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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 170 (Thursday, September 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45641-45642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21286]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-09-09AR]

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 of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    STD Surveillance Network (SSuN)-NEW- National Center for HIV/AIDS, 
Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis 
Elimination Programs (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The purpose of the proposed study 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 
SSuN Project will be an active STD sentinel surveillance network 
comprised of 12 surveillance sites around the United States. SSuN will 
use two surveillance strategies to collect information. The first is a 
STD clinic-based surveillance which will extract data from existing 
electronic medical records for all patient visits at participating STD 
clinics over the 3 years. 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 have been 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 being 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 US. 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 
allows CDC 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.

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    There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annual burden hours are 432.

                                        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
Gonorrhea Case..................................................            2880               1            7/60
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    Dated: August 28, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-21286 Filed 9-2-09; 8:45 am]
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