Course: Microbiology, Epidemiology, Immunology and Hygiene

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Course title Microbiology, Epidemiology, Immunology and Hygiene
Course code KOS/P2MEI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • Fajfrová Jana, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Kupsová Blanka, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Legerská Kateřina
  • Šafka Václav, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Marek Jan, PharmDr. Ph.D.
  • Pavlík Vladimír, doc. MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Boštíková Vanda, prof. doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Hanovcová Irena, RNDr. CSc.
  • Smetana Jan, doc. MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Chlíbek Roman, prof. MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Siráková Lucie, MUDr.
  • Janovská Sylva, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Polcarová Petra, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Válková Pavla, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction to medical microbiology. Morphology of micro-organisms, taxonomy, metabolism. Microscopic techniques, collection of materials. Microflora in the human body, relationships between microbes and their hosts. Epidemiology, statistical methods. Principles of the fight against infectious diseases, antibiotics, and chemotherapeutics. Vaccination - basic principles, meaning and possibilities Immunity, diseases of the immune system. Serological examination methods. Respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. Anthropozoonoses, venereal infections. Nosocomial infections. Medical mycology. Preventive medicine, public health care, health promotion programs, determinants of health, quality of life. Lifestyle; healthy nutrition; physical activity; psychological stress; drug, medication, and alcohol dependency. The environment and occupational environment, air, water hygiene. Nutritional hygiene, balanced nutrition, energetic value of nutrition, foreign substances. Hygiene in health care institutions; personal protective aids; food, laundry, and waste manipulation; prevention of nosocomial and professional infections. The collection and transport of infectious material. Microscopic technique. Disinfection, disinfection, sterilisation, decontamination (procedures and appliances). Principles of transporting and treating persons with highly dangerous diseases. Waste: sorting, loading and disposal. Drinking water supply. Personal protective equipment - individual hygiene. Lifestyle, eating and exercise habits. Infections associated with staying in a medical facility.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration, Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with causative agents of human infectious diseases and possibilities of transmission and spread of an infectious agent to a susceptible host, to explain the role and function of the human immune system, and to present basic information from the field of hygiene.
The teaching describes the basics of microorganism morphology, taxonomy, the metabolism of microorganisms and the importance of the microflora of the human body. Principles of how the immune system works and its possible diseases are also described. The subject matter further defines the basic epidemiological principles and describes the context of the emergence and spread of infectious diseases and the basic links of the epidemic process. Students are briefed on epidemiological investigations and activities in the outbreak, including the specification of basic repressive and preventive anti-epidemic measures and briefed on selected infectious diseases.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Mandatory 80% participation in lectures and exercises. Compliance with a written calculation test. Oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • GŐPFEROVÁ, D., PAZDORIA, P. 100 infekcí: epidemiologie pro praxi. Praha: Triton, 2015.
  • HAMPLOVÁ, L. a kol. Mikrobiologie, imunologie, epidemiologie, hygiena: Pro bakalářské studium a všechny typy zdravotnických škol.. Praha: Triton, 2015.
  • JULÁK, J. Praktická cvičení a semináře z lékařské mikrobiologie. 2. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2009.
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. Prevence infekcí ve vztahu k ošetřovatelské péči.. Univerzita Pardubice. Pardubice, 2018.
  • Melicharčíková, V. Sterilizace a desinfekce. Praha: Galén, 2015.
  • SCHINDLER, J. Mikrobiologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009.
  • ŠRÁMOVÁ, H. a kol. Nozokomiální nákazy. Praha: Maxdorf, 2013.


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