2013-15895. Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

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Proposed Project

Emerging Infections Program—New—National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

The Emerging Infections Programs (EIPs) are population-based centers of excellence established through a network of state health departments collaborating with academic institutions; local health departments; public health and clinical laboratories; infection control professionals; and healthcare providers. EIPs assist in local, state, and national efforts to prevent, control, and monitor the public health impact of infectious diseases. Various parts of the EIP have received separate OMB clearance (OMB Control No. 0920-0802, ABCs, and OMB Control No. 0920-0852, All Age Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance); however this request seeks to have these core EIP activities under one clearance.

Activities of the EIPs fall into the following general categories: (1) Active surveillance; (2) applied public health epidemiologic and laboratory activities; (3) implementation and evaluation of pilot prevention/intervention projects; and (4) flexible response to public health emergencies. Activities of the EIPs are designed to: (1) Address issues that the EIP network is particularly suited to investigate; (2) maintain sufficient flexibility for emergency response and new problems as they arise; (3) develop and evaluate public health interventions to inform public health policy and treatment guidelines; (4) incorporate training as a key function; and (5) prioritize projects that lead directly to the prevention of disease.

The total estimated burden is 12,319 hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours

Type of respondent	Form name	Number of respondents	Number of responses per respondent	Average burden per response (in hours)
State Health Department	ABCs Case Report Form	10	809	20/60
	Invasive Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ABCs Case Report Form	10	609	20/60
	ABCs Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children Case Report Form	10	41	10/60
	Neonatal Infection Expanded Tracking Form	10	37	20/60
	ABCs Legionellosis Case Report Form	10	100	20/60
	Campylobacter	10	637	20/60
	Cryptosporidium	10	130	10/60
	Cyclospora	10	3	10/60
	Listeria monocytogenes	10	13	20/60
	Salmonella	10	827	20/60
	Shiga toxin producing E. coli	10	90	20/60
	Shigella	10	178	10/60
	Vibrio	10	20	10/60
	Yersinia	10	16	10/60
	Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome	10	10	60/60
	Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Project Case Report Form	10	400	15/60
	Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Project Vaccination Telephone Survey	10	100	5/60
	Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Project Vaccination Telephone Survey Consent Form	10	100	5/60

Leroy A. Richardson,

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.