Duration
Hospital hygiene : 12h Th
Microbiology supplements ; sterilization and disinfection : 18h Th
Vaccinology and antibiotic therapy supplements, including Prophylactic antibiotic treatment : 18h Th
Number of credits
| Advanced Master in Hospital Pharmacy | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Hospital hygiene : Jonathan Alfageme Gonzales
Microbiology supplements ; sterilization and disinfection : Marie-Pierre Hayette
Vaccinology and antibiotic therapy supplements, including Prophylactic antibiotic treatment : Baudouin Byl
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Hospital hygiene
key words: prevention, infection control, epidemiology
Microbiology supplements ; sterilization and disinfection
-I -Microbiology supplements (3h, MP Hayette)
- Revision about microbiological diagnostic tools, antimicrobial susceptibility testing and their limits
- Revision about antibiotics
- Emergence of multi-resistant bacteria
- Ecology of resistance
- Role of the pharmacist and educational tools towards a better use of antibiotics
- More about infections associated with Legionella and prevention control in the environment (water system)
- II - Sterilisation - disinfection (3x3h, A. Napp - G. Vanharen)
- Introduction
- Organization of a Central Sterilization Unit within hospitals and relationship with the different medical and surgery departments
- Microbial targets
- Definitions and goals
- Sterilization methods:
Physical procedures (dry and moist heat, air and liquid filtration, irradiation)
Gazeous sterilization (ethylene oxyde, formaldehyde, H2O2 plasma)
Chemical agents (peracetic acid)
Sterilization control and sterility assurance
- Antiseptics and disinfectants
- To illustrate the course a visit is organized in the central sterilization department of the University Hospital of Liege
- III - Visite od sterilisation unit in CHU.
- IV - Infection control and prevention (6h, Jonathan Alfagamez)
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Hospital hygiene
key words: prevention, infection control, epidemiology
Microbiology supplements ; sterilization and disinfection
At the end of this course, students will be able to
- provide useful comprehensive recommendations and explanations for the best compliance to an antimicrobial treatment.
- to understand the main drivers for antibiotic stewardship
- argue about the role of antibiotic pressure on emergence of resistance.
- describe the impact of contaminations on pharmaceutical products.
- describe the main sterilization methods, equipments, wrapping, controls and their characteristics, to be used within hospital
- refer to regulatory requirements about the organization of the central sterilization department in hospitals
- explain the principle and limits of sterility tests.
- discuss the indications and limits of the main antiseptics and disinfectants and argue about the choices.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Microbiology supplements ; sterilization and disinfection
Master in Pharmacy included different specific courses as microbiology, pharmacology and quality assurance
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Hospital hygiene
theoritical interactive assessment
Microbiology supplements ; sterilization and disinfection
Lectures,
Questions and answers during and following lectures
Illustration by a didactic visit of the central sterilisation department of the University Hospital of Liege
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Hospital hygiene
face-to-face
Microbiology supplements ; sterilization and disinfection
Face to face
Printed version of slide shows distributed before lecture and availability of an electronic version
Recommended or required readings
Microbiology supplements ; sterilization and disinfection
Slide shows are compulsory.
The following references can strengthen acquired knowledge:
- Hugo and Russell's Pharmaceuticals microbiology, S.Denyer, N. Hodges, S. Gorman, B. Gilmore, 8th Ed. 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
- Microbial Quality Assurance in Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, and Toiletries, R. Baird, Sally F. Bloomfield, Taylor andFrancis, 1996
- Bactériologie médicale, F.Denis, MC. Ploy, C. Martin, E. Bingen, R. Quentin et al. 3ème Ed., 2016, Masson Paris
Hospital hygiene
written examination
Microbiology supplements ; sterilization and disinfection
Written exams in january
Work placement(s)
Hospital hygiene
not required
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Hospital hygiene
first semester
Microbiology supplements ; sterilization and disinfection
None
Contacts
Hospital hygiene
Axelle Dumazy:
adumazy@uliege.be
Microbiology supplements ; sterilization and disinfection
Clinical microbiology department
University hospital of Liège,
B-23 Sart Tilman,
4000 LIEGE
Belgium
Secretary
Please contact Mrs Stépahnie Wauquier
- Tél.: 00.32.4.323.22.90
- Fax: 00.32.4.366.24.40
- email: stephanie.wauquier@chuliege.be
Marie-Pierre Hayette, mphayette@uliege.be, Microbiologie clinique
Aurore NAPP (Aurore.Napp@chuliege.be), Pharmacie hospitalière
Gaëtan Vanharen (gvanharen@chuliege.be), Pharmacie hospitalière
Jonathan Alfagame (Jonathan.AlfagemeGonzalez@chu.ulg.ac.be), Hygiène hospitalière
Association of one or more MOOCs
Items online
Microbiology supplements ; sterilization and disinfection
Advice of SHC May2017 Recommandation Sterilisation Desinfection
Official Belgian Recommandation to implement in Belgian hospitals.
edited as Advice by the SHC of Belgium in May 2017