Duration
12h Th, 8h Mon. WS
Number of credits
| Master in public health, professional focus in critical patient (nouveau programme) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The Prevention of Infection Risks Related to Care
The prevention of infection risks related to care is nowadays considered an integral part of the overall measures ensuring the quality of care, aimed at improving the safety of both patients and healthcare providers.
Hospital hygiene activities can thus be regarded as pioneers in the field of quality of care.
When viewed holistically, the quality of care must take precedence over all other forms of quality. In this domain, the prevention of healthcare-associated infections holds a privileged position, as theoretically, 30% of these infections can be prevented by scrupulously adhering to well-known guidelines.
Structures have been established in hospitals to facilitate the organization of efforts against these infections by uniting all stakeholders around priority actions and common objectives.
Ultimately, the entire hospital community is engaged in an institutional quality initiative, with the fight against healthcare-associated infections as a priority axis.
Hospital hygiene remains a complex discipline that encompasses all clinical, microbiological, and epidemiological aspects of infections, as well as the organization of care, maintenance of hospital equipment (including medical device treatment and sterilization), management of the environment (water, air, surfaces, linens, waste, etc.), and the protection of staff (occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens, secondary transmission of pathogenic germs to personnel, etc.).
As such, it serves as a strong indicator of the quality of care and patient safety.
The evolution of the epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections, microbiology, care techniques, legislation, and medico-legal aspects necessitates specialized training to acquire professional knowledge in the prevention and control of these infections. Among the key topics are:
* Legislative aspects and the structure of hospital hygiene in Belgium
* Legal aspects of hospital hygiene and healthcare-associated infections
* Basic concepts of antibiotic resistance
* The emergence of multidrug-resistant microorganisms
* Fundamental principles of protecting healthcare workers, preventing infections, and managing resistance
* Epidemiology and statistical methods applied to hospital hygiene
* Techniques for developing and managing an infection control program
* Improvement of quality and safety in hospital activities
* Surveillance and investigation techniques: development and management of surveillance systems, outbreak management, etc.
* Infection control: development of control interventions, implementation of control procedures, management of environmental sources of infection, etc.
* Management of high-risk areas: intensive care, neonatology, oncology-hematology, dialysis, outpatient care, long-term care facilities, emergency departments; medical-technical services, operating rooms, dental offices, etc.
* Communication techniques, conflict management, and project management
* Quality indicators
* Techniques for disinfection and sterilization
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
theoritical
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
face-to-face
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam
Work placement(s)
not required
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
first semester
Contacts
Jonathan Alfageme Gonzalez: jonathan.AlfagemeGonzalez@chuliege.be