In a SARS outbreak, we suggest that all patients with undifferentiated fever or pneumonia be cared for as if they had SARS for the safety of healthcare workers and patients, implying the use of full precautions (N95 respirators, gown, gloves, and goggles) by healthcare workers for all patient-care activities (e.g., ward rounds, baths, wound dressings, performance of radiologic procedures).
Daniella Dos Santos, from the British Veterinary Association, said: "Pet owners who choose to feed a raw food diet should be aware of the potential health risks and take full precautions while storing and handling the food.
Full precautions were taken to prevent contaminating the samples with previously amplified DNA.
Full precautions included: wearing of gloves and gown and the practice of hand antisepsis (either by washing hands with soap and water, or by waterless antiseptic agent).
When pneumonia was diagnosed in the patient's wife on the morning of March 14, both patients were placed in isolation rooms; by the afternoon they were isolated in ICU negative-pressure rooms with full precautions, as described below.
Both women had taken full precautions ahead of their trip, Maren Ueland's mother said.
Partial or full precautions taken prior to contact with patient were counted as compliance.
In accordance with public health principles, the enhanced measures were selectively relaxed in low-risk settings in Toronto area hospitals in early May 2003, although full precautions were still recommended for patients with febrile respiratory illnesses.
After the possible involvement of a viral hemorrhagic fever was recognized on September 28 following the admission of patient 2 to the hospital in Johannesburg, barrier nursing procedures were instituted as successive patients were identified, but only patient 5 was managed with full precautions throughout her illness.
