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Volume 9, Number 10—October 2003
Research

Illness in Intensive Care Staff after Brief Exposure to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Damon C. Scales*, Karen Green*, Adrienne K. Chan*, Susan M. Poutanen*, Donna Foster*, Kylie Nowak*, Janet M. Raboud†, Refik Saskin*, Stephen E. Lapinsky*, and Thomas E. Stewart*†Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; †University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Table 2

Contact characteristics and infection control precautions for 31 healthcare workers who entered index patient’s rooma

Exposure type No. healthcare workers with exposure No. (%) exposed healthcare workers with SARS
Entry into room
31
6 (19)
Contact duration for those entering the room


<10 min
11
0
11–30 min
8
1 (12.5)
31 min to 4 h
8
2 (25)
>4 h
4
3 (75)
Nature of contact


Touched patient
19
6 (32)
Contact with mucous membranes
10
4 (40)
Performed procedure involving contact with mucous membranes or respiratory secretions
15
6 (40)
Present during NPPV
22
4 (18)
Performed or assisted intubation
5
3 (60)
Infection control precautions used during exposure


Always wore at least:


Gloves
15
3 (20)
Gown and gloves
15
3 (20)
Any mask (N-95 or surgical mask)
13
3 (23)
Gown, gloves, and N-95 mask
6
1 (17)
Gown, gloves, and surgical mask
6
2 (30)
Gown, gloves, and any mask
12
3 (25)
No precautions 8 1 (12.5)

aNPPV, noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation.

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