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WHO coordinates
international effort to identify and treat SARS
Yesterday, WHO stepped up several activities aimed at
strengthening the international response to the recent emergence of Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). SARS is an infectious disease of unknown
etiology characterized by atypical pneumonia (see WHO press release of 15
March and additional information at www.who.int.)
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Information for clinicians: Hospital infection control guidance - Care for patients with probable SARS
WHO advises strict adherence with the barrier nursing of patients with
SARS using precautions for airborne, droplet and contact transmission.
Triage nurses should rapidly divert persons presenting to their health care
facility with flu-like symptoms to a separate assessment area to minimise
transmission to others in the waiting room. Suspect cases should wear
surgical masks until SARS is excluded. more
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CDC issues health alert notice for travelers to USA from Hong Kong,
Guangdong Province and Hanoi
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
on Saturday began distributing cards at airports receiving flights
returning directly from Hong Kong warning travelers returning to the
United States from Hong Kong and Guangdong Province, People's Republic of
China and Hanoi, Vietnam that they may have been exposed to cases of
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). more
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Interim guidance for state and local health departments
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is assisting the
World Health Organization (WHO) in investigating an outbreak of a
severe acute respiratory syndrome of unknown etiology. Cases have
been reported in China (Guangdong Province and the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region), Vietnam, Canada, Indonesia,
Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. This disease has been characterized
by secondary transmission in the health care setting and within
households. Most of the identified index cases have traveled to China and
a few have had no reported contact with health care workers or
sick patients while in China. Approximately 150 cases have been
reported. Cases have generally had a brief incubation period (3-5 days).
At least two suspect cases have traveled in New York City and
Atlanta while symptomatic. more
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Guidelines for infection control in health care personnel, 1998
This guideline updates and replaces the previous edition of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “Guideline for Infection Control
in Hospital Personnel,” published in 1983. The revised guideline, designed to provide methods for reducing the transmission of infections from patients to health care personnel and from personnel to patients, also provides an overview of the evidence for recommendations considered prudent by consensus of the Hospital Infection A working draft of this guideline was also
reviewed by experts in infection control, occupational health, and infectious diseases; however, all recommendations contained in the guideline may
not reflect the opinion of all reviewers. more
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