[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 55 (Monday, March 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13299-13300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6329]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-33-04]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax 
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) 
Investigation (OMB No. 0920-0596)--Revision--National Center for 
Infectious Diseases (NCID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC). The purpose of this project is to prepare for a response to 
another possible outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) 
in the United States and abroad. In late February 2003, CDC began 
supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) in the investigation of 
a multi-country outbreak of atypical pneumonia of unknown etiology. The 
illness was subsequently named SARS. By March 2003, cases of SARS were 
reported in the U.S. among travelers with a travel history to one or 
more of the three provinces in Asia where the SARS outbreak was first 
reported.
    In order to prepare for another potential outbreak SARS in the U.S. 
in the upcoming respiratory season, CDC plans to collect data for the 
purpose of surveillance, case reporting, contact tracing and clinical 
and epidemiological investigations. Currently, CDC is collecting this 
information under an emergency clearance. To preserve continuity in the 
surveillance information collected by public health investigators, CDC 
is requesting a 3-year extension on the current surveillance forms. The 
information collected includes contact information from travelers on a 
flight with a person or persons suspected of having SARS, health care 
workers exposure, and case report forms. The estimated annualized 
burden is 2,213.

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                                                                                      No. of        Avg. burden
                 Form                          Respondent             No. of       responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents    respondent *     (in hours)
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1. Transmission Protocol: Follow-up     SARS cases and contacts.             500               5           10/60
 Questionnaire.
2. Transmission Protocol: Contact       Health Departments......             300               1           15/60
 Baseline Questionnaire.
3. Transmission Protocol: Household     Health Departments......             300               1           10/60
 Information Questionnaire.
4. Transmission Protocol: Household     Health Departments                   300               1           15/60
 Contact Baseline Questionnaire.         Clinicians.
5. HCW Severe Pneumonia Surveillance    State/Local Health                   300               1           40/60
 Form.                                   Departments.
6. Pregnancy Protocol Data Collections  Health Departments                    50               1           15/60
 Forms.                                  Clinicians.
7. Transmission Protocol: Airline       Quarantine Officers,               1,000               1           30/60
 Contact Baseline Questionnaire.         Health Department.
8. Transmission Protocol: HCW Baseline  Health Departments                   300               1           15/60
 Questionnaire.                          Clinicians.
9. SARS Case Report Forms, Paper-based/ State/Local Health                   300               1           40/60
 Web-based Format.                       Departments.
10. Passenger Locator Card............  Airline Passengers......           3,000               1            5/60
11. Clinical Baseline Questionnaire     Health Department                    100               1               1
 for SARS Cases.                         Clinicians.
12. International SARS Case Reports     Caseworker..............             100               1           20/60
 Form.
13. HCW Facility Encounter Forms......  Healthcare Facility,                 300               1           30/60
                                         State or Local Health
                                         Departments.
14. SARS Screening Form...............  Healthcare Facility,                 300               1          15/60
                                         State or Local Health
                                         Departments.
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* The number of responses will be determined by the extent of a SARS outbreak.



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    Dated: March 15, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-6329 Filed 3-19-04; 8:45 am]
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