Att 2_Invitational E-mail

Attachment 2: Invitation email

OMB Control No. 0920-1050

Exp. Date 05/31/2022

<insert date email sent>

Subject: Drug Overdose Forensic Toxicology Needs Assessment Survey

To whom it may concern,

In collaboration with your state health department, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) invites you to participate in a survey about how your office investigates suspected drug overdose deaths in your medical examiner or coroner office. Your feedback will help inform CDC funding efforts to support comprehensive forensic toxicology testing of suspected drug overdose deaths, particularly those involving opioids and other psychoactive substances. This survey is funded through the CDC’s Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) cooperative agreement.

Through this survey, CDC seeks to understand current forensic toxicology testing protocols and identify strengths and gaps in testing procedures. The information gathered in this survey will not identify individuals or offices responding but information will be aggregated and reported by one of the 4 US census regions.

To complete this survey, please click on the link here: [insert link]. Participation in the survey is optional.

This survey has 22 questions and is estimated to take 30 minutes to complete. Please read all questions carefully and answer as best as you can. You may need to consult with other people (e.g., contact at lab conducting testing) to answer some questions. The survey does not have to be completed in one sitting – it can be saved and revisited if needed. Please submit a single survey for your office by <insert> date.

If you have questions about the survey, please contact Jessica Bitting at [email protected].

We know your time is valuable and appreciate you taking the time to complete this survey.

Sincerely,

Dr. Nicole Davis

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Public reporting burden of this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per respondent. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to CDC/ATSDR Information Collection Review Office, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS D-74, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333; ATTN: PRA (0920-1050).