Nosocomial infections in psychiatric hospitals during the COVID-19 outbreak

Haifeng Ji; Li Liu; Tianming Huang; Yuncheng Zhu

doi:10.1016/j.ejpsy.2020.04.001

Nosocomial infections in psychiatric hospitals during the COVID-19 outbreak

Eur J Psychiatry. 2020 Jul-Sep;34(3):177-179. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpsy.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

Authors

Haifeng Ji¹, Li Liu¹, Tianming Huang¹, Yuncheng Zhu²

Affiliations

¹ Shanghai Changning Mental Health Center (Affiliated to East China Normal University), Shanghai 200335, China.
² Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China.

Abstract

Since mid-December 2019, a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has emerged in China. It was reported that Wuhan Mental Health Center in China was affected from the very beginning of the outbreak. Coincidentally, another large-scale nosocomial infection occurred at the psychiatric ward of the Daenam Hospital in South Korea. It is important for the policymakers to pay full attention on this aspect worldwide and corresponding prevention recommendations should be provided.

Keywords: Coronavirus; Nosocomial infection; Pneumonia.