Healthcare Workers Emotions, Perceived Stressors and Coping Strategies During a MERS-CoV Outbreak.

Objective: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of contracting Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) during an epidemic. We explored the emotions, perceived stressors, and coping strategies of healthcare workers who worked during a MERS-CoV outbreak in our hospital.

Design: A cross-sectional descriptive survey design.

Molecular characterisation of Escherichia coli from dead broiler chickens with signs of colibacillosis and ready-to-market chicken meat in the West Bank.

1. The aim of this work was to compare a group of virulence-associated characteristics of Escherichia coli isolates from broiler chickens that had died with signs of colibacillosis against E. coli isolates from ready-to-market chicken meat in the West Bank.

Outcome of hypotensive ward patients who re-deteriorate after initial stabilization by the Medical Emergency Team.

Purpose: We evaluated the outcome of hypotensive ward patients who re-deteriorated after initial stabilization by the Medical Emergency Team (MET) in our hospital, due to limited data in this regard.

Methods: One thousand one hundred seventy-nine MET calls in 32184 ward patients from January 2009 to August 2011 were evaluated. Four hundred ten hypotensive patients met study criteria and were divided into: (1)"Immediate Transfers (IT), n = 136":admitted by MET to intensive care unit (ICU) immediately; (2)"Re-deteriorated Transfers (RDT) n = 72":initially stabilized and signed off by MET, but later re-deteriorated within 48-hours and admitted to ICU; (3)"Ward Patients (WP) n = 202": remained stable on ward after treatment.

Itemizing the bundle: achieving and maintaining "zero" central line-associated bloodstream infection for over a year in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Background: "Zero" central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) have not been reported from Asian countries, which usually have predominance of difficult to curtail gram negative infections. It also remains unclear whether lowering CLABSI rates below National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) benchmarks in such countries is even possible. In this study, we evaluated effects of a quality improvement initiative to achieve "Zero CLABSI" in our intensive care unit.