SARS Transmission and Hospital Containment

Gopalakrishna, Gowri; Choo, Philip; Leo, Yee Sin; Tay, Boon Keng; Lim, Yean Teng; Khan, Ali S.; Tan, Chorh Chuan

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SARS Transmission and Hospital Containment

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Mar 2004

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Emerg Infect Dis. 10(3):395-400.

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Gopalakrishna, Gowri ; Choo, Philip ; Leo, Yee Sin ; Tay, Boon Keng ; Lim, Yean Teng ; ... More ▼

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An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was detected in Singapore at the beginning of March 2003. The outbreak, initiated by a traveler to Hong Kong in late February 2003, led to sequential spread of SARS to three major acute care hospitals in Singapore. The critical factor in containing this outbreak was early detection and complete assessment of movements and follow-up of patients, healthcare workers, and visitors who were contacts. Visitor records were important in helping identify exposed persons who could carry the infection into the community. In the three hospital outbreaks, three different containment strategies were used to contain spread of infection: closing an entire hospital, removing all potentially infected persons to a dedicated SARS hospital, and managing exposed persons in place. On the basis of this experience, if a nosocomial outbreak is detected late, a hospital may need to be closed in order to contain spread of the disease. Outbreaks detected early can be managed by either removing all exposed persons to a designated location or isolating and managing them in place.

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