A COVID-19 testing and triage algorithm for psychiatric units: One hospital's response to the New York region's pandemic

Psychiatric patients are at high risk for contracting COVID-19, and inpatient psychiatric units face substantial risks of institutional outbreaks. Here, the authors describe an algorithm for testing and triage in a large psychiatric facility designed to prevent local COVID-19 transmission. The algor...

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Autores principales: Brody, Benjamin D., Parish, Sharon J., Kanellopoulos, Dora, Russ, Mark J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier B.V. 2020
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7305510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32585435
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113244
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Sumario:Psychiatric patients are at high risk for contracting COVID-19, and inpatient psychiatric units face substantial risks of institutional outbreaks. Here, the authors describe an algorithm for testing and triage in a large psychiatric facility designed to prevent local COVID-19 transmission. The algorithm is based on expert opinion and clinical experience between March and April of 2020, during which the institution cared for 47 COVID-19 positive psychiatric inpatients. The implementation of the algorithm is designed to mitigate COVID-19 transmission, preserve the safest and least restrictive treatment environment for psychiatric inpatients, and provide a model adaptable to other institutional settings.

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