Cluster of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Cases Among Protected Health-Care Workers – Toronto, Canada, April 2003

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Lem, M. ; Ofner, M. ; Sarwal, S. ; Simor, A. ; Vearncombe, M.
• Description:
  Infections among health-care workers (HCWs) have been a common feature of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) since its emergence. The majority of these infections have occurred in locations where infection-control precautions either had not been instituted or had been instituted but were not followed. Recommended infection-control precautions include the use of negative-pressure isolation rooms where available; N95 or higher level of respiratory protection; gloves, gowns, and eye protection; and careful hand hygiene. This report summarizes a cluster of SARS cases among HCWs in a hospital that occurred despite apparent compliance with recommended infection-control precautions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Viral Diseases
• Keywords:
  Controlled-environment Disease-control Disease-transmission Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Infection-control Infectious-diseases Personal-protective-equipment Respiratory-system-disorders Viral-infections Worker-health

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• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Canada
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024103
• Citation:
  MMWR 2003 May; 52(19):433-436
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c3a5d8c74e123605e3c0e209226e93535233df4fbfac7d942394d378018f912d9c977ebc3e9423b03c02bf1110bf95f8a872dd5f7071d0c1877b1e8104ded9d0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183044/cdc_183044_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 76.40 KB ]