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78938 - General Hygiene

Academic Year 2020/2021

                
                        Docente:
                        Davide Gori
                    
                        Credits:
                        1
                    
                        SSD:
                        MED/42
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Rimini
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Health Assistance (cod. 8879)

                                Also valid for
                                
                                    First cycle degree programme (L) in
                                    
                                        Nursing (cod. 8475)
                                    
                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

The course of Hygiene and Infectious Diseases will supply the students with the basic principles about the general and applied hygiene and about general and specific knowledge of clinical syndromes sustained by infectious agents. In detail, the students will learn the basic principles regarding etiology, epidemiology, clinical manifestation, diagnosis and therapy of infectious diseases, with particular reference to theinfectious illnesses related to their next profession.

Course contents

MODULE 1

1. General principles of hygiene

2. diseases epidemiology

3.Host defense mechanisms

4. Prophylaxis of infectious diseases

5. Immunoprophylaxis and vaccines

6. Infections in the immunocompromised host

7. Health care associated infections

MODULE 2

Introduction to the Infectious Diseases: actual and future scenario, the global challenges, the diagnostic approach, the principles of Pathogenesis and the route of transmission.

The Healthcare associated Infections: definitions, epidemiology and clinical caracteristics.

The severity of Infections, the concept of Sepsis and Septic Shock: definition, diagnosis and epidemiology.

Principles of microbiological diagnosis.

Principles of antimicrobial therapy.

Vascular catheter-related infections.

Infective Endocarditis.

Osteoarticular Infections.

Meningitis and other Central Nervous Sistem Infections.

Infective diarrhea.

Urinary tract Infections.

Skin and soft tissues Infections.

Respiratory Infections, focus on Pneumonia.

Tuberculosis.

Fever in the returning traveller.

Vector-borne infections.

The Infections in the immunocompromised host.

Post-surgical Infections.

Exanthematous diseases.

Viral hepatitis.

Sexsual transmitted infections.

HIV and AIDS

Readings/Bibliography

Notes from lessons.

Fantini MP, Dallolio L, Fabbri G, Bravi F. Igiene e Sanità Pubblica. Società Editrice Esculapio.

Teaching methods

All course topics will be presented by frontal lessons and studied in depth by open debates.

Assessment methods

The assessment examination will be performed by a written test including multiple-choice questions regarding all the presented topics.