Wednesday, May 07, 2003, 17:10 EDT (5:10 PM EDT)
CDCHAN-00139-03-05-07-UPD-N
Updated guidance documents for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Several guidance documents for containment of SARS have been updated and posted on the CDC website. Significant changes are: 1) revision of our "72 hour observation rule" for exposed individuals who have symptoms but do not meet the case definition, and 2) recommendation to exclude from duty healthcare workers who have unprotected high risk exposures to patients with SARS.
Interim
Domestic Guidance for Management of Exposures to Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS) for Health-Care and Other Institutional Settings
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/exposureguidance.htm
Interim Domestic Guidance on Persons Who May Have Been Exposed to Patients with Suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/exposuremanagement.htm
Interim Domestic Guidance for Health Departments in the Management of School Students Exposed to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/exposurestudents.htm
Additional updates to the SARS information on the website include:
Basic Information about SARS now available in Simplified Chinese
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/chinese-simp.htm
Travel alert to Singapore (replacing the previous travel advisory)
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/other/sarssingapore.htm
Please periodically check the CDC website for the most current information http://www.cdc.gov.
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