Hospital epidemiology and infection control

Subject:

Hospital epidemiology and infection control

Module:

Clinical Module

Holder of subject:

Dr Irena Grmek Košnik, Assistant Professor

Education providers:

• Dr Irena Grmek Košnik, Assistant Professor
• Dr Viktorija Tomič, Assistant Professor

Contact hours - lectures:

40

Contact hours - seminar:

40

Contact hours - exercises:

20

Individual student work:

150

ECTS:

10

Level of study:

Second cycle study program Nursing

Semester:

Winter

Language:

Slovene/English

Subject specific competences:

• recognize definitions of nosocomial infections;
• get knowledge about infectious disease epidemiology;
• get knowledge about principles of applied epidemiology for infection control;
• get knowledge about data collection in hospital epidemiology;
• get knowledge about investigation of outbreaks;
• get knowledge about epidemiology and prevention of nosocomial infections of organ systems;
• get knowledge about epidemiology and prevention of nosocomial infections caused by specific pathogens;
• recognize legal issues, organization and implementation of infection control programs;
• recognize the role of health-care workers in infection control programs;
• recognize the role of the microbiology laboratory in hospital epidemiology and infection control;
• get knowledge about epidemiology and prevention of nosocomial infections associated with diagnostic and
• therapeutic procedures;
• get knowledge about epidemiology and prevention of nosocomial infections in health-care workers;
• get knowledge about epidemiology and prevention of nosocomial infections related to hospital support services;
• get knowledge about epidemiology and prevention of nosocomial infections in special patient populations;
• get knowledge about epidemiology and prevention of infections in residents of long-term care facilities;
• get knowledge about disinfection and sterilization;
• recognize mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents.
   

Mandatory and recommended references:

Mandatory references:

• Glen Mayhall C. Hospital epidemiology and infection control. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 2004.
• Gubina M, Dolinšek M, Škerl M. Bolnišnicna higiena. Ljubljana: Medicinska fakulteta, 1998.
• Delovna skupina pri Ministrstvu za zdravje RS. Strokovne podlage za pripravo programa za obvladovanje in preprecevanje bolnišnicnih okužb 2000 -2003.
• Dragaš AZ, Škerl M. Higiena in obvladovanje okužb. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC SAZU, 2004.
• Dolinšek M, Kramar Z, Bohinc P. Vzdrževanje prostora, opreme in pripomockov kot del izolacijske doktrine. V: Aerogeno prenosljive nalezljive bolezni. Slovensko društvo za bolnišnicno higieno, 2. strokovni seminar, Ljubljana, 9. 6. 2003. Ljubljana: Slovensko društvo za bolnišnicno higieno, 2003.: zbornik predavanj. Ljubljana, 2003: 34-40.
• Zborniki strokovnih seminarjev Slovenskega društva za bolnišnicno higieno.

Recommended references:

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Conditions for the inclusion in the study:

No specific prerequisites.

Assessment methods:

Written examination – 100%.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, seminars, laboratory work.