TABLE 1. Characteristics of patients and health care personnel (HCP) who participated in the point prevalence survey at a state psychiatric hospital — Wyoming, May 1, 2020.
| Patient characteristic | Hospital service unit or role |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult psychiatric | Medical geriatric psychiatric | Criminal justice | Total patients | |
| No. participating/Total no. |
21/31 |
16/21 |
9/24 |
46/76 |
| Male, no. (%) |
8 (38) |
4 (25) |
6 (67) |
18 (39) |
| Median age, yrs (IQR) |
48 (38–61) |
62 (57–66) |
42 (32–59) |
57 (41–63) |
| Median length of admission, days (IQR) |
107 (76–176) |
320 (121–735) |
150 (73–228) |
150 (86–381) |
|
HCP characteristic
|
Clinical care
|
Housekeeping
|
Transport/Security
|
Total HCP
|
| No. participating/Total no. |
137/238 |
14/16 |
20/27 |
171/282* |
| Male, no. (%) |
37 (27) |
0 (0) |
13 (65) |
50 (29) |
| Median age, yrs (IQR) |
41 (32–54) |
55 (43–57) |
46 (34–53) |
43 (32–55) |
| Provided direct patient care, no. (%)† |
132 (96) |
2 (14) |
18 (90) |
151 (88) |
| Worked at other health care facilities within previous 2 weeks, no. (%) |
7 (5) |
0 (0) |
1 (5) |
8 (5) |
| Worked on multiple units at the state hospital within previous 2 weeks, no. (%) | 72 (53) | 10 (71) | 17 (85) | 98 (57) |
Abbreviations: HCP = health care personnel; IQR = interquartile range.
*One HCP staff member was excluded because the nasopharyngeal sample arrived at the testing laboratory without a label.
† As reported by HCP; at times housekeeping, transportation, and security staff members might provide nonclinical direct patient care, such as assisting the patients to move around the facility or intervening if a patient becomes violent.