[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40887-40888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16913]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-12-0842]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    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, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. 
Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. Written comments 
should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    STD Surveillance Network (SSuN)-(OMB 0920-0842 Exp: 1/31/2013)--
Revision--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB 
Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The purpose of the STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) project is to 
improve the capacity of national, state, and local STD programs to 
detect, monitor, and respond rapidly to trends in STDs through enhanced 
collection, reporting, analysis, visualization and interpretation of 
disease information. The objectives of the SSuN Project are (1) To 
establish an integrated network of sentinel STD clinics and health 
departments to inform and guide national programs and policies for STD 
control in the U.S.; (2) to improve the capacity of national, state and 
local STD programs to detect, monitor and respond to established and 
emerging trends in STDs, HIV, and viral hepatitis; and (3) to identify 
and evaluate the effectiveness of public health interventions to reduce 
STD morbidity.
    The SSuN Project is an active STD sentinel surveillance network 
comprised of 12 surveillance sites around the United States. SSuN uses 
two surveillance strategies to collect information. The first is a STD 
clinic-based surveillance which extracts data from existing electronic 
medical records for all patient visits at participating STD clinics. 
The second is a population-based surveillance in which a sample of 
individuals reported with gonorrhea to the 12 SSuN state or city health 
departments are interviewed using locally-designed interview templates.
    For the clinic-based surveillance, the specified data elements are 
abstracted on a quarterly basis from existing electronic medical 
records for all patient visits to participating clinics. Data in the 
electronic medical record may be collected at time of registration, 
during the clinic encounter, or through laboratory testing. For the 
population-based STD surveillance, the results of interviews will be 
entered into a developed Microsoft Access database that will be adapted 
locally for each clinic. High quality, informative, and timely 
surveillance data are necessary to guide STD programs so interventions 
are designed and implemented appropriately. Furthermore, surveillance 
data are necessary for understanding the impact of STD interventions 
based on the epidemiology of each STD.
    This information is collected to establish an integrated network of 
sentinel STD clinics and health departments to inform and guide 
national programs and policies for STD control in the U.S. It will 
improve the capacity of national, state, and local STD programs to 
detect, monitor, and respond to established and emerging trends in 
STDs, HIV, and viral hepatitis. SSuN will help identify and evaluate 
the effectiveness of public health interventions to reduce STD 
morbidity.
    The SSuN surveillance platform allows CDC to establish and maintain 
common standards for data collection, transmission, and analysis, and 
to build and maintain STD surveillance expertise in 12 surveillance 
areas. Such common systems, established mechanisms of communication, 
and in-place expertise are all critical components for timely, 
flexible, and high quality surveillance.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annual burden hours are 480.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
                       Types of respondent                          respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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SSuN site.......................................................              12               4               2

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Gonorrhea Case..................................................           2,880               1            8/60
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Science Integrity, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-16913 Filed 7-10-12; 8:45 am]
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