SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
What happens after a diagnosis of SARS?

If you are diagnosed and very ill with SARS, you will be hospitalized in an isolated area.
The Western UP District Health Department (http://www.wupdhd.org/), Portage Health Systems (http://www.portagehealth.org/), and Michigan Tech officials will consult as to the following decisions:
	Off-campus students, MTU Apartment students, and university personnel will be asked to remain at home until symptoms resolve.
	On-campus students living in the residence halls, where appropriate infection control precautions cannot be implemented and maintained, will be assigned to alternative housing at the MTU Apartments in a guest apartment accommodation until their symptoms resolve.
	If symptoms improve or resolve within 72 hours after first symptom onset, the student/personnel may be allowed, after consultation with authorities, to return to school or work.
	For persons who meet or progress to meet the case definition for suspected SARS, infection control precautions should be continued until 10 days after the resolution of fever, provided respiratory symptoms are absent or improving.

SARS bulletin

SARS and its symptoms

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