[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24757]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-12-12PK]
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
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received
within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Standardized National Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire--New--
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
It is estimated that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans get sick,
128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases. CDC and
partners ensure rapid and coordinated surveillance, detection, and
response to multistate 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 becomes ill.
CDC requests OMB approval to collect standardized information,
called the Standardized National Hypothesis-Generating Questionnaire,
from individuals who have become ill during a multistate foodborne
disease event. Since the questionnaire is designed to be administered
by public health officials as part of multistate hypothesis-generating
interview activities, this questionnaire 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 core elements would ensure
that similar exposures would be ascertained across many jurisdictions,
allowing for rapid pooling of data to improve the timeliness of
hypothesis-generating analyses and shorten the time to pinpoint how and
where contamination events occur.
The Standardized National Hypothesis Generating Questionnaire was
designed as a data collection tool for the core elements, to be used
when a multistate cluster of enteric disease infections is identified.
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. 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.
Burden hours are calculated by 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. The total estimated annualized burden is 3,000
hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hrs)
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Ill individuals identified as part Standardized National 4,000 1 45/60
of an outbreak investigation. Hypothesis Generating
Questionnaire (Core
Elements).
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Dated: October 2, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate
Director for Science, Office of the Directors, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-24757 Filed 10-5-12; 8:45 am]
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