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Burden of healthcare-associated infections at six tertiary-care hospitals in Saudi Arabia: A point prevalence survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2019

Majid M. Alshamrani ,
Aiman El-Saed ,
Asim Alsaedi ,
Ayman El Gammal ,
Wafa Al Nasser ,
Syed Nazeer  and
Hanan H. Balkhy
Majid M. Alshamrani*
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNGHA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Aiman El-Saed
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNGHA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Community Medicine Department, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Asim Alsaedi
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control Department, KAMC, MNGHA, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ayman El Gammal
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Hospital, MNGHA, Al Hassa, Saudi Arabia
Wafa Al Nasser
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control Department, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal Hospital, MNGHA, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Syed Nazeer
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control Department, Prince Mohammed Bin Abdul Aziz Hospital, MNGHA, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Hanan H. Balkhy
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNGHA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*
Author for correspondence: Majid M. Alshamran, Emails: Dr_shomrani@yahoo.com (preferred) or Alshamranima2@ngha.med.sa
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Abstract

A point prevalence survey was conducted on May 11, 2017, among inpatients at 6 hospitals in Saudi Arabia. The overall point prevalence was 6.8% (114 of 1,666). The most common types of infections were pneumonia (27.2%), urinary tract infections (20.2%), and bloodstream infections (10.5%). Approximately 19.2% of healthcare-associated infections were device associated.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , March 2019 , pp. 355 - 357
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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