SARS and beyond: Prepare your facility for respiratory disease outbreaks
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, April 29, 2004
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Q: A patient presents with acute onset of pneumonia. He traveled outside of the United States in May 2003. He has had no known exposure to anyone with influenza or pneumonia and cause of pneumonia has not been identified. Is this a probable or suspect case of SARS?
A: This is a probable case of SARS because the patient presents with pneumonia. Pneumonia is a symptom of a severe respiratory disease in the later stages of SARS. In order for a patient to be considered to have a suspect case, he or she must meet the criteria for mild-to-moderate respiratory illness.
Editor's note: The above case is from the new online course "SARS and beyond: Prepare your facility for respiratory disease outbreaks." For more information on this and other Infection Control courses, go to www.hcprofessor.com and click on Infection Control.
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