IGIENE ED IGIENE OSPEDALIERA E MALATTIE INFETTIVE - canale 2
Academic Year 2016/2017 - 2° Year- IGIENE: Maria Anna Coniglio
- Hospital Hygiene: Antonella Paola Agodi
- MALATTIE INFETTIVE: Bruno Santi Cacopardo
Scientific field
- MED/42 - Hygiene and public health
- MED/17 - Infectious diseases
Term / Semester: 1°
ENGLISH VERSION
Learning Objectives
- Hospital Hygiene
Aims of the course are to provide students with knowledge on the impact of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) at national, European and global level, on the concepts and tools for the HAI epidemiological surveillance according to the standards of European and/or national projects; to prepare the students for evaluating results of surveillance studies and of the main strategies for the prevention and control of HCAIs.
Detailed Course Content
- Hospital Hygiene
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI): definitions, epidemiology, prevention and control. The European surveillance of HAI: definitions, activities, strategies and principles. Diseases-specific ECDC network. The epidemiological study of HAI: repeated prevalence and incidence studies, laboratory-based surveillance. The surveillance of Surgical Site Infections. The surveillance of HAI in Intensive Care Units: European and Italian projects. Compliance with guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis. Patient safety and clinical risk management. The Clean Care is Safer Care project of the WHO.
Textbook Information
- Hospital Hygiene
1. Barbuti S., Fara G.M., Giammanco G. – Igiene, medicina di comunità e sanità pubblica. Edizione EDISES 2014
2. Vitale F, Zagra M. Igiene, epidemiologia e organizzazione sanitaria orientate per problemi. Editore: Elsevier – Masson.