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Infection Control (2 cr)

Code: 7K00FK76-3029

General information


Enrolment period

10.12.2022 - 08.01.2023

Timing

09.01.2023 - 17.02.2023

Credits

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Nursing

Campus

TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing and Health Care, Nursing

Teachers

  • Henna Agbodjakin
  • Minna Merta
  • Tarja Friman
  • Piia Lavonius-Ylönen

Person in charge

Piia Lavonius-Ylönen

Groups

  • 23ASH1

Objectives (course unit)

The Student
- understands comprehensively the basics of infection prevention in various nursing environments
- knows the microbial groups that are essential to health and is able to apply knowledge in maintaining health and preventing illness
- is able to apply and evaluate the principles of aseptic work in different nursing environments and is able to justify the activity with evidence-based practice

Content (course unit)

- essential microbes in nursing, their transmission vectors
- basic concepts of asepsis and microbiology
- the role of microbes in the prevention of infections and the growth of microbes
- aseptic work in different nursing environments
- the importance of personal and hand hygiene in aseptic working
- different types of protection and using them properly
- use of the conventional precautions and different isolation measures in nursing care
- treatment-related infections and their prevention
- documentation of infection control in nursing

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- knows the basics of infection prevention
- recognizes the microbial groups that are essential for health and knows the basics of their spreading
- is able to work according to aseptic principles without endangering patient safety.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
- has a structured picture of the basics of infection prevention
- knows the microbial groups that are essential for health and understands the importance of their spreading in maintaining health and preventing illness
- is able to work according to aseptic principals and justify their activities

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- understands comprehensively the basics of infection prevention in various nursing environments
- knows the microbial groups that are essential to health and is able to apply knowledge in maintaining health and preventing illness
- is able to apply and evaluate the principles of aseptic work in different nursing environments and is able to justify the activity with evidence-based practice.

Assessment scale

0-5