Universal COVID-19 testing and a three-space triage protocol is associated with a nine-fold decrease in possible nosocomial infections in an inpatient psychiatric facility
Benjamin D. Brody, Zhenzhen Shi, Charles W. Shaffer, Daniel Eden, Katarzyna Wyka, Sharon J. Parish, George S. Alexopoulos, Helen Nazario, Mark J. Russ, Dora Kanellopoulos
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TriageMedicineIncidence (geometry)OutbreakProtocol (science)QuarantineEmergency medicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Mental healthInfection controlMedical emergencyPsychiatryIntensive care medicineVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicinePathologyDiseaseOpticsAlternative medicinePhysicsCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthInfection Control and Ventilation