[Nosocomial infection in psychiatry: myth or reality...?]

The absence of nosocomial infections control in the hospital Henri-Laborit, specialized in mental medicine, has brought ourselves to answer the question: is the nosocomial infection in psychiatric hospital a myth or a reality? A retrospective study of global nosocomial infections incidence has been realized from ten years of microbiology laboratory data. During this time, 716 patients have contracted one or several nosocomial infections. The incidence rate is 3%, the incidence density rate 0.3/1000. The urinary infections represent half of the infections, followed by the septic wounds. Some infections like septicaemia implicate the patient vital prognosis.