After the "baptism of fire" provided by SARS, health care facilities began casting the same suspicious eye they had on potential SARS victims on possible victims of tuberculosis, which like SARS is an infectious disease that afflicts the respiratory tract. As a result, the level of caution and worry about outbreaks inside hospitals also increased.
經過 SARS 的「震撼教育」，各醫療院所開始以看 SARS 的眼光來檢視同為呼吸道感染疾病的肺結核，因而也提高了對院內群聚感染的警覺和疑慮。