Elements of applied epidemiological methodology. Relationship between environment and human health. Diagnostic check and assessment of the laboratory data. Quality controls. Anti-microbial measures and fights against the infectious diseases. Sanitary risk from microbial pollution of the environmental backgrounds: indexes and indicators of infectious risk in water. Biological indicators of air pollution. Waste disposal. Biological risk in working environment. Main technical rules.
Manuale dell'IGIENE AMBIENTALE E TERRITORIALE. Giorgio Gilli et al. Professione Igienista. CEA editore, Milano, 2010
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Learning Objectives
Knolewdge acquired: Health promotion. Epidemiology of infectious diseases and widespread. Components of the infectious process. Transmission of infections. Antimicrobial measures. Measures to carriers. Active and passive immunoprophylaxis, production and control of vaccines and immunoglobulins. Prophylaxis and specific diagnostic tests for diseases and zoonoses. Health risks from microbial contamination of environmental matrices. Indoor environmental and health. Biological risk in the workplace, hospital infections. Legionellosis. Main national and community of professional interest.
Prerequisites
“no”
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 150
Hours reserved to private study and other individual formative activities: 102
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 48
Further information
Frequency of lectures: although non-compulsory, is strongly recommended
Type of Assessment
Final oral examination
Course program
Health and disease, health promotion. Epidemiology of infectious and diffusible diseases. Etiologic agents and risk factors. Differential criteria between infectious and non-infectious pathology. Ethiopathogenetic models. Components of the infectious process. Relationship microorganism-human organism: commensalism, opportunism, parasitism. Pathogenicity and virulence. Eso and endotoxins. Tanks and sources of infection. Entry and disposal routes. Vehicles and carriers. Transmission mode. Concepts of epidemic, endemic, and sporadicity. Zoonoses. General prophylaxis of infectious diseases: notification, precautionary measures, diagnostic assessment and evaluation of laboratory data. Quality control. Active and passive immunoprophylaxis: vaccines and sera, vaccination strategies and vaccination schedule. Specific prophylaxis and diagnostic assessment of communicable diseases with air diffusion, prevalently faecal-oral diffusion, prevalent blood diffusion, transmitted by vectors and zoonoses. Antimicrobial measures: disinfection and asepsis, disinfectants, sterilization techniques, sterility tests. Measures towards vectors: disinfestation, deratting. Environmental pollution and human health. Health risks from pollution of environmental matrices: air, water, soil, food. Indoor environment and health. Waste disposal. Biological risk in the workplace, hospital infections. Evaluation of quality standards for water for human consumption: determination of biological indices of infectious risk. Legionellosis. Main national and community regulations of professional interest. Evaluation and management of microbiological risk.