Epidemiological analysis on SARS infection of clinical practice

  Objective   To investigate clinical practice student's SARS infection to provide the basis for SARS control in future.

  Methods   By using cluster sampling with the epidemiological individual cases form, undergraduate students of Zhongshen Medical College, Sun Yat-sen University, were investigated.Meanwhile, 10 students who were SARS cases and 20 classmates who carried out the clinical practic in same hospital were drawn the blood sample and the SARS virus specific IgG antibody were detected.

  Results   10 students got the SARS in 237 clinical practical students, the morbidity was 4.22%.Among 20 students who involved in anti-SARS jobs, 6 students got the SARS, the morbidity was 30.0%;Among 217 students who carried out clinical practical in hospital but didn't work at anti-SARS departent, 4 students got the SARS, the morbidity was 1.84%.

  Conclusion   Clinical practice student was the the high risk individual to get SARS infection, the preventive measures should be strengthened and the ability to treat the outbreak case of public health should be trained to them.