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CCOHS has compiled a reliable resource list to provide the public and healthcare professionals credible information about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
The links below provide information on various topics including symptoms, infection control, respiratory protection, exposure management, and quarantine.
CCOHS OSH ANSWERS
Information on SARS including prevention
Respiratory Protection Against Infections for Health Care Workers
COMMISSION AND REPORTS
Commission to Investigate the Introduction and Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
“Naylor Report”
Learning from SARS - Renewal of Public Health in Canada: A report of the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health October 2003.
HEALTH CANADA, POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Web site has general information on SARS as well as information for health care professionals about SARS cases in Canada and elsewhere, infection control, use of masks and respirators, warnings and advisories, and more.
ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE (MOHLTC)
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) web page on the MOHLTC web site has numerous links to Ministry information on SARS aimed at the general public and health care professionals
SARS Screening Resources provides access to “SARS Screening Tool For All Ontario Healthcare Settings” in English, French, and eight other languages.
The web site continues to be updated; for example, on October 22, 2003, six new documents were added in the “Notices and Directives” section, including:
Directive to all Acute Care Facilities Regarding the Application of Respiratory and Contact Precautions (Enhanced) with: Patients with Febrile Respiratory Illness and a SARS Contact History; Persons Under Investigation; SARS Patients; and, SARS Units [Directive RCPE 03-01, Dated Oct. 22, 2003; 10-page PDF document]
Directive to All Ontario Acute Care Facilities for High-Risk Respiratory Procedures (Includes Both Non-Outbreak and Outbreak Conditions) [Directive HR03-12, Dated Oct. 22, 2003; 24-page PDF document]
Outbreak Conditions - SARS Risk Management Algorithm and Risk Factor Screening Tool [2-page PDF document created Oct. 21, 2003]
The Health Care Health & Safety Association of Ontario
Respiratory Protection Programs Development and Implementation for the
Prevention of Occupational Infections in Health and Community Care Workplaces Resource Manual (First Edition: September 2003; available in printed format for purchase and online as 86-page PDF document)
REGISTERED NURSES ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO (RNAO)
SARS Unmasked: Celebrating Resilience, Exposing Vulnerability (Sept. 29, 2003) Submission to the Independent Commission to Investigate the Introduction and Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) PDF document (34 pages) is available online on the RNAO web site
Features: Focus - SARS This RNAO web page presents its coverage on SARS.
ONTARIO NURSES' ASSOCIATION
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Keeping Our Community Protected ONA’s web page with numerous links to articles, documents, and web sites of interest to nurses.
TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH SARS FACT SHEETS
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (May 29, 2003) – available in English, French, and eight other languages
Work Quarantine (May 27, 2003) – in English only
Handwashing (April 2, 2003) – available in English, French, and seven other languages.
Bleach and Water for Disinfecting (April 2, 2003) – available in English, French, and four other languages.
CBC - SARS Main Page Many links to news articles and SARS-related web sites
McGill Health Sciences Library and Osler Library of the History of Medicine Resources compiled at McGill University on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SARS SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Guidelines for the Acute Management of SARS in the Hospital setting. (June 19, 2003) PDF document (12 pages) online on the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) web site
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre
Respiratory Equipment & Procedures - Infection Control Guidelines for the Use of Respiratory Equipment or Procedures in patients with Probable or Suspect (Revised Draft - May 02, 2003). PDF document (9 pages) is available online on the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) web site.
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT NETWORK OF CANADA
SARS and health care workers: Dealing with stress Two-page PDF document on the Canadian Medical Association web site
SARS and quarantine Two-page PDF document on the Canadian Medical Association web site
Dealing with stress or anxiety about SARS Two-page PDF document on the Canadian Medical Association web site
SARS Support Center Mission: To respond to the needs of people experiencing stress caused by SARS.
Canadian Medical Association Journal
The immediate psychological and occupational impact of the 2003 SARS outbreak in a teaching hospital (Fast-tracked article, published at www.cmaj.ca on Apr. 16, 2003) Robert Maunder, Jonathan Hunter, Leslie Vincent, Jocelyn Bennett, Nathalie Peladeau, Molyn Leszcz, Joel Sadavoy, Lieve M. Verhaeghe, Rosalie Steinberg, Tony Mazzulli
NIOSH - The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) web page has links to CDC publications on SARS, SARS in the Workplace, and Respiratory Protection
Understanding Respiratory Protection Against SARS
National Center for Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site includes frequently asked questions for clinicians, schools, colleges, university, workplaces, travel, etc. & links to international resources, World Health Organization resources and additional international resources.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA), U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Safety and Health Topics: Health Care Facilities
Information Regarding Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
SARS: Protecting Workers – a PowerPoint ® Presentation
WHO Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR), World Health Organization (WHO)
Comprehensive information about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
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