[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5802]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-96-11]


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 the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-3453.
    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 for other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Wilma Johnson, CDC 
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 
30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

Proposed Projects

    1. Tuberculosis in Children--New--The Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Surveillance Epidemiologic 
Investigations Branch will be conducting a study for the purpose of 
performing research concerning the epidemiology of TB in children, 
including children co-infected with the human immunodeficiency virus 
(HIV). The study will involve the following modules: 1) the 
epidemiology, magnitude and risk factors for TB in children, including 
HIV-infected children; 2) studies of the diagnosis of TB in children, 
and 3) reducing the risk of nosocomial transmission of TB in pediatric 
settings. The total cost to respondents and government is estimated at 
$138,000.

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                                                                              No. of    Avg. burden/    Total   
                         Respondents                             No. of     responses/    response    burden (in
                                                              respondents   respondent   (in hrs.)      hrs.)   
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Positive Tuberculin Skin Testing Form.......................          100            1         0.33           33
Negative Tuberculin Skin Testing Form.......................          200            1         0.33           66
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    Total...................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........           99
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    Dated: March 6, 1996.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

    \1\ Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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[FR Doc. 96-5802 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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