kamal abdelrahman

Routine activities, tasks and responsibilities
Infection control preventionist working at operational/management level of Johns Hopkins Aramco Hospital (JHAH).
As a member of IC team I manage infection prevention and control program for all HCWs and in-patients, outpatient of Aramco population in Dhahran and Aramco district areas.
 Perform ongoing surveillance review of process and outcome improvement.
 Manage & focus at surveillance of hospital acquired infection diseases & transmission infection.
 Investigate an outbreak and identify clusters of infection due to unusual pathogens
 Perform contact tracing and F/U for staff/patients exposed to contagous dieases.
 Conduct educational sessions & training on hand hygiene, IC measure, standard precaution, PPE donning & doffing, transmission based precaution, environmental cleaning & sanitization.
 Observe, review and monitor cleaning & disinfection process of environmental surfaces, and waste product & segregation program, provide feedback & recommendation based on finding.
 Observe, review & monitor cleaning, disinfection and sterilization process of medical and surgical equipment and devices, provide feedback & recommendation based on finding.
 Observe, review & monitor process of insertion & maintenance of invasive CL, FC, ETT and surgical procedure, provide feedback & recommendation based on evidence based practice.
 Monitor compliance of construction & renovation project(Participate in PRCA & ICRA), Review &approve design project, and provide feedback on deficiencies to project manager for correction
 Coordinate with Industrial hygiene & engineering facility to maintain proper ventilation of health medical facility upon ASHRAE guideline.
 Coordinate with EH/IH to assure air & water quality,
 monitor HD water & dialysate culture
 Monitor compliance of facility water testing, complete
annual legionella risk assessment.
ssification: JHAH Confidential

 Certified Professional in Infection Control (CPIC) from American Institute for Healthcare Quality (AIHQ) 2015.
 Patient safety conference, Dubi,2014
 Word Excel and new office 2010
 Charge Nurse Leadership & Communication 2011.
 Organization Culture & Leadership 2011.
 Communication & Leadership 2011
 Leadership Communication skill 2011
 Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint 2011
 Word Excel 2007.
 Advance Cardiac Life support
(ACLS) 1998-2012.
 ECCO ICU Course for 12
months 2007
 BLS instructor 1998-2020.
 SGDN Leadership
Management 1996
 Emergency Nurse Course
1993
    Monitor pharmacy environmental culture every 6 month.
 Perform ongoing review of policies, procedures and guidelines in compliance with JCI, MOH & CBAHI and other external regulatory indicator & implement revision.
 Review all BBF exposures, investigate & conduct RCA and provide vaccination & prophylaxis as indicated.
 Daily review of microbiology and other positive lab result, detect all possible HAIs, identified infectious agents, communicable diseases & MDROs.
 Conduct daily round to primary care/ambulatory /EMS & in- patient care area:
 Observe all patients in isolation room, ensure proper isolation and available PPEs supply require for isolation.
 Observe staff practice in compliance with IC measures.
 Observe cleaning and disinfection process for patient’s
rooms and cleaning surfaces,
 Review all patients with invasive devices & procedures
for possible infection, reduce unnecessary device utilization, check if readmitted patients with possible infection.
 Initiate & discontinue isolation precaution based on microbiology cultures, symptom management and recovery protocol
 Initiate action to identify incidence reported in in-patient& out-patient care areas. & implement process for the surveillance, prevention, and control of infectious disease
 Participate in Environmental of Care inspection rounds (EOC), Repot finding to assigned unit/team for correction.
 Report reportable of infectious diseases to Epidemiology/ministry of Public Health.
 Review and approve use of new disinfectants and antiseptic product in the hospital and train staff on the use of new disinfectant

Special Skill
 Expert in create, manage and implement IC Program plan based on patients risk assessment and patients population of medical facility.
 Expert in conduct basic cluster/epidemic investigations.
 Expert in implementing action to prevent &eliminate HAIs
based on IC program
 Expert in using National Health care Safety Network
guidelines (NHSN) for healthcare associated infections
surveillance.
 Expert in validating identified healthcare associated infection
based on NHSN.
 Expert in conducting Focus review, technical review &
contractual compliance review survey for medical designated facility kingdom wide to evaluate IC standard and measures for designated medical referralfacilities to ensure meeting IC requirement for referring Saudi Aramco patients to these facilities
 Expert in reviewing, developing Facility design study & create layout for specific unit based on FGI requirement . (Had an essential role in designing of HDU, EMS and AIIR isolation ward).
 Expert in reviewing & updating IC policies, procedures and guideline and implement revision.
 Advanced knowledge and skilled in recognition of anti- microbial resistance organism (MDROs)
 Trained & involved in anti-biogram and antibiotic stewardship program.
 BICSL trainer, Basic Infection Control Skills License (BICSL). Trainer Certified for HCWs.
 JCIA & CBAHI Infection control counterpart
    Activities involved /Achievements
 Implemented respiratory visual triage in high risk area for droplet/airborne infection transmission (EMS, HD, Oncology clinic & primary care clinic).
 Created Respiratory screening clinic in primary care area designated for suspected COVID-19, MERS- CoV and respiratory infection /symptomatic patient.
 Involved on reduction of CLABSI & CAUTI in all ICUS & NICU unit

 Worked on reduction of SSI rate from 0.92% in 2020 to 0.68% in 2021.
 Conducted many educational & training classes for HCWs in related to IC topics such as isolation based precautions, PPEs donning &doffing, HH education.
 Conducted many educational classes about COVID-19 / MERS CoV, respiratory illness, HH and other IC standard & guideline.
 Conducted many focus review& contractual compliance review kingdom wide to evaluate IC essential standards for these facilities.
 Assigned as a member of Taskforce team/ steering committee for new design/layout of HDU, EMS, isolation ward and cardiac Cath. Lab.
 Revised & updated requiremnt for CBAHI & JCI reaccreditation.
 Assigned in accreditation trace team for CBAHI & JCI for 2019& 2023.
 Safety champions & fire warden.
 Member of PCIC committee.
 Member of CUSP team in EMS, NICU and Oncology unit.
 Member of Saudi commission for health specialist since 1988.
 Involved in anti-biogram and antibiotic stewardship program
of medical facility.
 Organized and run infection control training program for 6
new ICPs staff for 12 months in 2018.
 conducting annual infection control drill to prepare for
response to an influx of infectious patients
 Participated in JCI & CBAHI accreditaion - Infection control counterpart 

Employment Work Experience Record
 Infection Control Preventionist / Patient Quality & safety. 6 year experience at Johns Hopkins Saudi Aramco Health Care Center (JHAH) 2017-2023.
 Infection control specialist/ Preventive Med Advisor/Epidemiology unit. at Saudi Aramco medical Center/Dhahran 2013-2017.
 Charge Nurse. Cardiac CCU/ Saudi Aramco/ Dhahran/ Saudi Arabia 1987-2013.
 Staff Nurse. Medical Surgical Ward, Private Sector/ Jerusalem/ west Bank 1986 – 1987

Professional & Education Qualifications Highlight
 Jordan University, Faculty of Nursing Amman, Jordan, 1986.
 Board Certified in Infection Prevention and Control - CIC® 2016
 Statistic course (Athabasca University, Canada), 2015.
 Certified Professional in Infection Control (CPIC) from American Institute for Healthcare Quality (AIHQ) 2015
 Basic Infection Control Skills License (BICSL) 2023.