[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1500-1501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00162]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-25-1360]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled ``CryptoNet Case Report Form'' to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CDC previously
published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations'' notice on October 21, 2024 to obtain comments from
the public and affected agencies. CDC did not receive comments related
to the previous notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30
days for public and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including, through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to
(202) 395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
Proposed Project
CryptoNet Case Report Form (OMB Control No. 0920-1360, Exp. 1/31/
2025)--Revision--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch (WDPB) in the Division of
Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED) works to
prevent domestic and global water-related diseases. The WDPB is
comprised of five teams, including the Domestic Waterborne Disease
Epidemiology and Response (WDER) Team, which focuses on the prevention
and control of waterborne-related diseases and outbreaks in the United
States. One of the diseases included in the team's work is
cryptosporidiosis, an acute diarrheal disease caused by infection with
Cryptosporidium parasites.
The Case Surveillance Program is a subunit within the Domestic WDER
Team that focus on the data collection and management activities of
five waterborne diseases, including cryptosporidiosis, in the United
States. The Case Surveillance Program's current scope of work includes
modernizing data collection and management, enabling data connections,
and improving public data access to aid public health action.
CryptoNet is the first molecular tracking system for
Cryptosporidium in the United States. To meet the needs of the
CryptoNet and Case Surveillance Program, and the needs of local
officials, the CryptoNet case report form (CRF) was developed. The CRF
includes a set of data elements that can be used to identify exposures
trends in outbreak- and non-outbreak-associated Cryptosporidium cases,
to generate hypotheses about the sources of infection in clusters or
outbreaks, and to identify strategies to prevent and control
Cryptosporidium cases, clusters, or outbreaks.
Data from the CRF will be used by federal, state, and local public
health officials responsible for conducting interviews with reported
cases of cryptosporidiosis in their jurisdiction in order to
systemically assess core exposure elements and risk factors among cases
of cryptosporidiosis. Collected data will be used by CDC staff to
inform cryptosporidiosis sporadic
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case, cluster, and outbreak prevention and control strategies. CRF data
elements and the CRF were designed for administration via telephone
interviews with individuals ill with cryptosporidiosis, or their
designated proxy.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 125 annual burden hours.
Providing information is voluntary, and there are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Individuals ill with CryptoNet Case Report 500 1 15/60
cryptosporidiosis, or their Form.
designated proxy.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-00162 Filed 1-7-25; 8:45 am]
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