Hospital Preparedness and SARS

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Loutfy, Mona R. ; Wallington, Tamara ; Rutledge, Tim ; Mederski, Barbara ; Rose, Keith ; Kwolek, Sue ; McRitchie, Donna ; Ali, Azra ; Wolff, Bryan ; White, Diane ; Glassman, Edward ; Ofner, Marianna ; Low, Don E. ; Berger, Lisa ; McGeer, Allison ; Wong, Tom ; Baron, David ; Berall, Glenn
• Description:
  On May 23, 2003, Toronto experienced the second phase of a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak. Ninety cases were confirmed, and >620 potential cases were managed. More than 9,000 persons had contact with confirmed or potential case-patients; many required quarantine. The main hospital involved during the second outbreak was North York General Hospital. We review this hospital's response to, and management of, this outbreak, including such factors as building preparation and engineering, personnel, departmental workload, policies and documentation, infection control, personal protective equipment, training and education, public health, management and administration, follow-up of SARS patients, and psychological and psychosocial management and research. We also make recommendations for other institutions to prepare for future outbreaks, regardless of their origin.
• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control Communicable Diseases, Emerging Disease Outbreaks Hospitals, Urban Humans Sars Virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(5):771-776.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Canada
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ebf2bd2d31882cdc95a5d5d949fc3954252952d9752a92d36d90078f4342cb57
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14488/cdc_14488_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 144.74 KB ]