73961 - General and Applied Hygiene

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Dietistic (cod. 8470)

Course contents

INTRODUCTION TO THE HYGIENE: Health, population health and its determinants, aims and methods of prevention.  

GENERAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES:  Reservoirs and sources of infection.  Direct and indirect transmission of infectious diseases. Notification of infectious diseases, quarantine measures. Disinfection and sterilisation methods. Vaccine prophylaxis and seroprophylaxis. 

FOOD HYGIENE: food safety, foodborne deseases, methods of conservation and food control. HACCP autocontrol system.

WATER HYGIENE: quality water criteria

 


Teaching methods

Frontal lectures, video

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Office hours

See the website of Rossella Sacchetti

SDGs

Good health and well-being Clean water and sanitation

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.