CDC reviews STI tracking forms for efficiency improvements
Published Date: 9/18/2026
Notice
Summary
The CDC is asking for your thoughts on their STI Surveillance Network forms to make sure they’re useful and not too much work. If you have ideas on how to improve or simplify these forms, now’s your chance to speak up within 30 days. This helps keep data collection smart and efficient without wasting time or money.
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Public health staff face recurring data reporting hours
Data managers at participating clinics and state/local health departments must prepare and transmit validated datasets to CDC every other month. The notice lists specific burdens: 16 clinic abstractions (six transmissions at 4 hours each = 384 hours), 12 Strategy A jurisdiction data-management transmissions (six transmissions at 40 hours each = 2,880 hours), and 11 Strategy B jurisdiction transmissions (six transmissions at 40 hours each = 2,640 hours), contributing to a revised total annual burden of 7,237 hours for the project cycle.
You may be contacted after a gonorrhea diagnosis
If you are diagnosed with gonorrhea in one of the 11 Strategy B jurisdictions, CDC may randomly sample your case for an enhanced interview that takes about 10 minutes. The notice reports 187,833 gonorrhea cases in 2023 across those jurisdictions, a 7% random sample (about 13,148 cases) was selected previously, and CDC estimates respondents will produce about 1,083 total burden hours from interviews.
STI clinic patients may take a 5-minute survey
If you go to one of the participating STI clinics, you may be asked to complete a one-time clinic patient survey that lasts about 5 minutes. CDC expects about 3,000 clinic patients to be surveyed across funded sites, for a total of about 250 burden hours.
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