TY - JOUR AU - Loutfy, Mona R. AU - Wallington, Tamara AU - Rutledge, Tim AU - Mederski, Barbara AU - Rose, Keith AU - Kwolek, Sue AU - McRitchie, Donna AU - Ali, Azra AU - Wolff, Bryan AU - White, Diane AU - Glassman, Edward AU - Ofner, Marianna AU - Low, Don E. AU - Berger, Lisa AU - McGeer, Allison AU - Wong, Tom AU - Baron, David AU - Berall, Glenn T1 - Hospital Preparedness and SARS T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 5 SP - 771 SN - 1080-6059 AB - On May 23, 2003, Toronto experienced the second phase of a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak. Ninety cases were confirmed, and >620 potential cases were managed. More than 9,000 persons had contact with confirmed or potential case-patients; many required quarantine. The main hospital involved during the second outbreak was North York General Hospital. We review this hospital’s response to, and management of, this outbreak, including such factors as building preparation and engineering, personnel, departmental workload, policies and documentation, infection control, personal protective equipment, training and education, public health, management and administration, follow-up of SARS patients, and psychological and psychosocial management and research. We also make recommendations for other institutions to prepare for future outbreaks, regardless of their origin. KW - Severe acute respiratory syndrome KW - outbreak KW - hospital KW - management KW - Canada DO - 10.3201/eid1005.030717 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/5/03-0717_article ER - End of Reference