[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 226 (Monday, November 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65965-65966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22919]


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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 [email protected].
    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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    Total...................................  ..........................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             508
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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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