Current status of hospital infection management in psychiatric hospitals in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region / 四川精神卫生

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo investigate current status of hospital infection management in psychiatric hospitals in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region， so as to provide references for improving the level of hospital infection management of psychiatric hospitals. MethodsIn December 2020， on-site supervision was conducted on hospital infection management in all 9 psychiatric hospitals in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region， meantime， the self-compiled questionnaire on hospital infection management status was used for investigation. ResultsAmong the selected hospitals， nine （100.00%） psychiatric hospitals had the main hospital leaders in charge of hospital infection management， five （55.56%） hospitals had established a hospital infection management committee， six （66.67%） hospitals had established an independent hospital infection management department， and one （11.11%） hospital had developed all 13 systems mentioned in the questionnaire related to hospital infection management and job responsibilities. In terms of hospital infection management staff， there were 23 staff members in the nine psychiatric hospitals， including 3 in the specialty （13.04%） and 20 in the part-time setting （86.96%）. The score of the implementation of the basic system of hospital infection management in nine hospitals was （3.28±2.22）. ConclusionThe system specification related to hospital infection management in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region psychiatric hospitals needs to be improved and further strengthened， the professionalism of hospital infection management personnel needs to be improved.