Challenges faced by hospital healthcare workers in using a syndrome-based surveillance system during the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Taiwan

Fuh Yuan Shih; Muh Yong Yen; Jiunn Shyan Wu; Fang Kuei Chang; Lih Wen Lin; Mei Shang Ho; Chao A. Hsiung; Ih Jen Su; Melissa A. Marx; Howard Sobel; Chwan Chuen King

doi:10.1086/508835

Challenges faced by hospital healthcare workers in using a syndrome-based surveillance system during the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Taiwan

Fuh Yuan Shih, Muh Yong Yen, Jiunn Shyan Wu, Fang Kuei Chang, Lih Wen Lin, Mei Shang Ho, Chao A. Hsiung, Ih Jen Su, Melissa A. Marx, Howard Sobel, Chwan Chuen King

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Because the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Taiwan in 2003 was worsened by hospital infections, we analyzed 229 questionnaires (84.8% of 270 sent) completed by surveyed healthcare workers who cared for patients with SARS in 3 types of hospitals, to identify surveillance problems. Atypical clinical presentation was the most often reported problem, regardless of hospital type, which strongly indicates that more timely syndromic surveillance was needed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	354-357
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Volume	28
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/508835
State	Published - Mar 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Shih, F. Y., Yen, M. Y., Wu, J. S., Chang, F. K., Lin, L. W., Ho, M. S., Hsiung, C. A., Su, I. J., Marx, M. A., Sobel, H., & King, C. C. (2007). Challenges faced by hospital healthcare workers in using a syndrome-based surveillance system during the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Taiwan. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 28(3), 354-357. https://doi.org/10.1086/508835

Challenges faced by hospital healthcare workers in using a syndrome-based surveillance system during the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Taiwan. / Shih, Fuh Yuan; Yen, Muh Yong; Wu, Jiunn Shyan et al.

In: Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol. 28, No. 3, 03.2007, p. 354-357.

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Shih, FY, Yen, MY, Wu, JS, Chang, FK, Lin, LW, Ho, MS, Hsiung, CA, Su, IJ, Marx, MA, Sobel, H & King, CC 2007, 'Challenges faced by hospital healthcare workers in using a syndrome-based surveillance system during the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Taiwan', Infection control and hospital epidemiology, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 354-357. https://doi.org/10.1086/508835

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