Hygienics and epidemiology

Lecturer:

Alexandr Martin Čelko (gar.)

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of medical branches and humanities

Synopsis:

Hygiene:

Overview of the general and municipal hygiene environment. In particular, the health requirements of the working environment for selected physical and chemical components. General and municipal hygiene: Development of hygiene. Basic provisions on health ingredients and their organizations. Hygiene of air, soil, water and sanitation services sídelných. Hygiene requirements for working environment: Work hygiene. Physical factors in the work environment, temperature and humidity. Terms of workplaces (ventilation and air conditioning, air exchange, heating). Lighting, visual comfort. Heat, Thermal comfort. Measures against noise: Anti-vibration. Effects of noise on the human organism. Chemical pollutants and aerosols in the work prostředí. Safety working environment. Hygiene and waste disposal: waste water, solid waste, water hygiene. Protecting human health and safety and health at work. Risk workplace. Treatment with hazardous substances and chemical products. Authorities of public health, public health surveillance. Legislation, the role of government, sanctions, administrative procedures and measures in emergencies.

Epidemiology:

The emergence and spread of infectious diseases, ie diseases of bacterial, viral and parasite origin. Pathogenesis of diseases caused by them, an overview of the originators of those diseases. Overview of the causes of the emergence and spread of non-infectious diseases, especially diseases of civilization. Collective immunity, susceptibility and resistance. Active immunization (prin- ciple, the use of the current practice). Passive immunization, vaccines. The safety of vaccines, reactions after vaccination, contraindications to vaccination. Strategy of vaccination programs. Epidemiological measures aimed at eliminating the source. Epidemiological measures to interrupt transmission. Introduction to assessment of health risks. Methods and procedures for the epidemiological investigation.

After completing the course students should master the theoretical foundations of selected health disciplines and to obtain guidance in the protection of public health, know the basics of the field and working methods used in the epidemiology of infectious and non-infectious diseases in environmental epidemiology and prevention options.

Requirements:

Mastering the theoretical foundations of selected fields of hygiene and epidemiology in the range specified by the content of lectures topics. Graded credit: a test with the chosen answers. The test contains a total of 30 test questions: Score: 30 to 29 correct answers = 1 (A) 28 to 27 correct answers = 1.5 (B) 26 to 25 correct answers = 2 (C) 23 to 24 correct answers = 2.5 (D) 21 to 22 correct answers = 3 (E) 20 or less correct answers = 4 (F).

Syllabus of lectures:

First Protection of public health issue, legislation, organizations, health authorities, health institutions, administrative procedures, monitoring of health and the environment, biological monitoring, indicators of health and the environment, environmental health - environmental care

Second Hygiene topic of waste disposal options and the potential health risks, management of health facilities and social care. Microclimate, ventilation, electromagnetic fields, ionizing radiation

Third Topic Physical environmental factors and their influence on the human body, dust, noise, vibration, electromagnetic radiation, temperature, pressure, ionizing radiation

4th Hygiene requirements subject to the establishment and operation of medical equipment, construction and technical requirements.

5th The principles of hygiene and topic protiepidemického mode, disinfection, sterilization, principles of care for medical devices

6th Hygiene topic working environment, risk factors and occupational exposure limits for the working environment (chemical, biological and physical factors), the most common pollutants in the workplace and their impact on health, prevention and protection capabilities, optimization of working conditions and working environment

7th Topic Occupational medicine, physical fitness, preventive medical examinations, workload, occupational disease, safety and health promotion at work, protective equipment and resources

8th The definition of the topic of epidemiology, terminology, epidemiological methods of work and their use.

9th The basic theme of the epidemic process characteristics, epidemiological measures, definitions and objectives of epidemiological surveillance

10th Understanding the epidemiology of infectious theme (epidemiology of malignant neoplasms, diseases

cardio-and cerebrovascular, diabetes, accidents) and environmental epidemiology (environmental factors and their effect on health)

11th Topic Acute respiratory and diarrheal diseases (viral and bacterial)

12th Topic Viral hepatitis, HIV / AIDS and emerging infections (bird flu, SARS)

13th Nosocomial infections theme, factors affecting their emergence and spread, prevention, resistance to antibiotics, the principles of immunization-vaccination calendar

14th Bioterrorism topic - fighting the disease as biological agents

Syllabus of tutorials:

N/A

Study Objective:

To master theoretical principles of selected parts of hygiene and protection of public health and become familiar with branch and working methods in epidemiology (communicable, non-communicable, environmental) and with possibilities of prevention.

Study materials:

[1] Podstatová, H.: Základy epidemiologie a hygieny, Galén, Karolínum, Praha 2009

[2] Doporučená literatura:

[3] Göpfertová D., Janovská D., Dohnal K., Melicherčíková V.: Mikrobiologie, imunologie, epidemiologie, hygiena. Praha, Triton, 2002

[4] Göpfertová D., Pazdiora P., Dáňová J.: Epidemiologie - obecná a speciální epidemiologie infekčních nemocí. Karolinum, Praha 2006

[5] Heymann D. L.: Control of communicable diseases manual.19th edition, American Public Health Association, 2008

[6] Provazník K., Komárek L.: Manuál prevence v lékařské praxi. Fortuna, Praha 2004

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri	roomKL:C-1 Čelko A. 14:00–17:50 EVEN WEEK (lecture parallel1) Kladno FBMI Velký sál

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Bakalářský studijní obor Optika a optometrie - prezenční (compulsory course)