- Docente: Ilaria Contadini
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/17
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8475)
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from Oct 02, 2023 to Nov 23, 2023
Learning outcomes
The porpouse of the course is to possess the main knowledge for the management of healthcare-related infections
Course contents
Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI): general information and historical notes
Antimicrobial stewardship and infection control programs to fight the spread of healthcare-associated infections
PNCAR 2022-2025
Multi drug resistant pathogens (MDR): S. aureus (MRSA), P. aeruginosa, E. faecalis/faecium (VRE), K. pneumoniae, A. baumannii
Definition of colonizations
Management of the patient with MDR infection or colonisation
Management of MDR
Clinical-care scenarios
Clostridium difficile infections
Surgical site infections
Health care associated pneumonia: HAP, VAP
Health care associated urinary tract infections
Intravascular device infections
Clinical-care scenarios
Readings/Bibliography
CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/hai/index.html
eCDC: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthcare-associated-infections
WHO: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/antimicrobial-resistance
Teaching methods
Room lectures with the help of Power Point Presentations.
During the course students will be encouraged to enter active class discussion about open issues within the course development.
Students involvement and their active suggestions will be addressed and followed.
Assessment methods
Test: multiple choice questions
Teaching tools
Power point
Office hours
See the website of Ilaria Contadini