Knowledge attitudes and practices of healthcare workers on respirator fit testing and PAPR use at a university medical center.

Particularly during an epidemic of infectious diseases, worker safety in healthcare depends critically on respirator fit testing and the usage of powered air-purifying respirators (PAPR). Reducing hazards requires ensuring healthcare professionals' (HCW) knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors as well as their compliance with respiratory protection programs. There is little information on these factors in Saudi Arabian healthcare environments, which calls for targeted research.

Risk Factors for Among Admitted Patients in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2020-2022).

Introduction: (formerly known as ()) can cause invasive infections with high mortality rates and the ability to colonize the skin, persist in healthcare environments, and cause healthcare-associated outbreaks. Certain patients are at a significant risk of infection. Our hospital is a 1000-bed tertiary teaching hospital that caters to, among other patients, critically ill and immunocompromised patients.

Description of Occurrence in a Tertiary Health Institution in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Background: is an emerging multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen that represents a current serious threat to healthcare settings.

Objective: The objective was to determine the prevalence of in a Riyadh hospital since its initial detection in late 2019.

Methods: Using an adapted risk assessment tool, we reviewed the charts and medical files of all suspected and confirmed cases of infections reported at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, between November 2019 and December 2022.