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. 2004 Apr 2;8(2):223–231. doi: 10.1016/j.prehos.2003.12.015

Table 2.

Health Care Facility Categories of SARS Exposure

Category Definition
0 Health care facility has no known cases of SARS (suspect of probable)
1 No unprotected SARS exposure—staff and/or patients; facility could have one or more cases of SARS (suspect or probable)
2 Any unprotected SARS exposure within the last 10 days but without transmission to staff or patients; facility may or may not currently have one or more cases of SARS (suspect or probable)
3 Unprotected SARS exposure with transmission to health care workers and/or patients; facility may or may not currently have one or more cases of SARS (suspect or probable)