Corona virus on psych inpatient unit

"Patients with known COVID-19 can be isolated or transferred to another unit if more intensive medical care is necessary, but by that time, others have been exposed and potentially infected. How to contain this potential risk has been a topic of concern for psychiatric units everywhere. Following a potential or confirmed exposure, it’s not completely clear who should be sent home for self-quarantine: Do the staff who have had contact with the patient leave for 2 weeks, and if so, is there enough staff to replace them? Do they continue to work with protective equipment and leave only if they become symptomatic and test positive? Do staff remain at the hospital, or do they go home at night, potentially infecting those on public transportation and their family members? Presumably new patients would not be admitted to the unit, but our psychiatric system is taxed already with a lack of available beds." read more by Dinah Miller, MD, Clinical Psychiatry News