@article{a119b007da1d479b969bfd5e01f10a16,
title = "Challenges faced by hospital healthcare workers in using a syndrome-based surveillance system during the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Taiwan",
abstract = "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.",
author = "Shih, {Fuh Yuan} and Yen, {Muh Yong} and Wu, {Jiunn Shyan} and Chang, {Fang Kuei} and Lin, {Lih Wen} and Ho, {Mei Shang} and Hsiung, {Chao A.} and Su, {Ih Jen} and Marx, {Melissa A.} and Howard Sobel and King, {Chwan Chuen}",
note = "Funding Information: Shih Fuh-Yuan MD Yen Muh-Yong MD Wu Jiunn-Shyan MS Chang Fang-Kuei BS Lin Lih-Wen BS Ho Mei-Shang MD Hsiung Chao A. PhD Su Ih-Jen MD Marx Melissa A. DrPH Sobel Howard MD King Chwan-Chuen DrPH College of Public Health , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan Department of Emergency Medicine , National Taiwan University Hospital , Taipei , Taiwan Taipei City Hospital , Taipei , Taiwan National Yang-Ming University , Taipei , Taiwan Taiwan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Taipei , Taiwan Institute of Biomedical Sciences , Academia Sinica , Taipei , Taiwan Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics , National Health Research Institute , Taipei , Taiwan US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , Georgia New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene , New York , New York World Health Organization , Geneva , Switzerland Institute of Epidemiology , College of Public Health , National Taiwan University , No. 17 , Xu Zhou Rd. , Taipei City , Taiwan , 100 , Republic of China ( cc_king99@hotmail.com ) 03 2007 28 3 354 357 03 07 2005 10 03 2006 Copyright {\textcopyright} The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007 2007 The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 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. pdf S0195941700050955a.pdf ",
year = "2007",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1086/508835",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "28",
pages = "354--357",
journal = "Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology",
issn = "0899-823X",
publisher = "University of Chicago Press",
number = "3",
}