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- - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a contagious disease that caused significant outbreaks, requiring strict infection control measures in hospitals and communities.
- - During the 2003 outbreak, 2 out of 90 SARS patients at a hospital underwent cardiac catheterization, which prompted enhanced safety protocols to reduce the risk of virus spread during these procedures.
- - The study emphasizes the need for collaboration between cardiac catheterization lab staff and hospital engineering teams to create effective infection control plans for potential future epidemics.
Article Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a highly contagious disease that has led to large hospital and community outbreaks, necessitating stringent infection control in its management. Among 90 SARS patients in our institution in the 2003 outbreak, 2 underwent cardiac catheterization. We report the personal respiratory protection and environmental control measures implemented to minimize the risk of droplets spread during these procedures, including re-engineering of the ventilation system of the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL). The report highlights the importance of collaboration of CCL personnel with relevant hospital engineering and management teams to develop a contingency infection control plan to prepare for future outbreaks of SARS or other epidemics.
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