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Hygiene (in Health Care Institutions)
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:13.07.2021 14:20:16
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_029 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Rigonda Kalna | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepāja, Riņķu Street 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Bbiology, chemistry, microbiology | ||||||||
| Objective: | To promote the acquisition of knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of prevention and control of health care infections, as well as to develop students' scientific, critical and analytical thinking about the versatility of hygiene and infection prevention in the context of health care institutions. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Healthcare – associated infectious diseases. Theoretical foundations, contributing factors, epidemiology and etiology of healthcare associated infections. Air and radiation, its impact on the human body, hygienic and epidemiological significance of water | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | System of normative acts of the Republic of Latvia in the context of hygiene and epidemiology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance. Determination of susceptibility of microorganisms to antimicrobials | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Epidemic process – socioecological system. Structure of the epidemic process. Epidemiological surveillance. Tasks of epidemiological surveillance. Epidemiological investigation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | History of epidemiology of infectious diseases. Description of the epidemic process. Infection transmission mechanism. Infection transmission factors. Susceptible organism. Specific prevention options for infectious diseases for staff and patient protection | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Hygienic and anti-epidemic plan of the medical institution. Hand hygiene. Personal hygiene and appearance of medical staff. Employee health, medical examinations and vaccinations. Personal protective equipment for the prevention of infections in a medical treatment institution. Use of personal protective equipment according to the procedure or counter-epidemic measure to be taken. Ensuring the monitoring of infections in a medical treatment institution. Ensuring internal control | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Asepsis and antisepsis. Sterilization. Treatment of medical devices, equipment and materials in a medical institution | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Disinfection, disinsection and deratization. Classification of disinfectants. Properties of components of disinfectants | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Prevention of healthcare associated infections (urinary catheters, intravascular catheters, surgical sites). Guidelines and recent research | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 10 | Requirements for the Isolation module if a patient has been detected with an infectious airborne, or air drop contactable infectious disease or its agent | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent work with literature sources. Presentation on current problems in infection control. Solving situation tasks in classes. Guidelines analysis. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Summative assessment: At the end of the study course a written exam (40%), which includes the theoretical content of the semester, 30% assessment of the independent presentation of works, + 30% assessment of the situation analysis. A 10-point system is used for the assessment of students' knowledge and skills, using the assessment system described in the RSU Study Regulations I. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students know the basic issues and terms of epidemiology, the basics of specific and non-specific prevention of infectious diseases, infection control methods and their application and provision in outpatient and inpatient health care, principles and solutions of the anti-epidemic regime. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students apply supportive regulations for infection control. Model the acquired skills related to infection control methods and their application and provision, prevention measures in the context of the skills specified in the professional standard of a medical assistant. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of the study course, the student analyzes situations and synthesizes the possibility to work successfully in the context of infection control, integrating knowledge, skills and legislation relevant to the situation. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Donning and doffing of disposable gloves | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 2 | Donning and doffing of disposable gloves | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 3 | Hygienic Hand Disinfection | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 4 | Hygienic Hand Disinfection | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 5 | Hygienic Hand Washing | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 6 | Hygienic Hand Washing | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 7 | Hygienic Hand Washing | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| 8 | Removal of personal protective equipment in case of health-related infections | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 9 | Removal of personal protective equipment in case of health-related infections | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| 10 | The use of personal protective equipment in case of health-related infections | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| 11 | The use of personal protective equipment in case of health-related infections | B1 - Basic level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A. Brila. „Infekciju slimību epidemioloģija”, Rīga, Nacionālais apgāds, 2009. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Latvijas Republikas ‘’Epidemioloģiskās drošības likums’’ | ||||||||
| 3 | LR Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr. 689 | ||||||||
| 4 | LR Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr.104 | ||||||||
| 5 | Klīniskās procedūras un pacientu drošība / Dzintra Puriņa, Ināra Upmale. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Sarkanā Krusta medicīnas koledža, 2018. | ||||||||
| 6 | SPKC ieteikumi ārstniecības iestāžu higiēniskā un pretepidēmiskā režīma plānu izstrādei. Pieejams no: https://www.spkc.gov.lv/lv/ieteikumi-arstniecibas-iestadem-0 | ||||||||
| 7 | Infection Control Guidance for Healthcare Professionals about Coronavirus (COVID-19). Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-con… | ||||||||
| 8 | Hand Hygiene Recommendations Guidance for Healthcare Providers about Hand Hygiene and COVID- 19. Available from: https://www.who.int/health-topics/infection-prevention-and-… | ||||||||
| 9 | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Europe 2014. Annual Report of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) Stockholm: ECDC; 2015. Available from: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/antimicr… | ||||||||
| 10 | World Health Organization. Guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national and acute health care facility level. Geneva: WHO; 2016. Available from: http://www.who.int/gpsc/ipc-components-guidelines/en/. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ar veselības aprūpi saistītas infekcijas un antibakteriālo līdzekļu lietošana Latvijas slimnīcās ECDC PPS 2016.gada pētījuma rezultāti. Pieejams no:https://www.spkc.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/spkc-uzsak-gripas-monito… | ||||||||
| 2 | World Health Organization. Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance. Geneva: WHO; 2015. Available from: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/193736/1/978924150…. | ||||||||
| 3 | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Systematic review and evidence-based guidance on perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis. Stockholm: ECDC; 2013. Available from: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/Perioper…. | ||||||||
| 4 | www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/10-best-strategies-fo… | ||||||||
