Hospital Infection among Psychiatric Inpatients in State of Protective Constraint / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To explore the affection of protective constraint on infection among psychiatric inpatients and it′s preventive methods.METHODS A retrospective study of infection among psychiatric patients was carried by medical records investigation.Inpatients in states of protective constraint and non-constraint in confining units of psychiatric department were divided into study group and control group.Case-control study was carried up on rate of hospital infection and rate of infection of parts of body between groups.RESULTS The infective rate of study group was significantly higher than control one,in which,infective rates of lower respiratory tract,urinary tract,dermatological and mucous parts of study group were significantly higher than control group.CONCLUSIONS Protective constraint for psychiatric patients is one of risk factors of hospital infection,to which should be pay attention,and preventive methods might be taken.