Infection Control and SARS Transmission among Healthcare Workers, Taiwan

Abstract

This study found infrequent transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus to healthcare workers involved in the care of the first five case-patients in Taiwan, despite a substantial number of unprotected exposures. Nonetheless, given that SARS has been highly transmissible on some occasions, we still recommend strict precautions.

Keywords

• Infection-control measures
• serologic assays
• SARS-CoV
• Taiwan