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Northern Ireland Interim Contingency Plan for SARS

NI Interim Contingency Plan for SARS (PDF 243 KB) (includes revised Level 0 Alert Definition - 26.04.04)

NI Interim Contingency Plan Front Cover (PDF 38 KB)

Updates/Revisions to Contingency Plan (PDF 128 KB)

Appendices Index

Appendix 1 (PDF 72 KB) - Command and control

Appendix 2 (PDF 123 KB) - Case definition

Appendix 3 (PDF 277 KB) - SARS(NI) reporting form

Appendix 4 (PDF 85 KB) - Healthcare worker surveillance

Appendix 5 (PDF 102 KB) - GP pathway

Appendix 6 (PDF 39 KB) - Port health pathway

Appendix 7 (PDF 15 KB) - Patient flow pathway

Appendix 8 (PDF 15 KB) - Pathway for activating the SARS Advisory Team
(updated 26.04.04)

Appendix 9 (PDF 133 KB) - Clinical assessment for SARS patients presenting to A&E

Appendix 10 (PDF 101 KB) - Hospital management of adults with suspected or probable SARS
(updated 30.04.04)

Appendix 11 (PDF 119 KB) - Management of children with suspected SARS
(updated 06.05.04)

Appendix 12 (PDF 65 KB) - Pathway for hospital discharge of a SARS patient

Appendix 13 (PDF 140 KB) - SARS personal protective equipment pack for Primary Care team: Instructions for Use

Appendix 14 (PDF 113 KB) - SARS home isolation pack: instructions for use

Appendix 15 (PDF 78 KB) - Home quarantine pack

Appendix 16 (PDF 86 KB) - Decontamination in the community

Appendix 17 (PDF 47 KB) - Contact tracing

Appendix 18 (PDF 17 KB) - SARS specimen form
(updated 26.04.04)

Appendix 19 (PDF 55 KB) - Home isolation and quarantine

Appendix 20 (PDF 123 KB) - SARS contingency plan: Laundry arrangements for used and infected linen

Appendix 21 (PDF 133 KB) - Handling arrangements for infected linen

Appendix 22 (PDF 126 KB) - SARS staff changing protocol

Appendix 23 (PDF 67 KB) - Standards for A&E isolation room

Appendix 24 (PDF 72 KB) - Contact details