Request for change

Request for Nonmaterial/Non-substantive change

Information Collection for Tuberculosis Data from Panel Physicians

OMB Control Number 0920-1102

Expiration date

02/28/2019

Program Contact

Lee Samuel

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Road, NE

Atlanta, Georgia 30333

Phone: (404) 718-1616

Email: [email protected]

Submission Date: 4/12/2018

Circumstances of Change Request for OMB 0920-1102

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) requests a nonmaterial/non-substantive of the currently approved Information Collection Request: “Information Collection for Tuberculosis Data from Panel Physicians.”

CDC is moving the collection time frame for the tuberculosis (TB) indicators data from January to March to make more efficient use of panel physician and CDC program staff time concerning the reporting and analysis of critical TB data. This has two minor impacts on the structure of the reporting form, which, in combination, are not expected to have a substantive impact on reporting burden.

DGMQ TB Indicator data provide valuable TB-related epidemiologic data from required U.S. immigration medical exams and allow CDC to monitor the effectiveness and impact of CDC’s Technical Instructions in diagnosing applicants with TB disease. These data are used to:

• Improve quality assurance efforts and monitor proficiency of TB screening programs overseas

• Demonstrate the impact of CDC/DGMQ TB screening programs on country-specific TB burdens

• Evaluate the impact of the 2007 CDOT TB TI on the immigrant screening program

• Compare TB Indicator incidence rates to WHO country-specific TB incidence rates

• Detect and resolve problems at panel sites demonstrating poor performance

• Provide a potentially new source of TB data to National TB Programs globally

Description of the changes

1) The additional time provides an opportunity for pending TB results to become final, negating the need for data fields requesting pending results. Therefore, CDC is removing four fields concerning pending results:

• Row 5a. Smears Pending

• Row 5f. Smear+ /Culture Pending

• Row 5g. Smear- /Culture Pending

• Row 6a. DST Pending

2) The additional time also provides added focus on TB outcomes, so CDC is requesting two new variables related to treatment outcomes:

• Row 7a. DOT completed or in-progress at DGMQ-approved site

• Row 7b. Declined DOT at DGMQ-approved site

See comparison of sections below. Red text is removed fields; yellow fields are new.

Approved form

Requested changes

Burden

The removal of the pending results fields and the addition of TB outcome fields is not expected to materially change the burden associated with submitting the TB indicators form. These data are collected as part of routine procedures during the required medical examination of applications for immigration to the United States.

The burden table below is unchanged from the approved one.

Type of Respondents	Form Name	Number of Respondents	Number of Responses per Respondent	Average Burden per Response (in hours)	Total Burden Hours
International Panel Physicians (All sites)	TB Indicators Excel Spreadsheet	353	1	7.5	2648
TOTAL	2648

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