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• Information on Cases
• Information on Infection Control Issues
• Information on Public Health Management
• Educational Resources

Information on Cases

• When was the last case of SARS in Canada?
• What is being done to ensure that any new SARS cases will be detected in Canada? (PDF)
• What constitutes a "confirmed" or "probable" case of SARS? (PDF)
• What are the current clinical management recommendations for SARS cases? (PDF)
• What is the procedure if a SARS case is found to have recently received or donated blood?

Information on Infection Control Issues

• What are the recommended infection precautions for:
• SARS in institutional settings? (PDF)
• SARS in outpatient settings? (PDF)
• Health care workers working with SARS patients? (PDF)
• Laboratories receiving specimens for SARS testing?
• When and what type of masks should be worn to protect me from SARS?
• One of my patients works at a busy international airport, what information is available for him about protecting himself from SARS?
• Air Flight Cabin Crew
• Aircraft Cleaning Crew
• Quarantine Officers

Information on Public Health Management

• What is the role of public health in the management of cases of severe respiratory illness detected through the new hospital-based enhanced surveillance system?
(PDF)
• Should people returning from area with local transmission of SARS be quarantined?
• What will happen if a SARS case is identifed:
  • on an airplane?

Educational Resources

• Are there any general information sheets available to help me educate concerned members of the public about SARS?
• What should I tell my patient who is planning to travel to a SARS affected area? (PDF)