[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 81 (Monday, April 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23358-23359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08794]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-20-20MR; Docket No. CDC-2020-0039]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled ``Leptospirosis and melioidosis
active hospital-based surveillance in Puerto Rico.'' The project aims
to identify leptospirosis and melioidosis cases in Puerto Rico by
establishing active surveillance for both diseases at four hospital
sites for timelier disease identification and treatment and to improve
understanding of leptospirosis and melioidosis epidemiology and ecology
in Puerto Rico for public health control and prevention planning.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before June 26, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0039 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. 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
submissions of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Leptospirosis and melioidosis active hospital-based surveillance in
Puerto Rico--New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The project aims to identify leptospirosis and melioidosis cases in
Puerto Rico by establishing active surveillance for both diseases at
four hospital sites for timelier disease identification and treatment
and to improve understanding of leptospirosis and melioidosis
epidemiology and ecology in Puerto Rico for public health control and
prevention planning. Both diseases can cause outbreaks after hurricanes
and flooding, especially in tropical areas, and this project is being
conducted in response to an increase in leptospirosis cases after
Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.
Participation is voluntary. Participants will be recruited from the
population presenting to the emergency
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department of the four hospital sites with febrile illness, and will be
interviewed to gather information on symptoms, possible exposures, and
medical history, in addition to having diagnostic samples collected to
test for leptospirosis plus or minus melioidosis (depending on
presenting symptoms). Participants will then also be interviewed
approximately two weeks after enrollment to determine illness
progression and outcome. Patients testing positive for leptospirosis,
if willing, may have animals sampled from their home or work
environments, if present, to help determine the animal reservoirs
related to human leptospirosis illness in Puerto Rico.
The estimated annualized burden hours requested are 1,675. There is
no cost 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 Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Patient....................... PIFA (screening) 7,000 1 5/60 583
Patient....................... PIFA (full form: 3,000 1 10/60 500
Sections 1-4,
11).
Patient....................... Consent Form.... 3,000 1 6/60 300
Patient....................... PIFF............ 1,000 1 10/60 167
Patient....................... Animal Household 250 1 30/60 125
Survey.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,675
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-08794 Filed 4-24-20; 8:45 am]
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