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Infection control challenges during 4 years of COVID-19 in a French psychiatric institution (2020-2024)

• COVID-19 poses significant infection control challenges in psychiatric facilities. • Its impact varied across psychiatric specialties and according to age. • Psychogeriatric, specialized, and adolescent units experienced high infection rates. • Infection control strategies evolved in response to viral transmission trends. • Tailored infection control measures are essential for psychiatric settings. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic posed unprecedented infection control challenges for psychiatric facilities. We examined 4-year COVID-19 infection control challenges in acute psychiatric care (general adult, closed, adolescent, and psychogeriatric units) and residential psychiatric care (medicalized and specialized facilities) from week 11 of 2020 to week 20 of 2024. RT-PCR and antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) were analyzed according to admission timing, age, sex, wave patterns, care …

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