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Volume 11, Number 7—July 2005
Research

Emergency Department Response to SARS, Taiwan

Wei-Kung Chen*Comments to Author , Hong-Dar Isaac Wu*, Cheng-Chieh Lin†, and Yi-Chang Cheng†
Author affiliations: *China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; †China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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Table 4

Features of infectious control measures in different hospitals by level and type*

Response to the SARS outbreak Hospital level
Hospital type
A (%), n = 15 B (%), n = 28 C (%), n = 57 p value Public (%), n = 30 Private (%), n = 70 p value
Timing of PPE (complete preparedness) 0.132 0.082
Early stage 4 (27) 2 (7) 14 (25) 3 (10) 17 (24)
Late stage 11 (73) 26 (93) 43 (75) 27 (90) 53 (76)
Start of PPE use 0.015 0.006
From ED workers themselves 1 (7) 2 (8) 8 (14) 3 (10) 8 (11)
From ED administrators 9 (60) 13 (46) 13 (23) 17 (57) 18 (26)
From hospital administrators 5 (33) 13 (46) 36 (63) 10 (33) 44 (63)
Timing of ICMs (complete set-up) 0.087 0.559
Early stage 3 (20) 8 (29) 24 (42) 10 (33) 24 (34)
Late stage 12 (80) 20 (71) 33 (58) 20 (67) 46 (66)
Order of infection measures 0.058 0.136
From ED workers themselves 1 (7) 1 (4) 7 (12) 3 (10) 7 (10)
From ED administrators 9 (60) 13 (46) 15 (26) 16 (53) 21 (30)
From hospital administrators 5 (33) 14 (50) 35 (62) 11 (37) 42 (60)

*SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; PPE, personal protective equipment; ICM, infection control measures; ED, emergency department.

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