Mohammed Mukhtar
Suleiman Fakkeh College of Health Sciences, KSA
Title: The earlier MERS-COV screening for dialysis patients, it will help to reduce morbidity.
Biography
Biography: Mohammed Mukhtar
Abstract
MERS-COV is a viral respiratory disease caused by coronavirus, that was identified first in KSA in 2012. Infection is the second most common cause of death in dialysis patients, and this is because they were having routine trice weekly hemodialysis and exposed quickly to pathogens through needling, transfusion, and dialysis catheters. A treatment room is ideal for infection transmission. Dialysis patients were prone to severe infection because decreased immune function. Coronaviruses could cause highly contagious pneumonic infections.Spread mainly through contact and respiratory droplet