SARS Infection Control
Perception of SARS as public health threat increases infection control compliance
Published in Health and Medicine Week, June 22nd, 2006
In a recently published report, investigators in Canada conducted a study to "determine pediatric emergency department (ED) staff perceptions of the effectiveness and practice of infection control measures against a novel virulent pathogen.
"All medical staff of the pediatric ED in a tertiary medical center completed a written questionnaire near the onset of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak."
"Level of concern regarding SARS, and perceptions of effectiveness and use of infection control measures were assessed on a...
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