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COVID-19 unit in psychiatric hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

I. Alonso Salas ,
C. González Navarro  and
O. Euba García
I. Alonso Salas
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital de Zamudio, Zamudio, Spain
C. González Navarro*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital de Zamudio, Zamudio, Spain
O. Euba García
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital de Zamudio, Zamudio, Spain
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

As coronavirus pandemic burst in Spain in March 2020, Zamudio Hospital -a monographic psychiatric institution- was urged to create an specific Covid unit. It was destined to patients with psychiatric admission criteria, who in addition oscillated between positive asymptomatics or with mild symptoms to suspect cases or close contacts.

Objectives

To describe and analyse the characteristics of the unit and the patients who were admitted during the confinement period by Covid-19, between March 14th and June 21st 2020.

Methods

The patients’ data were collected retrospectively. These data included: age; sex; admission criteria; diagnosis at discharge; confirmed/ suspected/contact case; presence/absence of symptoms; length of hospital stay; number of doctor on call assessment.

Results

An area within the hospital wards was reserved to COVID cases / suspected / contact patients requiring psychiatric care. The storing of material and PPE was held in the forementioned area, according to protocolary measures. 26 Patients (11 women and 15 men) were admitted to the unit. Mean age was 44 years old. Diagnosis at discharge were mainly Schizophrenia (31%), Schizoaffective disorder (23%), other psicosis (11,5%) and Bipolar disorder (8%). The mean hospital stay was 5 days. There were a total of 7 confirmed positive cases, all with asyptomatic-mild course.

Conclusions

The establishment of this unit has ensured a proper psychiatric care and a strict control of Covid-19 transmission within patients and staff members.

Keywords

CovidPsychiatric hospitalintegral carepsicosis
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S263
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