This unit provides students with an understanding of the individual and societal risks of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) wherever they occur, including community settings, and the rationale for, and barriers to, their prevention and control. The unit builds on a basic understanding of medical microbiology, epidemiology and infectious diseases and explores important contemporary concepts to the science and practice of infection prevention and control. The unit examines contemporary definitions of HAIs, their significance to individual, societal and population health, how they are transmitted and the science and practice of interrupt this transmission using infection prevention and control. Topics include the use of standard and transmission-based precautions, outbreak management and the challenges that are associated with antimicrobial resistance and the management of emerging and high-consequence infectious diseases.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Public Health |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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PUBH5421 |
Assumed knowledge
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Students are assumed to have a basic understanding of medical microbiology, epidemiology and common infectious diseases |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Ramon Shaban, ramon.shaban@sydney.edu.au |
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Tutor(s) | Catherine Viengkham, catherine.viengkham@sydney.edu.au |
Cristina Sotomayor Castillo, cristina.sotomayor@sydney.edu.au |