key: cord-0771475-ngs7baoc
authors: Hu, Nannan; Mao, Hongjing
title: Emergency Management of Mental Hospitals during the Outbreak of COVID-19
date: 2020-05-08
journal: Psychiatry Investig
DOI: 10.30773/pi.2020.0086
sha: 6e69a1d6ed29ecc23ed7918b71c4a524aa90bfc8
doc_id: 771475
cord_uid: ngs7baoc

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4. Chinese medicine has been provided for employee since traditional Chinese medicine proved to be effective preventing the Corona Virus Disease. 4 5. Do not eat in the cafeteria. Box lunch is provided avoiding cluster infection. According to reports, employee from a Beijing company have been infected when eating in canteen.

6. Interns who have been back home for the Spring Festival are requested delaying back to hospital. Those who have come from other cities are demanded self isolation for 14 days according to regulations.

To inpatient: Learn lessons from infected prison in Wuhan, strict management is taken entering the ward.

1. Temperature is monitored and health code is needed. Epidemiological history is collected and recorded in detail.

2. Blood test and chest CT are required when patient is hospitalized. Only if the result is normal, hospitalization is allowed.

3. Patients who have fever or come from infected area need to watch closely and live in separate ward.

4. Form a specialized team for fever patients. Wear isolation clothing and take professional training. Self protection is the top priority.

5. No visiting during the period. Family cannot enter the ward unless the condition requires.

To outpatient: 1. Temperature is monitored and health code is needed. Epidemiological history is collected.

2. Prescription can extend to 3 months for chronic patients in order to reduce visiting hospitals. Therefore, reduce the

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COVID-19 in China chance of infections in hospital. 3 . One patient at a time. Only one patient get into the office. After the clinic, doctors do not return to the ward in case of cross infection. 4 . Provide network consulting. The convenience of internet and smart phones made it possible for psychiatrists and mental health centers to provide online medical care during the COVID-19 epidemic. 5 Our hospital has taken urgent steps, such as online counseling and regional isolation, to relieve the pressure on clinical counseling and reduce cross-contamination. Therefore, Hangzhou 7th Hospital's emergency management program can extenuate the burden, protect healthy workers and reduce the probability of cross infections. It is vital to create emergency management plan suitable for mental hospital correspondingly.

The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

Nannan Hu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7104-6829 Hongjing Mao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8092-0207