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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| 霍泰辉教授 (儿科学系) |
| 宋银子教授 (医学院) |
| Professor Edmund Anthony Severn NELSON (儿科学系) |
| 黄永坚教授 (儿科学系) |
| 李志光教授 (儿科学系) |
| 李民瞻教授 (儿科学系) |
| 韩锦伦教授 (儿科学系) |
| 伍百祥教授 (儿科学系) |
| 梁廷勋教授 (儿科学系) |
全文
| 数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2003.11.004 |
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摘要Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging infectious disease. After the appearance of an index patient in Hong Kong in February 2003, SARS outbreaks occurred rapidly in hospitals and spread to the community. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a triage policy and risk-stratified infection control measures in preventing nosocomial SARS infection among paediatric healthcare workers (HCWs) at the Prince of Wales Hospital, a general hospital to which children with SARS are referred in Hong Kong. The acute paediatric wards were stratified into three areas: (1) ultra high-risk area, (2) high-risk area and (3) moderate-risk area according to different risk levels of nosocomial SARS transmission. The implementation of different levels of infection control precautions was guided by this risk stratification strategy. Between 13 March and 23 June, 38 patients with probable and suspected SARS, 90 patients with non-SARS pneumonia, and 510 patients without pneumonia were admitted into our unit. All probable SARS cases were isolated in negative-pressure rooms. Twenty-six HCWs worked in the ultra high-risk area caring for SARS patients and 88 HCWs managed non-SARS patients in other ward areas. None of the HCWs developed clinical features suggestive of SARS. In addition, there was no nosocomial spread of SARS-associated coronavirus to other patients or visitors during this period. In conclusion, stringent infection control precautions, appropriate triage and prompt isolation of potential SARS patients may have contributed to a lack of nosocomial spread and HCW acquisition of SARS in our unit. (C) 2003 The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
着者Leung TF, Ng PC, Cheng FWT, Lyon DJ, So KW, Hon EKL, Li AM, Li CK, Wong GWK, Nelson EAS, Hui J, Sung RYT, Yam MC, Fok TF
期刊名称Journal of Hospital Infection
出版年份2004
月份3
日期1
卷号56
期次3
出版社W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
页次215 - 222
国际标準期刊号0http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/195-6701
电子国际标準期刊号1532-2939
语言英式英语
关键词children; infection control; SARS; triage
Web of Science 学科类别Infectious Diseases; INFECTIOUS DISEASES
