Course: HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY IN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

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Course title HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY IN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Course code KSZD/HYO9
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Mičíková Lucia, PhDr. Ing.
Course content
Topics of lectures: 1. Hygienic requirements for the construction of medical facilities (hereinafter MF) 2. Hygienic requirements for the operation of MF 3. Hygienic requirements for MF environment 4. The process of infection spreading in MF 5. Infections associated with health care and their prevention 6. Preventive and repressive anti-epidemic precautions in MF 7. Disinfection and sterilization, hand hygiene 8. Health protection during handling of chemical substances in MF 9. Health protection with food processing in MF 10. Health protection when handling laundry and waste 11. Health supporting hospitals 12. Legislation of the protection of public health Seminar topics: Elaboration on disinfection rules of MF Elaboration on operating rules of the department, ambulance Elaboration on rules for chemical substances handling Scheme of internal audit of HE at the department, outpatient clinic Precautions in cases of infectious disease in MF Effectiveness control of sterilization

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on the application of knowledge from the fields of microbiology, epidemiology and hygiene, obtained by bachelor and master studies in non-medical fields pursuant conditions of protection and support of health in healthcare facilities and the application of prevention principles in their management.
Expertise: The student is able to describe and explain the principles and fundamental requirements for construction (location, layout, technical support of buildings and premises where health care is provided), environment and operation of health care in terms of creating a health-friendly and health-promoting environment. Student knows the conditions of transmission of infectious agents in medical facilities and relevant preventive measures. Professional skills: The student is able to develop quality management plans in health care in terms of hygiene and epidemiology, develop operating and disinfection rules, internal audit of HE at workplaces of health care, program and implementation of sterilizers and disinfectors, analysis of health care-related infections and preventive control measures.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
80% attendance in lectures and seminars, elaboration and presentation of the seminar work, test, oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Acta hygienica, epidemiologica et microbiologica. Praha: SZU.
  • Časopis Hygiena.
  • Vyhl. č. 306/2012 Sb. o podmínkách předcházení vzniku a šíření infekčních nemocí a o hygienických požadavcích na provoz zdravotnických zařízení a ústavů sociální péče v znění platných předpisů.
  • Vyhl. č. 92/2012 Sb. o požadavcích na minimální technické a věcné vybavení zdravotnických zařízení a kontaktních pracovišť domácí péče v znění platných předpisů.
  • Z. č. 258/2000 Sb. o ochraně veřejného zdraví v znění platných předpisů.
  • HAMPLOVÁ, L. a kol.. Mikrobiologie, imunologie, epidemiologie. Praha: Triton, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7387-934-1.. ISBN 978-80-7387-934-1.
  • LOWEDAY, H., P. and al. 2014. National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England. J. of Hosp. Inf., vol. 86, Suppl. 1, Jan 2014, pp S1 - S70.
  • SCHINDLER, J. Mikrobiologie pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-247-4771-2.
  • SLÁMOVÁ, A., TUČEK, M. 2014. Hygiena a epiemiologie pro bakaláře. Praha: KU Karolinum. ISBN 978-80-2462136-4.
  • ŠULCOVÁ, M. Mikrobiologie, epidemiologie, hygiena. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP, reedice2017, ISBN 978-80-7414-791-3. ISBN 978-80-7414-791-3.


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