Rapid response to a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in a psychiatry hospital-Kanazawa City, Japan, March to April 2020

• Main Authors: Hirofumi Kato (Author), Kikuno Seki (Author), Yoshiki Maeda (Author), Yoko Noda (Author), Yoshitsugu Iinuma (Author), Masami Kitaoka (Author), Keisuke Kiso (Author), Rie Koshida (Author), Hitomi Kurosu (Author), Takuya Yamagishi (Author), Tomoe Shimada (Author), Motoi Suzuki (Author), Tomimasa Sunagawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in a psychiatry hospital revealed specific challenges in its response such as difficulty in isolation, transfer, and identification of close contacts, suboptimal infection control practices, and shortage of personal protective equipment, which were over...