Non-Outbreak Conditions ("New Normal")

• Self-monitor: Do not come to work if you are sick.
  
  
• Wash your hands before and after every patient contact
  
  
• For patients with febrile respiratory illness (FRI)
  • Identify early: During appointment bookings and/or on arrival.
  • Provide surgical mask for patient.
  • Separate from other patients
  • Determine risk of SARS
  • Refer to SARS Risk Factor Screening Tool.
    [Download SARS Risk Factor Screening Tool]
    
    
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Use N95 respirator (mask) and protective eyewear when assessing patients with FRI
  • Add gown and gloves if there is ANY risk of SARS
    
    
• These should all be routine practices in the post-SARS world.

SARS Outbreak Conditions

• Essential staff only
  
  
• Telephone triage
  
  
• Display SARS notices
  
  
• Patients to wash hands on arrival. Masks for those with fever OR respiratory symptoms.
  
  
• Use the SARS screening tool for all patients on arrival.
  [Download SARS screening tool]
  • If screen is negative:
    • Use routine practices
  • If screen is positive:
    • Contact history: Quarantine applies, notify public health
    • Fever AND/OR other symptoms: N95 respirator, eye protection, gloves, gown
    • Contact history AND symptoms: N95 respirator, eye protection, gloves, gown, and needs full investigation for SARS in ER (call ahead)