Treating an Epidemic During a Pandemic: Experience Treating Opioid Use Disorder at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital

During the COVID-19 pandemic, access to addiction treatment has plummeted. At the same time, patients with opioid use disorder are at higher risk of COVID-19 infection and experience worse outcomes. The Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH), a state-run COVID-19 disaster hospital operat...

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Published in:Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2022-10, Vol.16 (5), p.2134-2136
Main Authors: Chamberlain, Catherine J., Siddiqui, Zishan K., Chaudhary, Mihir J., Kantsiper, Melinda E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictions
Baltimore - epidemiology
Concepts in Disaster Medicine
Convention centers
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Diabetes
Drug abuse
Drug dosages
Drug overdose
Drug stores
Drug withdrawal
Emergency medical care
Hospitals
Humans
Leadership
Mobile Health Units
Narcotics
Nurses
Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Opioid-Related Disorders - therapy
Overflow
Pandemics
Patients
Pharmacy
Substance abuse treatment
Substance use
Substance use disorder
Telemedicine
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Summary:During the COVID-19 pandemic, access to addiction treatment has plummeted. At the same time, patients with opioid use disorder are at higher risk of COVID-19 infection and experience worse outcomes. The Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH), a state-run COVID-19 disaster hospital operated by Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical System, continues to operate 14 months into the pandemic to serve as an overflow unit for the state’s hospitals. BCCFH staff observed the demand for opioid use disorder care and developed admission criteria, a pharmacy formulary, and case management procedures to meet this need. This article describes generalized lessons from the BCCFH experience treating substance use disorder during a pandemic.
ISSN:1935-7893
1938-744X
DOI:10.1017/dmp.2021.303