Preparing for SARS

Jeff Duchin, MD, Chief, Communicable Disease Control, Epidemiology & Immunization Section, Public Health—Seattle & King County Dr. Duchin overviewed the new and evolving public health challenges of SARS and infectious respiratory diseases. Important applications to bioterrorism preparedness and response — including surveillance, isolation, and quarantine — were emphasized.

Dr. Jeffrey S. Duchin received his MD from Rutgers Medical School and did his post-doctorate training in internal medicine and emergency medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. He then trained as a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service in the Respiratory Diseases Branch of the National Center for Infectious Diseases, where he participated in numerous outbreak investigations including investigations of nontuberculosis mycobacterial disease, Legionnaire's disease, drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, and hantavirus. Dr. Duchin completed his infectious diseases subspecialty training at the University of Washington and is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases.

Dr. Duchin is currently Chief, Communicable Disease Control, Epidemiology and Immunization Section for Public Health — Seattle & King County (Public Health) and Assistant Professor in Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington. Dr. Duchin leads the bioterrorism and outbreak preparedness activities for Public Health, including the recent response to the SARS outbreak.

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Set 1 - SARS Chronology (551 KB)

Set 2 - Command and Control (242 KB)

Set 3 - Surveillance and Investigation (267 KB)

Set 4 - Infection Control (936 KB)

Set 5 - Isolation and Quarantine (1.6 MB)

Set 6 - Supplemental Materials (1.1 MB)

Related web resources

CDC SARS web site www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/

WHO SARS website www.who.int/csr/sars/en/

Guidelines for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals, 1997 www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/ISOLAT/Isolat.htm

Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel, 1998 www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/GUIDE/infectcont98.htm

Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities, 1994 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00035909.htm