Needlestick and sharps injuries among secondary and tertiary healthcare workers, Saudi Arabia.

Aim: The study aimed to assess the incidence of needlestick and sharps injuries among healthcare workers (HCWs) in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia, as well as to determine whether there exists an association between hospital level and needlestick and sharps injuries rate.

Design: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 609 randomly selected HCWs from nine general hospitals.

Methods: A self-administered questionnaire, which covered the structure and process of injection safety, was used for data collection.

Dengue meningoencephalitis in a child presenting with focal seizures.

We report a 9-year-old female child who presented with fever and focal seizures. The Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) analysis was compatible with viral meningoencephalitis and Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) on same sample was positive for dengue virus RNA, serotype 2. The dengue IgM in blood sample was positive on the 8th day of the illness.

First confirmed case of local human rabies in Saudi Arabia.

Rabies is a common zoonotic viral infection worldwide. Numerous animals can transmit the virus to humans, but dogs are the main ones. Despite the high incidence of animal bites overall in Saudi Arabia, of which most are dog bites, no single case of confirmed local human rabies has been reported.

Impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)'s multidimensional approach on rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units in 22 hospitals of 14 cities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Background: To analyze the impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Multidimensional Approach (IMA) and use of INICC Surveillance Online System (ISOS) on ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates in Saudi Arabia from September 2013 to February 2017.

Methods: A multicenter, prospective, before-after surveillance study on 14,961 patients in 37 intensive care units (ICUs) of 22 hospitals. During baseline, we performed outcome surveillance of VAP applying the definitions of the CDC/NHSN.

Epidemiological and clinical aspects of neonatal tetanus from a tertiary care hospital.

Background And Objectives: To study the epidemiology, clinical presentation and outcome of all patients diagnosed with neonatal tetanus and to provide a recommendation for maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination.

Design And Setting: Retrospective study of all cases of neonatal tetanus admitted from 1991 to 2013.Neonatal intensive care unit, King Fahad Central Hospital, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.

Surveillance for influenza admissions among children hospitalized in Canadian immunization monitoring program active centers, 2003-2004.

Objectives: Influenza is a common childhood infection that may result in hospitalization. Our objectives were to (1) determine characteristics of children hospitalized for influenza and disease manifestations and (2) obtain baseline data before implementation of new recommendations for routine immunization of young children and their caretakers against influenza.

Methods: All of the children hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza at 9 Canadian tertiary care hospitals during the 2003-2004 influenza season were identified from virology laboratory reports, and their charts were reviewed.

Vertical transmission of fatal Rift Valley fever in a newborn.

Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a viral disease transmitted to humans by mosquito bite and contact with animals or their infected tissues. Other modes of transmission include aerosol inhalation and possibly ingestion of raw milk from infected animals. We present a 5-day-old neonate with fatal RVF.