Prevalence of hospital-associated infections in tertiary psychiatric hospital from 2019 to 2024
10.11816/cn.ni.2025-250173
- VernacularTitle:2019-2024年某三级精神专科医院医院感染现况
- Author:
Aiqin ZHU
1
;
Ting SHEN
1
;
Ling LI
1
;
Taojing YU
1
;
Liwei LIAO
1
;
Ting SUN
1
;
Xiaosong LENG
1
;
Xuanhong ZHANG
1
Author Information
1. 上海交通大学医学院附属精神卫生中心医院感染管理科,上海 201108
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Psychiatric hospital;
Hospital-associated infection;
Characteristic;
Infection site;
Infection rate
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2025;35(19):2985-2988
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE T o analyze the current situation and characteristics of hospital-associated infection in a psy-chiatric hospital,providing references for formulation of control measures for hospital-associated infection.METHODS A retrospective analysis was conducted on hospital-associated infection data from Shanghai Mental Health Center between Jan.1,2019,and Oct.31,2024.The infection rates and infection sites across different years,patient populations,and departments were analyzed.RESULTS A total of 47 051 inpatients were investiga-ted,with 1 798 cases of hospital-associated infections,resulting in an infection rate of 3.82％.The highest inci-dence rate was observed in 2020(4.13％).The top three departments with the highest incidence rates were the in-fectious disease department(12.13％),geriatric psychiatry(7.67％),and the Traditional Chinese Medicine De-partment department(4.90％).The primary infection sites were the lower respiratory tract(57.06％),urinary tract(18.24％),skin and soft tissue(14.29％).The incidence rate was higher in males(5.32％)than in females(2.72％)(P＜0.001).Statistically significant differences were found in the incidence rates among different age groups(P＜0.001),with the highest rate observed in patients aged over 90 years(17.11％).The lowest infection rate was found in patients hospitalized for less than 60 days(0.69％),while the highest was in those hospitalized for more than 1 000 days(49.94％).CONCLUSIONS The patients in psychiatric hospitals are susceptible to infec-tions in the respiratory tract,urinary tract,skin and soft tissue.Targeted prevention and control measures can be implemented based on high-risk factors such as age,length of stay,and gender to reduce the occurrence of in-fections.
