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Additionally, those living in multigenerational families face similar challenges.Objective: We share our experiences and lessons learned in planning, executing, and maintaining a quarantine and isolation facility for vulnerable population during the COVID-19 pandemic.Setting and patients: A 29-bed quarantine and isolation facility was instituted and maintained by the Arkansas Department of Health to meet the quarantine and isolation needs of vulnerable populations. Outcomes and conclusions: As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, need for a facility to meet quarantine and isolation requirements of vulnerable population is not just a critical mitigation strategy but is an ethical imperative.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5055\/ajdm.2021.0402","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,14]],"date-time":"2021-12-14T12:21:24Z","timestamp":1639484484000},"page":"203-205","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Quarantine and isolation facility: A State Health Department\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic"],"prefix":"10.5055","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Appathurai","family":"Balamurugan, MD, DrPH","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"William","family":"Greenfield, MD","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Knox, DrPH","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Greg","family":"Brown, NRP","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3008","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"74117","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Salisbury-Afshar EM, Rich JD, Adashi EY: Vulnerable populations: Weathering the pandemic storm. 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