Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak on an inpatient psychiatry unit: Mitigation and prevention.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Division of Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology, Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Published: September 2022

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