Table 2. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-related information in the 5 affiliated hospitals.

SARS-related information	First Affiliated Hospital	Second Affiliated Hospital	Third Affiliated Hospital	Affiliated Cancer Hospital	Fifth Affiliated Hospital
In SARS-epidemic area?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
No. healthcare workers exposed to SARS*	548	421	425	0	0
No. healthcare workers surveyed	389	361	397	371	338
No. days when SARS patients were in the hospital	120	110	102	0	0
No. probable SARS patients cared for	122	150	31	0	0
No. suspected SARS patients cared for	102	50	30	3	0
No. SARS patients who required tracheal intubation	10	0	1	0	0
No. SARS patients who required tracheotomy	0	1	2	0	0
Cared for the index patient?†	No	Yes	Yes	0	0
No. healthcare workers who had SARS‡ in SARS wards	0	80	20	0	0
No. healthcare workers who had from SARS in non-SARS wards	3	10	2	0	0

*This refers to healthcare workers caring for SARS patients and laboratory personnel handling specimens from SARS patients.
†The index patient was identified as a superspreader who subsequently infected >100 persons (both healthcare workers and other patients and family members in the Second Hospital and Third Hospital).
‡According to the clinical and epidemiologic case definition.