Environmental and Occupational Health Response to SARS, Taiwan, 2003
The Taiwan Department of Health requested assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in controlling an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The CDC SARS response team included industrial hygiene specialists from the National Institute for Occupational Safet...
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| author | Eric J. Esswein Max Kiefer Ken Wallingford Greg Burr Lukas Jyhun-Hsiarn Lee Jung-Der Wang Shun Chih Wang Ih-Jen Su |
| author_facet | Eric J. Esswein Max Kiefer Ken Wallingford Greg Burr Lukas Jyhun-Hsiarn Lee Jung-Der Wang Shun Chih Wang Ih-Jen Su |
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| description | The Taiwan Department of Health requested assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in controlling an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The CDC SARS response team included industrial hygiene specialists from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Four NIOSH specialists visited hospitals and medical centers throughout Taiwan and assisted with designing and evaluating ventilation modifications for infection control, developed guidelines for converting hospital rooms into SARS patient isolation rooms, prepared designs for the rapid conversion of a vacated military facility into a SARS screening and observation facility, assessed environmental aspects of dedicated SARS hospitals, and worked in concert with the Taiwanese to develop hospital ventilation guidelines. We describe the environmental findings and observations from this response, including the rapid reconfiguration of medical facilities during a national health emergency, and discuss environmental challenges should SARS or a SARS-like virus emerge again. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e60a28a45fc544e680869a7a35c87ee22022-12-22T03:09:07ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592004-07-011071187119410.3201/eid1007.030728Environmental and Occupational Health Response to SARS, Taiwan, 2003Eric J. EssweinMax KieferKen WallingfordGreg BurrLukas Jyhun-Hsiarn LeeJung-Der WangShun Chih WangIh-Jen SuThe Taiwan Department of Health requested assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in controlling an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The CDC SARS response team included industrial hygiene specialists from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Four NIOSH specialists visited hospitals and medical centers throughout Taiwan and assisted with designing and evaluating ventilation modifications for infection control, developed guidelines for converting hospital rooms into SARS patient isolation rooms, prepared designs for the rapid conversion of a vacated military facility into a SARS screening and observation facility, assessed environmental aspects of dedicated SARS hospitals, and worked in concert with the Taiwanese to develop hospital ventilation guidelines. We describe the environmental findings and observations from this response, including the rapid reconfiguration of medical facilities during a national health emergency, and discuss environmental challenges should SARS or a SARS-like virus emerge again.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/7/03-0728_articlesevere acute respiratory syndromeSARSTaiwanhospitalsindustrial hygienehealthcare facilities |
| spellingShingle | Eric J. Esswein Max Kiefer Ken Wallingford Greg Burr Lukas Jyhun-Hsiarn Lee Jung-Der Wang Shun Chih Wang Ih-Jen Su Environmental and Occupational Health Response to SARS, Taiwan, 2003 Emerging Infectious Diseases severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS Taiwan hospitals industrial hygiene healthcare facilities |
| title | Environmental and Occupational Health Response to SARS, Taiwan, 2003 |
| title_full | Environmental and Occupational Health Response to SARS, Taiwan, 2003 |
| title_fullStr | Environmental and Occupational Health Response to SARS, Taiwan, 2003 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental and Occupational Health Response to SARS, Taiwan, 2003 |
| title_short | Environmental and Occupational Health Response to SARS, Taiwan, 2003 |
| title_sort | environmental and occupational health response to sars taiwan 2003 |
| topic | severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS Taiwan hospitals industrial hygiene healthcare facilities |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/7/03-0728_article |
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