[Federal Register: March 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 57)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-09-08AX]
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
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Morbidity Surveillance--New--
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The CDC is responsible for the reporting and dissemination of
nationally notifiable STD morbidity information for prevention and
control purposes in collaboration with state and local health
departments. Recent changes in sexually transmitted disease (STD)
epidemiology in the United States indicate that the existing passive
surveillance for STD does not include all the elements needed in order
to control and prevent STDs in the U.S. Towards that end, CDC is
proposing a new electronic information collection called STD Morbidity
Surveillance that will include information on laboratory confirmation
of syphilis infection and risk behaviors of persons infected with
syphilis and other STDs. Physicians and other providers collect
demographic, risk, and clinical (including laboratory) information from
persons diagnosed with notifiable STDs during a clinical encounter or
counseling session. The respondents will submit the information
electronically, to the state and local public health departments.
Clinical specimens obtained from case-patients are submitted to private
or public diagnostic laboratories with laboratory requisition forms
which includes information on the provider and case-patient. A subset
of the information reported to state health departments from health
care providers or laboratories is reported electronically as a case
report e-record to CDC's Nationally Notifiable Disease Surveillance
System on a weekly basis. CDC estimates that 57 respondents spend 20
minutes each week extracting notifiable STD surveillance information
from their electronic information system. CDC staff review STD
morbidity data at varying frequencies to identify population subgroups
at increased risk for STDs. The target evidence-based intervention
strategies, evaluate the impact of ongoing control efforts, thus
enhancing our understanding of STD transmission. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annual burden
hours are 989.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
No. of No. of burden per
Types of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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State Health Departments.............. Electronic STD Case 50 52 20/60
report.
Territorial Health Agencies........... Electronic STD Case 5 2 20/60
report.
City and county health departments.... Electronic STD Case 2 52 20/60
report.
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Dated: March 19, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-6631 Filed 3-25-09; 8:45 am]
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