Control Measures for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan

Twu, Shiing-Jer; Chen, Tzay-Jinn; Chen, Chien-Jen; Olsen, Sonja J.; Lee, Long‐Teng; Fisk, Tamara L.; Hsu, Kwo-Hsiung; Chang, Shan‐Chwen; Chen, Kow-Tong; Chiang, I-Hsin; Wu, Yi-Chun; Wu, Jiunn‐Shyan Julian; Dowell, Scott F.

doi:10.3201/eid0906.030283

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“…Within five weeks, 28 probable cases were reported: 24 were business travelers who were cared for primarily at large academic hospitals; four resulted from secondary transmission (one HCW and three family contacts). 17 On April 22, 2003, authorities detected an outbreak of SARS among HCWs at a large municipal hospital in Taipei. Officials imposed an unprecedented mass-scale hospital-wide quarantine on all hospital staff, patients and family members two days after the outbreak.…”

Section: Taiwan 2002-2003: a Case Study On Hospital Quarantinementioning

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Is There a Case for Quarantine? Perspectives from SARS to Ebola

Barbisch¹,

Koenig²,

Shih

2015

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Quarantine has been used for centuries in an effort to prevent the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases. While backed by legal authority, the public and even the health care worker community's understanding of the term is murky at best and scientific evidence to support the use of quarantine is frequently lacking.The multiple interpretations and references to quarantine, the inconsistent application of public health quarantine laws across jurisdictional boundaries, and reports of ineffectiveness, are further complicated by associated infringement of civil liberties and human rights abuses. Given the need to balance public safety with human rights, we must be more precise about its meaning and consider the efficacy and negative secondary effects resulting from the implementation of quarantine. This paper explains quarantine terminology and then uses a case study from Taiwan

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Section: Taiwan 2002-2003: a Case Study On Hospital Quarantinementioning

confidence: 99%

Is There a Case for Quarantine? Perspectives from SARS to Ebola

Barbisch¹,

Koenig²,

Shih

2015

Disaster med. public health prep.

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“…(This approach was used in healthcare settings during the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome [Twu et al, 2003]). Increased monetary costs of maintaining a respirator program is a factor to consider with this conservative approach.…”

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Issues Affecting Respirator Selection for Workers Exposed to Infectious Aerosols: Emphasis on Healthcare Settings

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“…Much of the disease worldwide was associated with hospital-based outbreaks ( 2 , 3 ). Healthcare workers made up a large proportion of cases; accounting for 37%–63% of suspected SARS cases in highly affected countries ( 4 – 6 ). In the United States, the epidemic was limited; 74 probable and 8 laboratory-confirmed case-patients were reported, despite aggressive efforts at detection, particularly in groups at high risk.…”

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Lack of SARS Transmission among Healthcare Workers, United States

Park

Peck

Kuehnert

et al. 2004

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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Healthcare workers accounted for a large proportion of persons with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) during the worldwide epidemic of early 2003. We conducted an investigation of healthcare workers exposed to laboratory-confirmed SARS patients in the United States to evaluate infection-control practices and possible SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) transmission. We identified 110 healthcare workers with exposure within droplet range (i.e., 3 feet) to six SARS-CoV–positive patients. Forty-five healthcare workers had exposure without any mask use, 72 had exposure without eye protection, and 40 reported direct skin-to-skin contact. Potential droplet- and aerosol-generating procedures were infrequent: 5% of healthcare workers manipulated a patient’s airway, and 4% administered aerosolized medication. Despite numerous unprotected exposures, there was no serologic evidence of healthcare-related SARS-CoV transmission. Lack of transmission in the United States may be related to the relative absence of high-risk procedures or patients, factors that may place healthcare workers at higher risk for infection.

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Control Measures for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan

Cited by 150 publications

References 4 publications

Is There a Case for Quarantine? Perspectives from SARS to Ebola

Is There a Case for Quarantine? Perspectives from SARS to Ebola

Issues Affecting Respirator Selection for Workers Exposed to Infectious Aerosols: Emphasis on Healthcare Settings

Lack of SARS Transmission among Healthcare Workers, United States

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