PMID- 15525911
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050510
LR  - 20240328
IS  - 0196-6553 (Print)
IS  - 1527-3296 (Electronic)
IS  - 0196-6553 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 7
DP  - 2004 Nov
TI  - Infection control practices for SARS in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Taiwan, 
      and Thailand: experience from mobile SARS containment teams, 2003.
PG  - 377-83
AB  - BACKGROUND: Despite available recommendations on infection control for severe 
      acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), information is limited on actual practices in 
      Asian hospitals during the epidemic. We describe practices observed by mobile 
      SARS containment teams (mobile teams) during outbreak investigations. METHODS: We 
      retrospectively summarized infection control practices observed in hospitals 
      visited by mobile teams in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), Taiwan, 
      and Thailand, during March and April 2003. RESULTS: Mobile teams investigated 22 
      reports of SARS in 20 hospitals (1, 5, and 14 hospitals in Lao PDR, Taiwan, and 
      Thailand, respectively). Facilities ranged from urban hospitals with 
      negative-pressure isolation rooms and high-efficiency particulate air filtration 
      to rural hospitals with patient rooms open to outside air circulation and 
      intermittent running water. At the time of mobile team visits, 5 (25%) hospitals 
      implemented infection control practices consistent with World Health Organization 
      recommendations on visitor policies, private negative-pressure rooms, and 
      personal protective equipment. CONCLUSIONS: Early in the SARS epidemic, mobile 
      teams found wide variations in infection control practices and resources among 
      Asian hospitals evaluating patients for SARS, indicating the importance of 
      ongoing assessment during SARS preparedness. Mobile teams are one mechanism to 
      assess practices and promote implementation of recommended infection control 
      measures.
FAU - Lee, Nolan E
AU  - Lee NE
AD  - Epidemic Intelligence Service assigned to Los Angeles County Department of Health 
      Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 
      nlee@ladhs.org
FAU - Siriarayapon, Potjaman
AU  - Siriarayapon P
FAU - Tappero, Jordan
AU  - Tappero J
FAU - Chen, Kow-Tong
AU  - Chen KT
FAU - Shuey, Dean
AU  - Shuey D
FAU - Limpakarnjanarat, Khanchit
AU  - Limpakarnjanarat K
FAU - Chavavanich, Achara
AU  - Chavavanich A
FAU - Dowell, Scott F
AU  - Dowell SF
CN  - SARS Mobile Response Team Investigators
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Infect Control
JT  - American journal of infection control
JID - 8004854
SB  - IM
MH  - Communicable Disease Control
MH  - Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control
MH  - Hospitals/*standards
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infection Control/*methods
MH  - Laos/epidemiology
MH  - Protective Clothing
MH  - Quarantine
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/epidemiology/*prevention & control/transmission
MH  - Taiwan/epidemiology
MH  - Thailand/epidemiology
PMC - PMC7119115
EDAT- 2004/11/05 09:00
MHDA- 2005/05/11 09:00
PMCR- 2004/10/30
CRDT- 2004/11/05 09:00
PHST- 2004/11/05 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/05/11 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/11/05 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2004/10/30 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S0196655304004493 [pii]
AID - S0196-6553(04)00449-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.03.005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Infect Control. 2004 Nov;32(7):377-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.03.005.