[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23219]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-05-AC]


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. CDC is requesting an emergency 
clearance for this data collection with a two week public comment 
period. CDC is requesting OMB approval of this package 7 days after the 
end of the public comment period.
    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. Send comments to Seleda M. Perryman, 
CDC Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. Written comments 
should be received within 14 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Research--New--National 
Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).
    As part of the effort taken by CDC to learn more about the 
epidemiology and clinical dynamics of infection with Severe Acute 
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) coronavirus, CDC's National Center for 
Infectious Diseases would like to collect information in the event of a 
re-emergence of SARS. Protocols have been developed for the study of 
SARS transmission, dynamics of infection and SARS infection during 
pregnancy. Information on symptoms of illness, activities during 
periods of contact with a SARS case or within a SARS-affected area and 
outcomes of illness will be requested from SARS case-patients, contacts 
of SARS case-patients, health care professionals and state and local 
public health providers. Data will be used for research to contribute 
to the global understanding of SARS illness and refine methods of SARS 
infection control. Expedited clearance is necessary so that data may be 
collected immediately in the event of SARS re-emergence this fall. 
There is no cost to the respondents.

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                                                                                                Avg.
                                                                                   Estimated   burden
                                                                        No. of      No. of       per      Total
                  Form                           Respondents         Respondents  responses/  response   burden
                                                                                  respondent     (in     (hours)
                                                                                               hours)
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1. Transmission protocol: Clinical       Health departments,                100           1          1       100
 Baseline Questionnaire for SARS Cases.   clinicians.
2. Transmission protocol: Follow-up      SARS cases and contacts...         500           5      10/60       417
 Questionnaire.
3. Transmission protocol:                Health departments,                 50           1          1        50
 Characterization of SARS Tool for Data   clinicians.
 Collection.
4. Transmission protocol: Baseline       Health departments........         300           1      15/60        75
 Questionnaire for Contacts.
5. Transmission protocol: Questionnaire  Health departments........         300           1      10/60        50
 for Household Information.
6. Transmission protocol: Questionnaire  Health departments,                300           1      15/60        75
 for Close Household Contacts.            clinicians.
7. Transmission protocol: Questionnaire  Quarantine officers,             1,000           1      30/60       500
 for Airline Contacts.                    health dept..
8. Transmission protocol: Questionnaire  Health departments,                300           1      15/60        75
 for Health Care Worker Contacts.         clinicians.
9. Pregnancy protocol: Pregnancy,        Health departments,                 50           1      40/60        33
 Delivery and Follow-up Data Collection   clinicians.
 Tools.
    Total..............................  ..........................        2900   ..........  ........      1375
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    Dated: October 8, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-23219 Filed 10-15-04; 8:45 am]
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