Advice for Health Care Professionals

Hospital setting
	Guidance on the use of respirator masks for Health Care Workers caring for suspect/probable SARS cases (SEHD stockpile distribution) (pdf file)
	Guidance on the use of respiratory masks
		Power Point presentation
		PDF file
	Summary points on the use of respirator masks
	Information on face masks and respirators - Frequently Asked Question
	Fact sheet for clinicians: interpreting SARS test results
	Guidance on microbiological sampling and investigation of possible cases of SARS during the inter-epidemic period
	A3 - Algorithm for the management of returning travellers from countries affected by avian influenza A (H5N1), presenting with febrile respiratory illness: recognition, investigation and initial management (pdf file) Note: This algorithm is for the management of returning travellers from areas affected by avian influenza A (H5N1). At the time of revision there were no zones of SARS re-emergence anywhere in the world. This algorithm will be adjusted if SARS re-emerges.
	Hospital infection control guidance
	Patient placement guidance flowchart
	Guidance for hospitals on the clinical management of SARS Hospital Management of adults with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) if SARS re-emerges (available from the British Thoracic Society website)

Public Health/ Primary Care
	SARS Contingency Plan For Scotland (pdf file)
	A3 - Algorithm for the management of returning travellers from countries affected by avian influenza A (H5N1), presenting with febrile respiratory illness: recognition, investigation and initial management (pdf file) Note: This algorithm is for the management of returning travellers from areas affected by avian influenza A (H5N1). At the time of revision there were no zones of SARS re-emergence anywhere in the world. This algorithm will be adjusted if SARS re-emerges.
	Case definition and guidance on reporting, and management of SARS patients in the UK in the post-outbreak period
	Guidance for Primary Care Practitioners on Investigation management and reporting of SARS Cases and Contacts
	Summary of management of SARS cases and contacts
	Surveillance forms
	Information sheet for contacts (pdf file)
	Guidance on the use of respirator masks for Health Care Workers caring for suspect /probable SARS cases (SEHD stockpile distribution) (pdf file)
	Guidance on the use of respiratory masks
		Power Point presentation
		PDF file
	Summary points on the use of respirator masks
	Procedures for prevention and management of Proabable cases of SARS on International Cargo Vessels (WHO) (weblink)

Hospital setting