Reduction and surveillance of device-associated infections in adult intensive care units at a Saudi Arabian hospital, 2004-2011.

Background: Device-associated infections (DAI) are recognized as a marker of patient safety. Data regarding DAI rates in Saudi Arabia are sparse.

Methods: This was a prospective surveillance study of DAI rates conducted in the adult intensive care units of the Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, carried out using the DAI definition provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network.

Incidence of influenza A H1N1 2009 infection in Eastern Saudi Arabian hospitals.

Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiologic features of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) cases.

Methods: This study was conducted in Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization (SAMSO) facilities in the Eastern province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Electronic medical records for H1N1 infected patients who visited SAMSO between June and October 2009 were reviewed retrospectively.

Incidence trends of childhood type 1 diabetes in eastern Saudi Arabia.

Objective: To assess the epidemiology and incidence rate of type 1 diabetes in children <15 years of age in a subpopulation in the eastern province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

Methods: This is a subpopulation-based observational incidence study. Admission dates, diagnosis, age, and gender were collected for all Saudi children <15 years of age with new onset type 1 diabetes that received medical care at the Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, KSA during the period 1990-2007.

Attitudes towards influenza vaccination of multi-nationality health-care workers in Saudi Arabia.

Background: The compliance with influenza vaccination among health-care workers (HCWs) is known to be low. A multi-nationality survey to explore the reasons for such poor compliance has not been studied in depth.

Materials And Methods: An epidemiologic survey to evaluate the compliance rates with influenza vaccination and possible associated reasons for compliance.

Antimicrobial resistance rates of Enterobacter spp.: a seven-year surveillance study.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the trends of antimicrobial resistance of Enterobacter spp. over time in a Saudi Arabian hospital.

Materials And Methods: This is an in vitro surveillance study of the antibiotic susceptibility pattern among Enterobacter spp.

Antimicrobial resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Saudi Arabian hospital: results of a 6-year surveillance study, 1998-2003.

There are few data regarding the prevalence and trends of antibiotic resistance to Klebsiella pneumoniae in Saudi Arabia over time. Thus, we evaluated the prevalence and the trends in antibiotic resistance of K. pneumoniae at the Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization over a 6-year period.