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Undetermined cause of Serratia marcescens
infections — Multiple States, 2018
Request for OMB
approval of a New Information Collection
April 26, 2018
Supporting Statement B
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: llj3@cdc.gov
1. Respondent
Universe and Sampling Methods 2
2. Procedures
for the Collection of Information 2
3. Methods
to maximize Response Rates and Deal with No Response 2
4. Tests
of Procedures or Methods to be Undertaken 2
5. Individuals
Consulted on Statistical Aspects and Individuals Collecting and/or
Analyzing Data 2
Respondent
Universe and Sampling Methods
Respondents include
healthcare workers including nurses, infection preventionists, and
other staff from public health departments in the United States.
Nationwide case-finding will be implemented (through Epi-X or
professional email list). Any additional cases identified through
case-finding will be included in the activity.
Procedures for
the Collection of Information
Hospital staff and health
department staff will review medical charts of case patients who
suffered Serratia
marcencens infections
and abstract data onto a standardized report form. For any additional
cases identified through case-finding, information of those cases
provided by healthcare workers who report them will be collected onto
a data collection form. Depending on the nature of each case, CDC may
reach out to relevant healthcare facilities or healthcare staff for
additional information (using chart abstraction form).
Methods to maximize Response Rates and Deal
with No Response
CDC used a case definition of
multiple patients in a single healthcare facility or cases among
outpatients (i.e., patients who had not received care at an inpatient
facility before illness onset) to decrease the number of case reports
generated and limit reports to those patients likely to be related to
the investigation. We expect to abstract all charts of case-patients.
Healthcare facility and health department response to the data
request is voluntary. Given the severity of the events, CDC will work
with state and local health departments and healthcare staff to
achieve the highest response rate possible. We expect to have 80%
response rate from health department staff, with prioritization of
data regarding patients whose test results indicate a strong
connection (by molecular typing) to the outbreak investigation. The
information requested has been kept to the absolute minimum in order
to minimize the public burden.
Tests of Procedures or Methods to be
undertaken
We did not perform a test of the
abstraction forms or interview questions. The Division of Healthcare
Quality Promotion has extensive experience carrying out
investigations of this type (i.e., investigations of
healthcare-associated infections or healthcare-related adverse events
in dialysis facilities). We are actively collaborating with the Food
and Drug Administration and multiple state health departments.
Individuals Consulted on Statistical Aspects
and Individuals Collecting and/or Analyzing Data
No
statistical methods are used in this data collection. Therefore, no
individuals were consulted.
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| Author | Samuel, Lee (CDC/OID/NCEZID) |
| File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
| File Created | 2021-01-21 |