Course Title

ضبط ومكافحة العدوى

Course Number

1/7710256

Instructor Name

Souad Belkebir

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester -1

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

The main aim of this course is to provide candidates with an insight of the major and most prevalent communicable diseases in the community and healthcare settings and to empower them in its prevention and control. Practical cases will be discussed in class.

Upon successful completion of the course, candidates should be able to do the following:

1. Knowledge and Understanding:
   1. Identify major community and hospital acquired infections
   2. Learn the chain of infection
   3. Learn the principals of infection prevention
   4. The main sourses of hazards for infection in the healthcare settings
   5. Know the elements of infection control program

2. Intellectual Skills:

1. Apply knowledge to prevent infections in the community and in healthcare settings
2. Evaluate hazards and risks: risk assessment

Design appropriate preventive measures

Apply effective control measures

3. Professional and Practical Skills:

1. Build an understanding of the general types of HAIs and community acquired infections
2. Employ the ability to recognize and understand the risks for health population and its impact on economics, well being and quality of life of patients and affected people from the community
3. Interpret the lab results and screening program results to be able to build actions and interventions
4. Interpret and analyze literature related to Infection prevention and to apply it in guidance and counseling
5. General and transferable skills:
6. Search for relevant information for specific and specialized sites.
7. Work in a team.
8. Independent learning and continuous updating
9. Capacity to form good networking
10. Demonstrate professional ethics when dealing with sensitive information

Risk communication

By the end of this course, the candidate should be able to:

• Perform quick analysis of situation and risk assessment for community and hospital hazards
• Be able to find the recommendation form the official and international specialized sites
• Adapt the international recommendations to the local context
• Apply guidelines en enforce the adherence of others to them
• Advocacy for the concept of prevention then control

Recognize the importance of the prevention in the control of Infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance.

1. Control of communicable diseases manual. Heymann, David L
2. Control of communicable diseases in man. Benenson, Abram S.
3. Zoonoses and communicable diseases common to man and animals: vol. bacterio.3rd edition, Acha, Pedro N
4. A guide to infection control in the hospital, Wenzel, Richard P
5. الوحدات الصحية: A Manual of Infection Control in Health Facilities, منظمة الصحةالعالمية-جنيف
6. Hospital Infection control. CASEWELL, Mark