TY - JOUR AU - Lau, Joseph T.F. AU - Yang, Xilin AU - Leung, P.C. AU - Chan, Louis AU - Wong, Eliza AU - Fong, Carmen AU - Tsui, H.Y. T1 - SARS in Three Categories of Hospital Workers, Hong Kong T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 8 SP - 1399 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We analyzed attack rates for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in three categories of hospital workers (nurses, nonmedical support staff, and other technical or medical staff) in all public hospitals in Hong Kong that had admitted SARS patients. Of 16 such hospitals, 14 had cases. The overall attack rate was 1.20%. Nonmedical support staff had the highest attack rate (2.73%). The odds ratios of group nonmedical support staff versus those of nurses and of nonmedical support staff versus other technical or medical staff were 2.30 (p < 0.001) and 9.78 (p < 0.001), respectively. The number of affected staff and attack rates were significantly correlated with the number of SARS patients admitted (r = 0.914 and 0.686, respectively). Affected patients were concentrated in three hospitals and in the earlier phase of the epidemic. Cleaning and clerical staff on hospital wards were at a much higher risk. KW - SARS KW - incidence study KW - Hong Kong KW - Chinese KW - hospital infection KW - nosocomial infection KW - healthcare workers KW - research DO - 10.3201/eid1008.040041 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/8/04-0041_article ER - End of Reference