SARS Working Group

The purpose of the SARS Working Group is to help the Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards identify important public health, policy, program, resource, implementation and tracking issues which VHA will need to address vis-à-vis SARS.

SARS Working Group Subgroups

Laboratory Issues Subgroup

Purpose: to develop guidance on appropriate use of diagnostics for ruling in/out SARS Leaders: Mr. Brophy, Dr. Roselle, and Dr. Holodniy

Personal Protective Equipment and Respiratory Protection Program

Purpose: to elaborate the operational and educational programs needed to be in place
Leaders: Mr. Wilkes, Dr. Hodgson, Mr. Bierenbaum, Mss. Hirsch, Ms. Duller, Ms. Johnson

SARS Education Plan

Purpose: to develop a plan for education about SARS related issues for various groups of VA employees and patients
Leaders: Ms. Davey, Ms. Fox, Ms. Raab, Ms. Wells

SARS Communication Plan

Purpose: to develop risk communications plans for SARS appropriate for medical facilities and VA leadership
Leaders: Ms. Raab, Dr. Mather, Dr. Deyton.

Exposed Employee Tracking and Leave Policy

Purpose: to develop exposed tracking and leave policy
Leaders: Dr. Hodgson with input from various members of this Working Group and others

Influenza Vaccination Campaign

Purpose: to develop and implement the operational and educational program to help reduce respiratory infections that may be confused with SARS
Leaders: Dr. Roselle, Dr. Yevich, Mr. Cowles, Ms. Davey, Ms. Raab.

SARS Working Group Members

Davey, Victoria
Oda, Gina
Standridge, Mary P
DeRoos, Kathleen
Knighton, V. Troy
Ampel, Neil M.
Bierenbaum, Arnold B
Brooks, Kathryn L.
Brophy, Michael A.
Cooper, Darlene
Cowles, Ronald
Biaggi, Denise
Danko, Linda
Deyton, Lawrence R.
Duller, Sarla
Feldman, Judith
Fox, Terry
Freeman, Elizabeth Joyce
Garcia, Pedro E.
Hebert, Pam
Hirsch, Pamela
Hodgson, Michael
Holodniy, Mark
Johnson, Beverly V
Kuziel, Edward S.
Levesque, Odette
Mather, Susan H
Peterson, Dan
Ponce, Mauricio G.
Raab, Connie
Rimland, David
Roselle, Gary
Simberkoff, Michael
Sloane, Steven
Waggoner, Marilyn J
Wilkes, Vernon
Yevich, Steven
Sloane, Steven
Parr, Oliver L
Wells, Donna
Howe, Michael