The aim of the study was to assess the oral care provided for patients in Intensive and Intermediate Care Units in King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh and Qateef Central Hospital (QCH), Qateef, Saudi Arabia. Questionnaires were completed by the bedside nurses, dentists and doctors treating these patients. Results showed that in both hospitals, there was no oral examination as part of...

due to uncontrolled dump of dried municipal sludge and its use by farmers as soil conditioner and/or fertilizer, an extensive research was conducted in order to determine the microbiological characteristics of municipal sludges produced at three major cities, namely, qateef, dammam and khobar in the eastern province of saudi arabia. sludge samples were collected, from sand drying beds, twice a ...