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Volume 10, Number 2—February 2004
THEME ISSUE
2004 SARS Edition
SARS Transmission

Lack of SARS Transmission among Healthcare Workers, United States

Benjamin J. Park*, Angela J. Peck*, Matthew J. Kuehnert*, Claire Newbern*†, Chad Smelser*‡, James A. Comer*, Daniel B. Jernigan*, and L. Clifford McDonald*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; ‡New Mexico Department of Health, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Table 3

Personal protective equipment use in HCWs reporting droplet-range exposure (within 3 feet) to a laboratory-confirmed SARS patient (n = 102)a

Non-use of personal protective equipment n (%)
Without any mask
45 (44)
Without N95 or higher respirator
49 (48)
Without eye protection
72 (70)
Direct contact without gloves 40 (39)

aHCWs, healthcare workers; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome.

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