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cord-333868-qrnsmhws	Rothman, Richard E.	Respiratory Hygiene in the Emergency Department	2006-08-23		.txt	text/plain	7437	362	35	These agents are relatively uncommon, however, in most US EDs, and as recently as 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that health care facility environments are rarely implicated in respiratory pathogen transmission (except in cases of immunocompromised patients). All health care facilities should have policies and procedures in place for respiratory infection control practice with specific operational plans for handling a large influx of potentially infectious patients in the event of a significant outbreak. 3, 5, 16, 17, 39 Underscoring this is the findings from one epidemiologic outbreak of SARS in Toronto that found that 36% of new infections in the hospital occurred in health care workers, with the highest rates in those working in EDs and ICUs. 5 Both the World Health Organization and the CDC provide general recommendations for handling of patients with suspected respiratory infections that include having triage staff adhere to proper hand hygiene procedures and donning face masks and eye protection.	./cache/cord-333868-qrnsmhws.txt	./txt/cord-333868-qrnsmhws.txt