[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20975-20976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10400]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-02-44]


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) 498-1210.
    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

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or other forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda 
Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, 
MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 
60 days of this notice.
    Proposed Project: National Disease Surveillance Program--I. Case 
Reports (0920-0009)--Extension--National Center for Infectious Disease 
(NCID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Formal 
surveillance of 20 separate reportable diseases has been ongoing to 
meet the public demand and scientific interest for accurate, 
consistent, epidemiologic data. These ongoing diseases include: 
bacterial meningitis and bacteremia, dengue, hantavirus, HIV/AIDS, 
Idiopathic CD4+T-lymphocytopenia, Kawasaki syndrome, Legionellosis, 
leprosy, lyme disease, malaria, Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease, 
plague, Q Fever, Reye Syndrome, tick-borne Rickettsial Disease, toxic 
shock syndrome, toxocariasis, trichinosis, typhoid fever, and viral 
hepatitis. Case report forms enable CDC to collect demographic, 
clinical, and laboratory characteristics of cases of these diseases. 
This information is used to direct epidemiologic investigations, to 
identify and monitor trends in reemerging infectious diseases or 
emerging modes of transmission, to search for possible causes or 
sources of the diseases, and to develop guidelines for the prevention 
of treatment. It is also used to recommend target areas in most need of 
vaccinations for certain diseases and to determine development of drug 
resistance.
    Because of the distinct nature of each of the diseases, the number 
of cases reported annually is different for each. The total estimated 
annualized burden is 34,097 hours. There is no cost to respondents.

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                                                                     Number of     Avg. burden/
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/      respondent     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Health Care Workers.............................              55          111.10            5.58          34,097
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    Total.......................................                                                        34,097*
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* An average of the total estimated burden hours.


    Dated: April 19, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Planning, Policy, and Evaluation Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-10400 Filed 4-26-02; 8:45 am]
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