Cluster of Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Among Toronto Healthcare Workers After Implementation of Infection Control Precautions: A Case Series

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To review the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) infection control practices, the types of exposure to patients with SARS, and the activities associated with treatment of such patients among healthcare workers (HCWs) who developed SARS in Toronto, Canada, after SARS-specific infection control precautions had been implemented. METHODS: A retrospective review of work logs and patient assignments, detailed review of medical …

Authors

Ofner-Agostini M; Gravel D; McDonald LC; Lem M; Sarwal S; McGeer A; Green K; Vearncombe M; Roth V; Paton S

Journal

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 473–478

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Publication Date

May 2006

DOI

10.1086/504363

ISSN

0899-823X

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Mark Loeb

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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