SSB-EOC Clinical Inquiries Database 072116

CDC Emergency Operations Center: Zika Related Clinical Inquiries

Request for OMB Approval of a New Information Collection

July 21, 2016

Supporting Statement B

Contact:

Maleeka Glover, ScD, MPH, CHES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)

1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop C18

Atlanta, GA 30333

mhg6@cdc.gov

Table of Contents

1. Respondent Universe and Sampling Methods 2

2. Procedures for the Collection of Information 2

3. Methods to Maximize Response Rates and Deal with Nonresponse 3

4. Tests of Procedures or Methods to be Undertaken 4

5. Individuals Consulted on Statistical Aspects and Individuals Collecting and/or Analyzing Data 4

1. Respondent Universe and Sampling Methods

Respondents will be state, tribal, local and territorial (STLT) public health authorities, clinicians, and other providers that are entrusted with monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment of persons at risk for Zika virus in the US and internationally.

No statistical sampling methods are used. The Call Center is operated as a service to the US and international public. Callers to the CDC Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Call Center are a self-selected convenience sample of STLT public health authorities or health facilities that are involved in monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment of confirmed cases, persons of interest for Zika virus infection (POIs), and contacts of cases. Therefore, the clinical information collected on Zika virus cases and POIs is also a convenience sample. This clinical inquiries database may be amended in the future to include unforeseen outbreaks.

2. Procedures for the Collection of Information

Call center

The CDC EOC Call Center receives public inquiries from STLT public health authorities or health facilities that are involved in monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment of confirmed cases, POIs, and contacts of cases. During the discussion, the Call Center staff person records clinical information directly into the “Domestic Zika Virus Clinical Inquiries Database,” or enters the information from hand written notes after the call.

3. Methods to Maximize Response Rates and Deal with Nonresponse

Call center

Because the CDC EOC Call Center operates at the convenience of the public, the need to maximize response rates is not applicable, as the respondents have voluntarily initiated the calls themselves. It is anticipated they will voluntarily provide clinical information about the cases, contacts, and POIs under discussion.

4. Tests of Procedures or Methods to be Undertaken

N/A

5. Individuals Consulted on Statistical Aspects and Individuals Collecting and/or Analyzing Data

There are no statistical sampling methods used in this collection. On occasion, descriptive statistical analysis will be performed by CDC staff assigned to the CDC Domestic Inquiries Team in the EOC.