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Volume 10, Number 2—February 2004
THEME ISSUE
2004 SARS Edition
SARS Transmission

Lack of SARS Transmission among Public Hospital Workers, Vietnam

Le Dang Ha*†1, Sharon A. Bloom‡1Comments to Author , Nguyen Quang Hien†, Susan A. Maloney‡, Le Quynh Mai§, Katrin C. Leitmeyer¶, Bach Huy Anh**, Mary G. Reynolds‡, Joel M. Montgomery‡, James A. Comer‡, PeterW. Horby**, and Aileen J. Plant††
Author affiliations: *Institute for Clinical Research in Tropical Medicine, Hanoi, Vietnam; †Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam; ‡Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; §National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam; ¶Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland; #Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam; **Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, WHO, Hanoi, Vietnam; ††Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia; 1Primary coauthor.

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Table

Occupations, SARS exposures, symptoms, and personal protective equipment use among workers on the SARS wards, hospital B, Vietnam, May 2003a,b

 SARS ward respondents
N (%)
Occupation:
Physicians
 23 (37.1)
Nurses
 30 (48.4)
Nonclinical staff (housekeepers, clerks, elevator operators,
laboratory technicians, and guards)
 9 (14.5)
Ever in room while SARS patient getting nebulized medications
 36 (58.1)
Ever in room while SARS patient receiving noninvasive positive pressure ventilation
 40 (64.5)
During the first week of SARS patient care (March 12–19):
On busiest day, worked >6 hours in SARS patient’s room
 39 (62.9)
Wore a mask in patient’s room “always” or “usually”
 61 (98.4)
Wore only cloth mask, surgical mask, or both
 43 (69.4)
Wore N-95 mask and other type of mask
 19 (30.6)
Wore gloves in patient room “always” or “usually”
 48 (77.4)
After first week of SARS patient care:
Wore face mask in patient’s room “always” or “usually”
 56 (90.3)
Wore N95 mask
 62 (100)
Wore gloves in patient’s room “always” or “usually”
 47 (75.8)
Symptoms and personal health behaviors:
Fever
 1 (1.6)
Cough
 10 (16.1)
Sore throat
 16 (22.6)
Extreme fatigue 31 (50)

aSARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome.
bN = 62

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1Primary coauthor.

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