SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS)

GENERAL INFORMATION

• ENA Supports Canadian Nurses

• Medscape.com Update - May 20, 2003

• Pennsylvania Department of Health - Health Alert #2
  - PDF Format or Read Online with Interactive Links Format

• Infection Control Precautions for Aerosol-Generating Procedures on Patients who have Suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

CDC RESOURCES AND INFORMATION REGARDING SARS

• CDC Website

CDC Resources
• CDC Registry for Clinicians
  CDC is also developing a clinician's registry to provide you real-time information to help you prepare for and respond to terrorism and emergency situations. As a participant, you will receive regular updates on terrorism and emergency response issues targeted to clinicians. To participate, please go to www.bt.cdc.gov, click on "Clinician Registry for E-mail Updates on Terrorism and Emergency Response" under featured links, and follow the instructions for entering your email address. You will not be asked to enter your name or other personal information.

• CDC Update Highlights Importance of Infection Control

• Guidance About Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome for Americans Living Abroad
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/warden_notice.htm

• Health Alert Notice for International Travelers Arriving in the United States From China and Singapore
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/travel_alert.htm

• "Health Alert Notice for International Travelers Arriving in the United States From China and Singapore" in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, French and Vietnamese
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/languages.htm

• Interim Domestic Guidance for Management of Exposures to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) for Health-Care Settings
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/exposureguidance.htm

• Interim Domestic Infection Control Precautions for Aerosol-Generating Procedures on Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/aerosolinfectioncontrol.htm

• Interim Guidelines for Cruise Ships Attachment A
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/pdf/cruisescreenform.pdf

• Interim Travel Advisory: Taiwan
  http://www.cdc.gov/travel/other/sarstaiwan.htm

• MMWR's - Two Added
  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5220a1.htm
  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5220a2.htm

• Public Health Community Preparedness for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/webcast/broadcast052003.htm

• Questions and Answers on SARS
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/faq.htm

• Updated Interim U.S. Case Definition of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/casedefinition.htm