[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41287-41288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16569]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30-Day-14-0900]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be
directed to the Attention: 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
Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms (0920-0900)-
Revision--(Expiration date: September 30, 2014)--National Center for
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Global
Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of
Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) requests a revision of the
currently approved Information Collection Request: ``Contact
Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms,'' expiring September 30, 2014.
CDC has conducted a thorough review of the data collection tools
approved in this information collection request. To streamline the data
collected, ease the completion of each data collection tool, and to
target information collected to be more specific to the individual
illness of public health concern, several changes to the data
collection tools have been proposed. The result is a 12% reduction in
burden, or a reduction of 32 total
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burden hours. A summary of changes is as follows:
Data pertaining to contact investigations for measles,
mumps and rubella will no longer be collected using one form for either
the air or maritime environments.
Data collection for measles contact investigations will be
collected either by using the Measles Contact Investigation Reporting
Form--Air, or the Measles Contact Investigation Reporting Form--
Maritime.
CDC will no longer collect information pertaining to cases
of mumps occurring during air travel. Contact investigations for cases
of mumps occurring onboard maritime conveyances will still be
evaluated, using the General Contact Investigation Outcome Form--
Maritime.
Data collection for rubella contact investigations will be
collected either by using the Rubella Contact Investigation Reporting
Form--Air, or the Rubella Contact Investigation Reporting Form--
Maritime. Data collection fields pertaining to pregnant women have been
added to assist in recommending the appropriate prophylaxis of those
exposed.
Data pertaining to contact investigations occurring in the
air and land-border crossing environments will no longer be collected
using the same form. Factors affecting the disease transmission in
these environments is very different, thus, CDC has created separate
data collection tools and fields. Data collection for contact
investigations of illnesses of public health concern occurring in a
land-border crossing environment will be collected by using the General
Contact Investigation Reporting Form--Land. Data collection for
illnesses of public health concern occurring in an air environment will
be collected using tools specific to each disease.
In response to a request from maritime operators (cruise
ship physicians/cargo ship managers), CDC has added the option for
contact investigation outcome reporting to be completed in either a MS
Word or MS Excel format. The Excel format allows reporting for multiple
patients simultaneously without completing separate documents for each
ill traveler. The information collected on each of the data collection
tools is the same. Data collection for contact investigations for
diseases of public health concern occurring in a maritime environment
will be collected using tools specific to each of the diseases listed
above.
This data collection supports the need for CDC staff to evaluate
cases of communicable diseases of public health concern during travel
and conduct investigative contact tracing for those that may have been
exposed. The proposed data collection tools facilitate the collection
of data pertaining to these contact investigations.
CDC is requesting a total of 248 burden hours in this revision.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hrs.)
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State/local health department staff... General Contact 12 1 5/60
Investigation Outcome
Reporting Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship General Contact 100 1 5/60
Managers. Investigation Outcome
Reporting Form
(Maritime--Word
version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship General Contact 100 1 5/60
Managers. Investigation Outcome
Reporting Form
(Maritime--Excel
version).
State/local health department staff... General Contact 12 1 5/60
Investigation Outcome
Reporting Form (Land).
State/local health department staff... TB Contact Investigation 1,244 1 5/60
Outcome Reporting Form
(Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship TB Contact Investigation 150 1 5/60
Managers. Outcome Reporting Form
(Maritime--Word
version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship TB Contact Investigation 150 1 5/60
Managers. Outcome Reporting Form
(Maritime--Excel
version).
State/local health department staff... Measles Contact 964 1 5/60
Investigation Outcome
Reporting Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Measles Contact 63 1 5/60
Managers. Investigation Outcome
Reporting Form
(Maritime--Word
version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Measles Contact 63 1 5/60
Managers. Investigation Outcome
Reporting Form
(Maritime--Excel
version).
State/local health department staff... Rubella Contact 95 1 5/60
Investigation Outcome
Reporting Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Rubella Contact 12 1 5/60
Managers. Investigation Outcome
Reporting Form
(Maritime--Word
version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship Rubella Contact 12 1 5/60
Managers. Investigation Outcome
Reporting Form
(Maritime--Excel
version).
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Leroy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-16569 Filed 7-14-14; 8:45 am]
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