Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Infection in a Chinese Mental Health Center

Frontiers in Medicine

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Mi Yang¹  Hongming Wang¹  Zhi Li⁴  Qiang Zhang¹  Xin Liu¹  Manxi He¹  Shan Gao³ 

[1] Chengdu Mental Health Center;The Fourth People's Hospital of Chengdu;The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China;College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University;School of Foreign Languages, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

关键词: the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19);    outbreak;    mental health center;    nosocomial infection;    prevention and control practice;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2020.00356

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Faced with the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a global public health threat, psychiatric hospitals are under huge pressure to prevent and control nosocomial infection. The current research analyzed the COVID-19 infection control practices in a regional mental health center in China and addressed how this type of medical institutions could enhance their ability to prevent and control hospital transmission of major respiratory diseases and general management of nosocomial infection risks. Firstly, hospital-related risks of COVID-19 were analyzed, and targeted prevention and control measures were then established. Pre- and post-intervention theoretical knowledge of nosocomial infection control, hand hygiene compliance and accuracy, use of personal protective equipment, and disinfection and sterilization effectiveness were evaluated and compared. All the indexes displayed significant improvements following the implementation of the prevention and control measures. Up to the submission of this paper, the mental health center had obtained no suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 infection due to hospital transmission. The findings provide empirical evidence for the effectiveness of the COVID-19 preventive strategies and have important implications for integrated and characterized infection control in mental health centers during a major epidemic. The establishment of the transitional isolation ward and air fumigation using traditional Chinese medicine for patients and staff are preventive measures worthy of further discussion and dissemination.

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