Hygiene and Epidemiology

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Department of medical branches and humanities

Synopsis:

Hygiene: The subject covers the field of environmental general and communal hygiene. Mainly oriented to hygienic demands of working environment for selected chemical and physical elements. General and communal hygiene: hygiene evolution. Basic assignement of hygienic elements and their organisation. Hygiene of environment air, soil, water and hygiene of residential systém. Hygienic requirements for working environment: Work hygiene. Physical factors in working environment, temperature and humidity. Workplace conditions (ventilating and air-conditioning, air renewal, heating). Ligthing, Visual comfort. Heat, Thermal comfort. Antinoise measures: Antivibration measures. Noise effect on human organism. Chemical harmful substances and aerosols in working environment. Working environment security. Sewer hygiene and their removing: Sewerage water, solid sewer, water hygiene. People´s health protection and security and people´s health protection while working.

Epidemiology: Infection disease creation and spread, i.e. contamination of bacterial, virus and parasite origin. Disease evoked by their pathogenesis, invaders of these contaminations survey. Causes of creation and spread of non-infectious diseases, especially civilisation disease. Collective imunity, perception and resistance. Active immunisation (principle, use in curernt practice). Passive immunisation, inoculators. Inoculator safety, reaction after vaccination, contra-indication of vaccination. Vaccination programmes strategy. Epidemiological measures focused on source elimination. Epidemiological measures focused on transmittion interruption. Classification of health risks essentials. Methods and procedures of epidemiological monitoring.

Requirements:

classified credit:

At least 80 % attendance at lectures. Become familiar with theoretical principles of selected parts of hygiene and epidemiology in the range of delivered lectures

Successfully pass credit test. (multiple choice test).

Syllabus of lectures:

Hygiene

Topics:

1)Public Health System. Public Health Assessments. Legislation and Administration, Biomonitoring, Environmental Public Health, Air Quality, Water Quality, Waste Management, Human Exposure to Enviromental Conditions, Noise, Electric and Magnetic Field, Radiation, Heat Stress. Hazardous Drug Exposure. Indoor Enviromental Quality, Minimal Risk Levels, Managing Hazards. Management of Occupational Health, Workplace Safety, Professional diseases, Recommendations for construction and renovation in health care system and social support services,. Disinfection and sterilization, Medical devices.

Epidemiology

1)Definition of the branch epidemiology, terminology specific to epidemiology, development and use of epidemiological methods

2)Basic characteristics of epidemiologic process, antiepidemic measures, definition and objectives of epidemiological surveillance.

3)Principles of non-communicable diseases epidemiology (epidemiology of cancers, CVD, injuries, diabetes) and environmental epidemiology (environmental factors and their influence on health)

4)Acute respiratory and diarrheal diseases (viral and bacterial origin)

5)Viral hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, emerging infections ( birds influenza, SARS)

6)Nosocomial infections, contributing factors and prevention, resistance to antibiotics, principles of immunization, vaccination schedule.

7)Bioterrorism - use of the biological agents as biological weapons.

Syllabus of tutorials:

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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:

Bencko V, Hygiena 1998

Bencko V., Cikrt M., Lener J.:Toxické kovy v pracovním a

životním prostředí. Praha.Avicenum 1984

Hrubý S et al.: Mikrobiologie v hygieně výživy, Avicenum,

1984

Kotulán J., Hrubá D.: Hygiena, Základy primární prevence,

SNP 1989

Ticháček B.: Základy epidemiologie, Galén,Praha, 1997

Göpfertová D. a kol.: Epidemiologie-průvodce

epidemiologickou metodou. Triton, 1999

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Bakalářský studijní obor Biomedicínský technik - kombinované (compulsory course)