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To: CobaltBlue
Here's something I recently found on google.

http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/physicianupdate/sars/sarsUpdateApril032003.html

1. If an outpatient who has regular scheduled visits with the hospital has traveled within the last 10 days to an area of the world where there is SARS (eg. Hong Kong) and has a scheduled appointment with a department on their return what precautions should we take? If the outpatient does not have symptoms of SARS (fever more than 38 degrees Celsius and one or more of cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing) then no special precautions are required. You simply follow usual, good infection control practices as are used for all patients. If the patient has symptoms that are suspicious for SARS, then the patient should be instructed to wear a surgical mask and arrangements made to send him/her to the emergency room for assessment. While the patient is in your area, he/she should be placed in a single room with no other patients and the door kept closed. You should wear a N95 mask, gown, and gloves if you have direct contact with the patient. The emergency room must be contacted to tell them that the patient is coming to be evaluated for SARS and arrangements should be made to escort the patient to Emergency. Be sure to tell Emergency the patient’s name! Call infection control for further instructions.

Sorry, but N95 mask means airborne contagion.

45 posted on 04/18/2003 1:26:47 PM PDT by Judith Anne (God bless our soldiers with swift victory...)
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To: Judith Anne
I don't think the portal of entry for the virus or the method of transmission has been established yet. A waterborne virus can gain entry either through direct contact with contaminated water or airborne via earosols. These are not mutually exclusive.
49 posted on 04/18/2003 1:34:11 PM PDT by Nebullis
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To: Judith Anne
It is airborn ... and all the other nasty things listed as well ...

JMHO personally. Think I will live out in the woods pretty soon.

55 posted on 04/18/2003 1:36:50 PM PDT by ex-Texan (primates capitulards toujours en quete de fromage!)
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To: Judith Anne
On one hand, the public health officials are telling us that there is no danger to the general public, while the instructions to health care workers are to treat suspicious cases as the most serious contagious illness on the planet.
57 posted on 04/18/2003 1:38:26 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Judith Anne
You're right, N95 means airborne pathogen.

The issue I was addressing is whether there are additional means of transmission.

That's why I say, get N95 masks, not just surgical masks. Personally, I purchased for my family N99 masks.
156 posted on 04/18/2003 5:38:10 PM PDT by CobaltBlue (Support the coalition! Buy goods made by our allies.)
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