id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-261941-xf1k5uj1 Stackhouse, Robin A. Severe acute respiratory syndrome and tuberculosis 2005-03-01 .txt text/plain 5420 306 55 Recommendations for limiting secondary transmission are given based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on infection control in health care facilities. It is confirmed through laboratory testing showing an acute rise in SARS-CoV antibody titers within 4 weeks of developing the disease. Patients who meet the criteria for suspect SARS should immediately be placed in a private respiratory isolation room that has been specially engineered to contain negative pressure in relation to the outside hallway and have a minimum of 12 air exchanges per hour. Prevention of transmission in medical facilities requires a combination of early identification, isolation, and treatment of infectious individuals with active disease, engineering controls, basic infection control measures, and the use of personal protective equipment. Hospital infection control guidance for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) California Department of Health Services: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-infection control recommendations Infection control measures for operative procedures in severe acute respiratory syndrome-related patients ./cache/cord-261941-xf1k5uj1.txt ./txt/cord-261941-xf1k5uj1.txt