Cluster Follow-up Form

National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS)

Attachment 3(f)
Cluster Follow-Up Form

Form Approved
OMB No. 0920-0573
Expiration Date: 11/30/2022
Cluster Report: Follow Up Report (Complete for all clusters, regardless of method of detection)
Reporting Jurisdiction Name:
Person Completing Report:

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Low morbidity jurisdiction?
Email address:
2. Local Cluster ID entered into eHARS 
A local cluster ID must be populated on this form and in eHARS.
For molecular clusters, please use the following nomenclature: the twoletter jurisdiction abbreviation followed by the year and month in
which the cluster was first identified and Secure HIV TRACE cluster ID
(e.g., GA_YYYYMM_10-5)
For time-space clusters, please use the following nomenclature: the
two letter jurisdiction abbreviation followed by the year and month in
which the cluster was first identified and cluster ID with the initials ‘TS’
(e.g., GA_YYYYMM_TS789). Please ensure that cluster IDs do NOT
contain personal identifiers.

1. Date form completed

3. National Cluster ID (if applicable)  

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4. Are response activities for this cluster currently ongoing?
(If no, DO NOT fill out this form. Complete the Annual/Cluster Closeout Report instead).
5*. Current number of persons in the transmission cluster in your jurisdiction:**
6. Current number of persons in the risk network in your jurisdiction who are not known to be HIV positive:**
7. Has testing or re-testing been conducted for any persons who were not know to be HIV positive at the time of identification as part of the risk network?**
(If "yes", please update question 8 below.)
8a. Total number of persons in the risk network in your jurisdiction
tested/re-tested to date:**
8^. Of persons who were HIV-negative or had unknown HIV status at the time of
8b. Total number of persons in the risk network in your jurisdiction who
identification as part of the risk network, what are the results of testing or re-testing
newly tested positive as a result of testing/re-testing efforts:**
efforts to date?**
8c. Total number of persons in the risk network in your jurisdiction newly
referred for PrEP:**
9. Please describe any challenges you have encountered in promoting viral
suppression among persons in the transmission cluster, or in conducting testing/retesting and PrEP referral among persons in the risk network:**
10. Since the time of cluster detection, have any of the following investigation and/or intervention activities been conducted:
10a. Partner Services interviews for
10b. Partner Services re-interviews for persons in the transmission
persons in the transmission cluster who
cluster who were previously interviewed?
were not previously interviewed?
10c. Social network interviews and/or
10d. Second-generation interviews (interviews of partners of partners)?
testing?
10e. Targeted testing events?

10f. Medical chart reviews?

10g. Qualitative interviews?
10h. Messaging activities? (If yes, please
describe using the box to the right)
10g. Other activities (If yes, please describe
using the box to the right)
11. What is your current level of concern for this cluster?
(Provide comments regarding your current level of concern in the box to the right.) Note: Select 'High' if additional response is needed, 'Medium' if additional
information about the cluster is needed, or 'Low' if no additional investigation activities are needed at this time.
12. Additional comments:
^This information can be pulled directly from your partner services database and provided as a separate excel attachment rather than reporting separately here, if your system has the functionality
to do this.
*This information can be pulled directly from eHARS and provided as a separate excel attachment rather than reporting separately here.
**For guidance on how to complete these fields for non-molecular clusters, see the Cluster Report Instructions document.
END OF FOLLOW UP REPORT FORM. If cluster investigation activities are not currently ongoing, please complete the Cluster Closeout Form.

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