[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43285-43286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17982]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-12-12PK]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-7570
and send comments to Kimberly S. Lane, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74,
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Using the Standardized National Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire
during Multistate Investigations of Foodborne Disease Clusters and
Outbreaks--New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Each year, it is estimated that roughly 1 in 6 Americans become ill
with a foodborne disease. Unfortunately, of these Americans,
approximately 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die as a result of
foodborne diseases. CDC and partners ensure rapid and coordinated
surveillance, detection, and response to multistate foodborne disease
outbreaks to limit the number of illnesses and to learn how to prevent
similar outbreaks from happening in the future.
Conducting interviews during the initial hypothesis-generating
phase of multistate foodborne disease outbreaks presents numerous
challenges. In the U.S., there is not a standard, national form or data
collection system for illnesses caused by many enteric pathogens. Data
elements for hypothesis generation must be developed and agreed upon
for each investigation. This process can take several days to weeks,
and may cause interviews to occur long after a person's illness.
CDC requests OMB approval to collect standardized information from
individuals who have become ill during a multistate foodborne disease
event. The questionnaire is designed to be administered by public
health officials as part of multistate hypothesis-generating interview
activities and is not expected to entail significant burden to
respondents.
The Standardized National Hypothesis-Generating Core Elements
Project was established with the goal to define a core set of data
elements to be used for hypothesis generation during multistate
foodborne investigations. These elements represent the minimum set of
information that should be available for all outbreak-associated cases
identified during hypothesis generation. The Standardized National
Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire (SNHGQ) is a data collection tool
for the core elements.
The core elements and use of the SNHGQ would ensure that exposures
of importance for investigating multistate outbreaks of various enteric
disease pathogens would be ascertained similarly across many
jurisdictions. This will allow for rapid pooling of data
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to improve the timeliness of hypothesis-generating analyses and
reducing the time it takes to pinpoint how and where contamination
events occur.
Both the content of the questionnaire (the core elements) and the
format were developed through a series of working groups comprised of
local, state, and federal public health partners. The questionnaire is
designed to be administered over the phone by public health officials
to collect core elements data from case-patients or their proxies. It
is designed to be used when a multistate cluster of enteric disease
infections is identified. Data collected during a multistate
investigation of an enteric disease cluster will be pooled and analyzed
at the CDC in order to develop hypotheses about potential sources of
infection.
The total estimated annualized burden for the Standardized National
Generating Questionnaire is 3,000 hours (approximately 4,000
individuals identified during the hypothesis-generating phase of
outbreak investigations x 45 minutes/response). There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Individuals.................................... Standardized National Hypothesis 4,000 1 45/60 3,000
Generating Questionnaire (Core
Elements).
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 3,000
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Science Integrity, Office of the Associate
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-17982 Filed 7-23-12; 8:45 am]
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