Drug and Chemical Poisoning Patterns in Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia

Drug Research ◽

10.1055/a-1658-3036 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sulaiman Mohammed Alnasser

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Accidental Poisoning ◽

Ministry Of Health ◽

Health Ministry ◽

Drug Poisoning ◽

Chemical Agents ◽

Environmental And Occupational Health ◽

Clinical Drug ◽

Age Category

AbstractThis research reveals that drugs and chemicals poisoning have been reported to have severe and fetal side effects on health provided by doctors in statistics and periodical records. This work aimed to explore the interaction among drug and chemical poisoning patterns concerning risk factors, especially gender, age, exposure circumstances, and outcomes in the Makkah region. A retrospective analysis was of clinical drug and chemical poisoning cases (2014–2015). The data were retrieved from the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health received 1216 reports of drug and chemical poisoning during 2014–2015 in Makkah. This study has found that, the most affected gender was that of males (65%). The most affected age category with drug poisoning was over 15 years old (67%), but under 5 years for chemical poisoning (60%). The majority of drug poisoning cases are unknown drugs (42%), which accidental poisoning was a minority compared with other drug causes (27%). Chemical poisoning accidents were the majority causes of the recorded cases (63%). We reported healthy recovered without complications for most patients from drug and chemical poisoning (85–95%). Antidotes were administered in only (5%) of cases, and fatalities were reported (0.5% of cases). We have shown a flagrant increase in the number of people poisoned by drugs and chemical agents during 2015. Increases poisoning cases involved both genders and all studied age categories, especially males over 15 years up to 25 (drugs) and < 5 years (chemicals). Most cases were accidental (chemicals) and reported healthy recovery for most patients.

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Data on healthcare perceptions about system risk factors associated with patient safety from the Ministry of Health hospitals in Hail Region of Saudi Arabia

Bioinformation ◽

10.6026/97320630017274 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 274-282

Author(s):

Fares Alshammari ◽

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Patient Safety ◽

Financial Incentives ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Improve Patient Safety ◽

Working Hours ◽

Ministry Of Health ◽

System Risk ◽

System Factors

Patient protection has become one of the key elements of the quality of health care systems in Saudi Arabia. Medical errors that threaten patient safety are mediated by several factors including system risk factors. Hence, we used a self-structured questionnaire to assess and rank the system factors according to the perceptions of nurses working in the hospitals of the ministry of health in Hail, KSA. Eight out of twelve factors tested were perceived as threatening factors of the patient safety that are; ‘Shortage of medical staff’, ‘Poor design of the hospital structure’, ‘Long working hours’, ‘Overcrowding of patients’, ‘Poor coordination between hospital departments, ‘Punitive and blaming environment, ‘Lack of clinical practice standards’ and, ‘Poor financial incentives’. Thus, considering the negative impact of the identified threatening system factors in this study on patient safety, urgent planning and managing appropriate corrective actions should be designed to improve patient safety issues.

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Prevalence and behavioral risk factors for STIs/HIV among attendees of the Ministry of Health hospitals in Saudi Arabia

The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries ◽

10.3855/jidc.5964 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 (04) ◽

pp. 402-408 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Sanaa M. Filemban ◽

Yasser A. Yasein ◽

Magdy H. H. Abdalla ◽

Raafat Al-Hakeem ◽

Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Drug Use ◽

Economic Problem ◽

Behavioral Risk Factors ◽

Behavioral Risk ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Ministry Of Health ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Infected People

Introduction: Sexually transmitted infections (STI) are a major public health, social, and economic problem leading to morbidity, mortality, and stigma. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of STIs, investigate behavioral risk factors and the relationship between the STIs/HIV and demographic factors. Methodology: A cross-sectional survey was conducted between 2013 and 2014 among attendees of the Ministry of Health hospitals. Results: The total number of participants was 3,994 (2,441 males and 1,553 females), with a mean age of 31.95 ± 9.45 years (range 12 to 77 years). The prevalence of STIs and HIV was 6.2% and 0.05% respectively. The mean age for infected people with STIs was 29.42 ± 7.51, vs. 32.12 ± 9.55 for non infected (p < 0.05). There was no diffference between infected and non infected people regarding gender, occupation and marital status. The prevalence of STIs was more commonly reported among non-Saudi (10.9%). Drug use (OR = 4.74; 95%; CI: 3.47–6.48), intravenous drug use (OR = 4.51; 95% CI: 1.45–13.12), illegal sex (OR = 10.7; 95% CI: 7.62–13.32), sex for money (OR = 6.36; 95% CI: 4.52–8.93), sex for pleasure (OR=9.76; 95% CI: 7.29–13.07) were significantly associated with STIs. Conclusion: The prevalence of STIs including HIV in Saudi Arabia is low compared to other countries in the region and globally.

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Prevalence of burnout syndrome and its related risk factors among physicians working in primary health care centers of the Ministry of Health, Al Ahsa region, Saudi Arabia, 2018–2019

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care ◽

10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_743_19 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 571

Author(s):

Ahmed AL-Haddad ◽

Fatimah AL-Omar ◽

Abdullah AL-Khaleel ◽

Ali AL-Khalaf

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Health Care ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Burnout Syndrome ◽

Ministry Of Health ◽

Primary Health ◽

Related Risk ◽

Primary Health Care Centers ◽

Health Care Centers

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National Survey of Drug Information Centers practice: Leadership and Practice management at Ministry of Health Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Research in Pharmacy and Health Sciences ◽

10.32463/rphs.2018.v04i03.17 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 497-503

Author(s):

Yousef Ahmed Alomi ◽

Saeed Jamaan Alghamdi ◽

Radi Abdullah Alattyh

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

National Survey ◽

Drug Information ◽

Information Services ◽

Practice Management ◽

Full Time ◽

Drug Information Services ◽

Ministry Of Health ◽

Patient Counselling ◽

Health Hospital

Objective: To explore the National Survey of Drug Information Centers practice in Saudi Arabia: Leadership and Practice management at Ministry of Health hospital. Method: It is a cross-sectional four months national survey of Drug Information Services at Ministry of Health hospital. It contained ten domains with 181 questions designed by the authors. It was derived from Internal Pharmaceutical Federation, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists best practice guidelines. This survey was distributed to forty hospital pharmacies that run drug information services. In this study, domain of Drug Monitoring and Patient Counselling System explored and analyzed. It consisted of eight questions about the written policy and procedure and application methods for Leadership and Practice management in the drug information centers. All analysis was done through survey monkey system. Results: The survey distributed to 45 of hospitals, the response rate, was 40 (88.88%) hospitals. The highest score of the DIC had policy and procedures with a clear mission, vision, and values were Evidence of valid Saudi Council of Health Specialties license to practice in Saudi Arabia did not exist in 3 (7.5%) hospitals while 30 (75%) of hospitals 100% applied the elements. The highest score of the Drug information centers had a space, adequate furniture, hours of operation were determined and announced as well as there was a qualified and licensed staffing. All Drug Information Centers staff had valid licenses from Saudi Commission for Health Specialties to practice in Saudi Arabia, did not exist in 6 (15%) hospitals while 30 (75%) of hospitals 100% applied the elements. The highest score of the Drug Information Centers Supervisor, reports workload statistics to the appropriate and leadership number of Full Time Employee staff and actual workload published was the answering question depends on the priority of the question did not exist in 6 (15%) hospitals while only 22 (55%) of hospitals 100% applied the elements. The highest score of the Drug Information Centers showed evidence of Quality Improvement, and the process for Drug Information Centers Networking. The reporting any questionable drug quality to Pharmacy director, did not exist in 4 (10 %) hospitals while only 25 (62.5%) of hospitals 100% applied the elements. Conclusion: There were an acceptable implementation leadership and practice management in drug information centers practice. The drug information centers workload analysis and quality management should improve. Drug information centers network indication required an implementation to improve the services at Ministry of Health hospital in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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