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Guidance for Healthcare Professionals

The Guidance for Healthcare Professionals includes the following guidelines:

1. Management of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
2. Infection Control in Hospitals
3. Laboratory Diagnosis of SARS: Updated Guidance
4. WHO hospital discharge and follow-up policy for patients who have been diagnosed with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
5. Guidance for General Practitioners on Infection Control Precautions necessary for the Management, at Home of Patients (and their contacts) with Suspected or Probable Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
6. Assessment and Management of Suspect SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) Cases by General Practitioners
7. Assessment for Home Isolation
8. SARS Case on an Airflight-Passenger and Crew Follow-up
9. Respiratory Protection for Health Care Workers caring for Hospitalised Patients with Suspect or Probable SARS: Frequently Asked Questions.

Algorithm for the Management of Returning Travellers from Countries affected by Avian Influenza Presenting with Febrile Respiratory Illness 

Updated February 2006

SARS Department of Health and Children Expert Group updated interim guidelines for healthcare professionals on the management of SARS  

Updated August 2005

Updated guidelines for the global surveillance of SARS 

Updated August 2005

Interim GP Guidance on the Management of SARS 

Updated 19th February 2004

Advice for Contacts 

Updated 7th July 2003

Health Alert for Healthcare Workers 

Updated 19th February 2004

Reporting Form for SARS - post outbreak period 

19th February 2004

Reporting Form - SARS transmission globally 

19th February 2004



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