Hospital Infections

General

• Code: 278-190408
• Semester: 4th
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: Special Background
• Teaching and exams language: Greek
• The course is offered to Erasmus students
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Theory (2)
• ECTS Units: 2
• Course homepage: https://moodle.teithe.gr/course/index.php?categoryid=196
• Instructors: Lavdaniti Maria

Course Contents

• Introductory concepts and definitions in nosocomial infections. Their usefulness in nursing.
• Epidemiology of nosocomial infections – Infection control program.
• Tools for the control of hospital acquired infections – Recording of them.
• Sterilisation-disinfection-antisepsis policy.
• Hand hygiene -Description of hand washing technique –Preparations used.
• Urinary tract infections.
• Hospital-acquired pneumonia.
• Infections from endovascular devices -Frequency-definition of catheter-related infections -Description of pathogenesis.
• Infections from endovascular devices used for short and long duration, infections from fully implantable endovascular devices.
• Infections in patients with cancer.
• Hospital-acquired infections in ICUs.

Educational Goals

The module aims at enabling students to acquire the appropriate theoretical knowledge about the pathogenesis of infections, the specific ways of recording and monitoring hospital-acquired infections, as well as their prevention measures.

Upon successful completion of the theory module, students will be able to understand the concept of health and disease in relation to infections associated to pathological and surgical problems in hospital settings, and to apply this knowledge in the planning and delivery of nursing care as well as the evaluation of the results.

General Skills

• Adapting to new situations.
• Decision-making.
• Working independently.
• Team work.
• Project planning and management.
• Respect for difference and multiculturalism.
• Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues.
• Criticism and self-criticism.
• Working in an interdisciplinary environment.
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking.

Teaching Methods

• Face to face.

Use of ICT means

• Powerpoint presentations.
• Support of the learning process through the electronic platform moodle.

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

• Written exams.