance Project Case Report Form.
Adult Discharge Audit Case Report Health Department...... 11 3 15/60
Form.
Adult Discharge Audit Form A: Health Department...... 11 1 15/60
Description of Matching Method.
Adult Discharge Audit Form B: Health Department...... 11 1 15/60
Sampling Strategy.
Adult Discharge Audit Form C: Summary Health Department...... 11 1 15/60
Adult Discharge Audit Form D: Future. Health Department...... 11 1 15/60
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Dated: April 8, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-7971 Filed 4-14-08; 8:45 am]
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