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This is an official
CDC HEALTH UPDATE

Distributed via Health Alert Network
Wednesday, May 07, 2003, 17:10  EDT (5:10  PM EDT)
CDCHAN-00139-03-05-07-UPD-N

Updated guidance documents for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Several guidance documents for containment of SARS have been updated and posted on the CDC website. Significant changes are: 1) revision of our "72 hour observation rule" for exposed individuals who have symptoms but do not meet the case definition, and 2) recommendation to exclude from duty healthcare workers who have unprotected high risk exposures to patients with SARS.

Interim Domestic Guidance for Management of Exposures to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) for Health-Care and Other Institutional Settings
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/exposureguidance.htm

Interim Domestic Guidance on Persons Who May Have Been Exposed to Patients with Suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/exposuremanagement.htm

Interim Domestic Guidance for Health Departments in the Management of School Students Exposed to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/exposurestudents.htm

Additional updates to the SARS information on the website include:

Basic Information about SARS now available in Simplified Chinese

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/chinese-simp.htm

Travel alert to Singapore (replacing the previous travel advisory)

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/other/sarssingapore.htm

Please periodically check the CDC website for the most current information http://www.cdc.gov.

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