Mixing covid patients with non-covid

[Slammylou]

I float through 3 different hospitals in my area, and in one I've noticed they occasionally have had covid patients mixed in with non-covid. Of course they're on all the precautions, but it surprised me a little. Given what we now know about its transmission, I don't necessarily think this is a terrible idea and frankly it's just inevitable eventually, but I was wondering if anyone else's facilities have started doing this yet?

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

We’ve been doing this with our ICU once the census of COVID patients dropped to the point that separating meant leaving half of our ICU beds unused. 

[Blatant Shannon]

Every hospital I've worked since Covid has mixed patients. Each of them on their own precautions. You're not alone!