[Federal Register: November 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 226)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-08-08AB]
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 404-639-5960
and send comments to Maryam Daneshvar, Acting CDC Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D 74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-
mail 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.
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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
CDC is requesting OMB approval for a data collection system that
will assist public health officials to better monitor and assess severe
forms of influenza disease resulting in hospitalization. Approval is
sought for an Adult Case Report Form and a Pediatric Case Report Form.
The Adult Case Report Form will be used to collect information on
patients over the age of 18 years old, and the Pediatric Case Report
form will be used for patients under 18 years and younger. The primary
difference between the two forms is that the Adult Case Report form
includes collection of information related to Statin use, and the
Pediatric Case Report form does not.
Adult surveillance will consist of two phases, a prospective data
collection, and a retrospective discharge audit. Therefore, approval is
also sought for forms that will assess the completeness of the
surveillance system's cases. These forms make up an Adult discharge
audit, which will reveal any limitations in the prospective case
identification that will have occurred prior to the discharge audit.
Flu Hosp uses standardized data collection instruments that collect
demographic and clinical information from laboratory-confirmed
influenza hospitalized adults and children who reside in a geographic-
and population-defined area of the United States. The data collection
network is an established CDC-state-academic institution collaborative
network, the Emerging Infections Program (EIP) which includes the
states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland,
Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee.
From October 1 of this year through April 30 of the following year
(the current flu season), Flu Hosp collects data and transmits it to
CDC. Case reports are submitted as soon as possible after the
investigation of a case. Prompt notification to CDC allows for
identification of epidemics and outbreaks so that immediate prevention
measures can be taken. Most of the data collection instrument can be
completed from review of the hospital medical records. If none of these
resources are available, the patient or their proxy may be interviewed.
CDC and its participating partners will also perform a discharge
audit to assess the completeness of the case surveillance data by
conducting an evaluation of the hospitalized influenza cases found by
Flu Hosp versus an independent, administrative hospital dataset. Each
of the ten participating sites will complete standardized forms that
describe the evaluation process and the number of cases missed by Flu
Hosp, in aggregate. 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.
The respondents for the data collections are the Flu Hosp
participating sites. There are no costs to respondents other than their
time for participating.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Type of respondent Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Pediatric Influenza Hospitalization Health Department......................... 10 75 15/60 188
Surveillance Project Case Report Form.
Adult Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Health Department......................... 10 120 15/60 300
Project Case Report Form.
Adult Discharge Audit Case Report Form...... Health Department......................... 11 3 15/60 8
Adult Discharge Audit Form A: Description of Health Department......................... 11 1 15/60 3
Matching Method.
Adult Discharge Audit Form B: Sampling Health Department......................... 11 1 15/60 3
Strategy.
Adult Discharge Audit Form C: Summary....... Health Department......................... 11 1 15/60 3
Adult Discharge Audit Form D: Future........ Health Department......................... 11 1 15/60 3
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Dated: November 19, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-22919 Filed 11-23-07; 8:45 am]
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