COVID-19 Case Rates After Surveillance and Vaccinations in a Statewide Psychiatric Hospital System.
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Abstract
Individuals with serious mental illness are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. The New York State (NYS) Office of Mental Health implemented patient and staff rapid testing, quarantining, and vaccination to limit COVID-19 spread in 23 state-operated psychiatric hospitals between November 2020 and February 2021. COVID-19 infection rates in inpatients and staff decreased by 96% and 71%, respectively, and the NYS population case rate decreased by 6%. Repeated COVID-19 testing and vaccination should be priority interventions for state-operated psychiatric hospitals. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2021;111(10):1780-1783. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306444).
Medical subject headings
- COVID-19
- Hospitals, Psychiatric
- Mass Vaccination