[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28167-28168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12774]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 DAY-35-01]


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) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

     National Disease Surveillance Program--I. Case Reports (0920-
0009)--Extension--National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Formal surveillance 
of 22 separate reportable diseases has been ongoing to meet the public 
demand and scientific interest for accurate, consistent, epidemiologic 
data. These ongoing diseases include: Bacterial meningitis,

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dengue, hantavirus, HIV/AIDS, Idiopathic CD4+T-lymphocytopenia, 
Kawasaki syndrome, Legionellosis, lyme disease, malaria, Mycobacterium 
avium Complex Disease, plague, Reye Syndrome, tick-borne Rickettsial 
Disease, toxic shock syndrome, toxocariasis, trichinosis, typhoid 
fever, and viral hepatitis. Case report forms enable CDC to collect 
demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of cases of these 
diseases. This information is used to direct epidemiologic 
investigations, to identify and monitor trends in reemerging infectious 
diseases or emerging modes of transmission, to search for possible 
causes or sources of the diseases, and to develop guidelines for the 
prevention of treatment. It is also used to recommend target areas in 
most need of vaccinations for certain diseases and to determine 
development of drug resistance.
    Because of the distinct nature of each of the diseases, the number 
of cases reported annually is different for each. The total annualized 
burden is 34,038 hours (131,307  x  .259225).

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                                                                                   Number of      Average burden
                         Respondents                              Number of      responses per   respondent  (in
                                                                 respondents       respondent         hours)
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Health care workers..........................................              55          131,307         0.259225
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    Dated: May 10, 2001.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-12774 Filed 5-21-01; 8:45 am]
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