Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Fundamentals of Control of Hospital-Acquired and Community-Acquired Infections I
Course Code
RKM_021
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
22.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Aigars Reinis
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Clinical microbiologist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Aigars Reinis
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To provide knowledge on the role of the laboratory in the prevention of infectious diseases, environmental sample testing, outbreaks, aetiology, control of hospital-acquired infections, control of multi-drug resistant bacteria, biosecurity.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.To define the tasks and practical organisation of infection control and surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in the hospital, recognise the most common causes of hospital-acquired infections and understand their resistance to antibiotic agents.
Skills
1.Will be able to assess the association of the isolated microorganism with hospital-acquired infections, analyse its distribution in the healthcare facility; analyse the epidemiological situation in the healthcare facility in case of an outbreak of hospital-acquired infections and define a set of measures to control and prevent them.
Competences
1.• to assess the potential risk of an outbreak of hospital-acquired and community-acquired infections; • to conduct an epidemiological analysis; • to formulate the necessary infection control measures.
Assessment
Individual work
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Independently learns and prepares presentations on the aetiology, sources, transmission peculiarities and control mechanisms of hospital-acquired and community-acquired infections.
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Examination
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Participation in seminars and clinical sessions, assessed on a 10-point scale, which accounts for 50% of the final assessment, exam - 50%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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The role of the laboratory in infection prevention: collaboration with clinicians, laboratory aspect
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Environmental sample examination: sampling and cultivation
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Investigation of an outbreak of hospital-acquired infection: laboratory and epidemiological
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Epidemiological examination of microbial strains in infection control
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Multi-resistant bacteria surveillance programmes: MRSA, VRE, MDR, TBC
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Infectious disease surveillance procedures
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The role of the reference laboratory in infection surveillance
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The role of hand hygiene in the acquisition of hospital-associated infections. Hand hygiene of laboratory staff
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Laboratory support in blood-borne pathogen control
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Biosafety levels: biosafety measures in the laboratory; micro-organisms of biosafety risk levels 3 and 4
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
22.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
10
Length (weeks):
16
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Hospital Acquired Infections Hardcover Book - Sixth Edition, ed. by W. R. Jarvis 2014.
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Hawker, Jeremy, et al. Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2019. ProQuest Ebook Central
3.
Evidence-Based Infectious Diseases, edited by Dominik Mertz, et al. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central
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Stern, Scott D. C. "Hospital-acquired Pneumonia and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia." Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence-Based Guide. 4e Eds. Scott D.C. Stern, et al. McGraw-Hill, 2020
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Concepts and Methods in Infectious Disease Surveillance, edited by John Iskander, et al. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014. ProQuest Ebook Central
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Weston, Debbie, et al. Infection Prevention and Control at a Glance. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016. ProQuest Ebook Central
Other Information Sources
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ClinicalKey
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AccessMedicine
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MedScape
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PubMed
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ScienceDirect