Even brief exposure can lead to SARS: health care workers.(Clinical Rounds)(severe acute respiratory syndrom)

Publication: Skin & Allergy News

Publication Date: 01-APR-04

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CHICAGO -- In preparing for a possible reemergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome, clinicians need to anticipate the possibility of unexpected SARS exposure and, if exposure is recognized, to be prepared to institute an immediate quarantine of anyone at risk of exposure, said Dr. Damon Scales of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto.

Health care workers in institutions with SARS patients must vigilantly...

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