Interim guidance on infection control precautions for patients with suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and close contacts in households

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Saturday, March 29, 2003, 16:35 EST (4:35 PM EST)
  
  CDCHAN -00132-03-03-29-ADV–N
  
  Patients with SARS pose a risk of transmission to close household contacts and healthcare personnel in close contact. The duration of time before or after onset of symptoms during which a patient with SARS can transmit the disease to others is unknown. The following infection control measures are recommended for patients with suspected SARS in households or residential settings. These recommendations are based on the experience in the United States to date and may be revised as more information becomes available.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cross Infection/ Prevention & Control Disease Outbreaks Infection Control/methods Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & Control Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/prevention & Control
• Source:
  HAN ; 132
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Advisory
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  132
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5372bbf6b16d044e25494bbc4c5851d79f9df0cbe7574449b4db48ca0eb0e3f7163bdab44cebdef967328f80fb3f00de7100b09dc501ab220615795eb91d1534
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25044/cdc_25044_DS1.pdf
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