2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The study of infection control outcomesin psychiatric hospital
| Project/Area Number |
24792604
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Community health/Gerontological nurisng
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima International University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
YAMAZAKI Toshiko 広島国際大学, 看護学部, 教授 (50282025)
NAKAMURA Yuriko 広島国際大学, 看護学部, 講師 (10364118)
ONUMA Izumi 広島国際大学, 看護学部, 助教 (40441571)
KUWAKADO Shotaro 医療法人社団碧水会, 長谷川病院
BESSHO Kazue 医療法人社団更生会, 草津病院
TAKAHAMA Masakazu 財団法人浅香山病院
OZAWA Shinichiro 国立研究開発法人国立精神・神経医療研究センター病院
KURIHARA Yasuo 医療法人居仁会, 総合心療センターひなが
YAMAUCHI Hayato 医療法人仁恵会, 佐伯保養院
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 感染制御 / 感染対策 / 精神科 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We surveyed the current situation of infection measures in mental hospitals. As a result, there were few institutions in which professional staff were employed for infection control, such as specialized physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. The survey also revealed that institutions are currently unable to take the necessary measures because there are too few health care professionals per hospital bed owing to a lack of economic resources.
It was found that disease outbreak due to norovirus and influenza virus occurs in approximately 20% and 30% of mental hospitals, respectively; this resulted in predicaments such as the forced discontinuation of acceptance of new inpatients and difficulties with patient treatment. In contrast, it was also suggested that the current index for evaluating the effects of infection measures used in general hospitals could not be applied to mental hospitals. In the future, a prospective study is needed to develop an evaluation index tailored to psychiatry.
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| Free Research Field |
感染制御学
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