Head of Microbiology Department in Ministry of Health. Maternity and Children Hospital. Al hasa. Saudi Arabia
Job Experience
Head of Microbiology Department
Ministry of Health. Maternity and Children Hospital. Al hasa. Saudi Arabia
February 2006 to October 2014
? Educating, implementing, supervising, evaluating, monitoring all procedures and staff
? Worked as infection control advisor and member of committee
? Provided consultation in prevention and control of outbreaks specially MDR organisms
? Follow APIC guidelines
? Provided consultation, interpretation, reporting of results, selecting appropriate antibiotics according to antibiotic policy follow CDC, CLSI and CLIA guidleines
? Prepared manual procedures and verified all quality control
Medical Microbiologist and Head of Microbiology and Routine departments
Maternity Child Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Kingdome
February 2006 to Actually working here
Working in clinical microbiology in Egypt and Saudi Arabia ? Providing consultation, interpretation, reporting of results, selecting appropriate antibiotics according to antibiotic policy ? Working with computerized machines as Micro scan, Phoenix, and Bactic for blood culture and MGIT for TB. Capable of trouble shooting when problems arise. ? Supervising the technologist in all procedures. ? Following up the processing, reporting and informing of blood culture, CSF and other panic results ? Serology: working and interpreting results for HIV, HBS, HCV and others. ? PCR: as a part of practical work of PHD thesis ? Mycology: examining all direct smears and reporting culture ? Parasitology: supervising collecting & examining specimens for leishmania & Malaria and interpreting results ? Preparing manual procedures and verifying all quality control procedures. ? Managing and supervising various personnel including sharing their yearly performance evaluation ? Educating, implementing, supervising, evaluating, monitoring and updating Infection Control Policy under the supervision of Ministry of Health, WHO and NAMERU 3 ? Acting as a member of the Infection Control Committee in MCH Al Hasa Hospital in Saudi Arabia ? Teaching for nurses and medical technologists as part of my job ? Participating in the continuous medical education program
Medical Microbiologist and Head of Infection Control Team
Ministry of Health
January 2002 to December 2005
? Worked as infection control professional
? Established and implement infection control program
? Performed surveillance for nosocomial infections
? Worked to prevention and control of outbreaks specially MDR organisms
? Follow APIC guidelines
? Serology: worked and interpreted results for HIV, HBV, HCV and other viruses
? PCR: for 4 years as a part of practical work of PhD thesis
? ? Provided consultation, interpretation, reporting of results, selecting appropriate antibiotics
Medical Microbiologist & Head of Infection Control Team
Hommiyat Hospital (Fever Hospital), Alexandria Egypt
February 2001 to February 2006
Medical Microbiologist
Ministry of Health.Regional Lab, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
November 1998 to December 2001
? Followed up the processing, reporting and informing of blood culture, CSF and other panic results
? Provided consultation, interpretation, reporting of results, selecting appropriate antibiotics according to antibiotic policy
? Utilized computerized machines as Bactic for blood culture; and MGIT for TB; troubleshoot when problems arise
? Mycology: examining all direct smears and reporting culture
? Parasitology: supervising collecting and examining specimens for leishmania and malaria and in
Medical Microbiologist
Regional Lab Ministry of Health Eastern Province Saudi Arabia
November 1998 to January 2001
Medical Microbiologist
Hommiyat Hospital, Alexandria Egypt
May 1995 to November 1998
Medical Microbiologist
Al-Noor Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
May 1993 to May 1995
Medical Microbiologist
Ministry of Health Hospitals, Alexandria, Egypt
August 1986 to May 1993
Resident of Microbiology
Ministry of Health Hospitals, Alexandria, Egypt
March 1982 to August 1986
Education
American Board Of Medical Microbiology (ABMM)
American College of Microbiology (USA)June 2010 to August 2012
Course of infection control
Ministery of Health of Egypt under supervision of WHO & NAMERO3 (Egipto)May 2003 to October 2003
Medical doctorat of medical microbiology
Faculty of medicine, Cairo University (Egipto)September 2002 to November 2008
Medical Doctorate of Microbiology (PHD)
[Otra]Cairo University (Canadá)January 2002 to January 2008
Master degree of medical micobiology
Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University (Egipto)September 1982 to July 1986
Master Degree of Microbiology (M.Sc)
[Otra]Alexandria University (Canadá)January 1982 to January 1986
MBBCh
Faculty of Medicine, (Egipto)September 1974 to November 1980
M.B. Bch
[Otra]Alexandria University (Canadá)January 1974 to January 1980
Languages
English
Advanced
IT skills
Power point
Advanced
Word
Advanced
Excel
Medium
Other Skills
More Azza
Career Goals
Industries of interest
Laboratories Health
Areas of interest
Health / Pharmacy Laboratories
Availability to travel and work outside the city
Yes