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Published on: May 15, 2020
COVID-19 Case Rates After Surveillance and Vaccinations in a Statewide Psychiatric Hospital System
Thomas E Smith1, Ian T Rodgers1, Daniel J Silverman1
1Thomas E. Smith, Ian T. Rodgers, Mark Olfson, Lisa B. Dixon, and Melanie M. Wall are with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. Daniel J. Silverman and Sally R. Dreslin are with the New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY.
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. (Am J Public Health. 2021;111(10):1780-1783. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306444).
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