Evaluation of Infection Prevention and Control Programmes (IPC), and Assessment Tools for IPC-Programmes at MOH-Health Facilities in Saudi Arabia

Abdullah M. Assiri, Abdul Jamil Choudhry, Suhair S. Alsaleh, Khalid H. Alanazi, Suha S. Alsaleh

Department of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, KSA.
Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal Hospital, Dammam-National Guard Health Affairs, Dammam, KSA.
Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA.

DOI: 10.4236/ojn.2014.47051                

Abstract

Infection Prevention and Control is a Quality Standard and is crucial in all health care facilities. Many hospitals remain deficient in trained infection control professionals (ICPs), and now there is an acute awareness of the need to correct this shortfall. The objectives of the study were to describe the current status of ICP programs at ministry of health (MOH) and to evaluate the current status of infection prevention and control programs at health care facilities in kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A cross sectional interview and a self assessment study were conducted on infection prevention and control (IPC) program in Saudi Arabia. All the MOH hospital in all regions was randomly chosen to the study setting. The selection of facilities was done at random with a clear intention to include twenty regions. A random sample was taken from these hospitals with sample size 56 (55.4%), by Multi stage random sampling technique. Results showed that the total facility in all over the kingdom was 51.4% where central area covered the facility score 58.2%, followed by western area (54.8%), south (53.7%), east (46.3%), and lastly with (45.8%) north area. Survey revealed that the infrastructure for infection control program in Saudi Arabian hospitals remained underdeveloped. There were defects in the identified components of effective infection control programs.

Keywords

Infection Prevention Control, Assessment Tools, Health Facility, Saudi Arabia

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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