I ran up a swift policy on management of these patients yesterday morning - it is of considerable concern
thata many of the sufferers were health carers who caught the infection from an index case. Finding a
negative pressure room has proved impossible, and I had to abandon my first choice of isolation cubicle
(an operating theatre-like room) as it turned out to have positive pressure ventilation!
> I now have a little more experience/exposure to the potential problem of
> SARS, my email this morning must have been prophetic. Current advice
> regarding health care worker precautions seems to be to use :-
>
> barrier nursing/care
> gloves
> gowns
> masks
> goggles
>
> for any potential patients, (the same as for open TB patients). I
> believe
> that following initial assessment the patient should be nursed in a
> negative
> pressure room with barrier precautions. Not sure how many of those
> there are
> around the country?
>
> Potential patients are defined at
> http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/clinician_alert.htm
>
> Might be worth thinking this one through sooner rather than later.
>
> Simon
>
> Simon & Fiona Carley
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "s.carley" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 7:12 AM
> Subject: flu
>
>
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2851487.stm
> >
> > A bit of a worry don't you think!
> >
> > Simon & Fiona Carley
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> >
>
>
Best wishes,
Rowley Cottingham
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http://www.emergencyunit.com
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