Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Case Study
  • Over the approximately two months of the outbreak, 11,461 people were screened through the ED.
  • 1,386 people were admitted to rule out SARS.
  • 235 were confirmed to have SARS.
  • No patients contracted SARS while visiting the ED.
  • 1 nurse in the ED was treated for suspected SARS.[11]