Facility Preparation
This page provides materials and links to help VA
facilities with local planning and preparation.
Public Health Guidance for Community-Level
Preparedness and Response to Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/guidance/
Note: This SARS Plan is a working document that outlines
the concepts and strategies that would guide the
U.S. response in the event of a SARS outbreak. It
also describes many of the activities needed at the
federal, state, and local levels to prepare for and
respond rapidly and decisively to a reemergence of
SARS
CDC Slide Set: Preparedness and Response in
Healthcare Facilities
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/sarsplanslides.htm
CDC Case Definition
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/casedefinition.htm
CDC Infection Control and Exposure Management
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/ic.htm
CDC General Workplace Guidance
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/pdf/workplace.pdf
CDC Exposure Management for Health-Care Settings
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/exposureguidance.htm
CDC Exposure Guidance on Persons Who May Have
Been Exposed to Patients
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/exposuremanagement.htm
CDC Quarantine
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/quarantine.htm
CDC Reporting
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/reporting.htm
Guidelines for Management of Community-Acquired
Pneumonia
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v37n11/32441/32441.html
Note: This is the source document for how SARS-like
illness should be evaluated in the community.
VA Materials
Sample VA SARS Policy
SARS_hcsm.doc (64k
Word file)
SARS_hcsm.pdf (326k
PDF file)
Note:
This is an example of a plan for managing SARS
within a VA medical facility, in this case the VA
Palo Alto Health Care System (VA PAHCS) in
California. Acknowledgements: Gina Oda, Judith
Rosen, Russell Ryono, Mark Holodniy. Elizabeth Joyce
(Lisa) Freeman, Director, VA PAHCS.
Sample VA SARS Diagnostic Flowchart (Algorithm)
SARS_flowchart.pdf (100k
PDF file)
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