Evidence Based Global Infection Prevention (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able:
- to analyse and implement concepts, principles and policies of global infection prevention
- to apply evidence-based infection prevention models
- to develop evidence based interprofessional and cross-cultural infection prevention

Location and time

15th Jan 2021 9-16 (8) Introduction of the studies and assignments.Presentations and discussion about Adherence to IP and IC guidelines.

12.2.-21 9-11.30 (12).

11.3.-21 9-16 (20)

The studies take place at Teams (or at Tikkurila campus in the case the COvid-19 vaccination has been launched).

Materials

Relevant literature:

Cragg, L., Davies, M. & Macdowall, W.2013. Health Promotion Theory. 2nd. Ed. Open University Press.

European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). 2014. A Literature Review on Health Communication Campaign Evaluation with Regard to the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases in Europe. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/media/en/publications/Publications/Campaign-evaluation.pdf Accessed 10 Nov 2020.

Farmer, P. Infections and Inequalities. The Modern Plagues, Updated with a new preface. Available in e-Book central / Laurea Finna.

Francke, A.L., Smit, M.C., de Veer, A.J.E. et al. 2008. Factors influencing the implementation of clinical guidelines for health care professionals: A systematic review. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 8:38. doi:10.1186/1472-6947-8-38 (Accessed June 2015).

International Society for Infectious Diseases. GUIDE TO INFECTION CONTROL IN THE HEALTHCARE SETTINGS. Available in: https://isid.org/guide/ Accessed 10 Nov 2019.

NICE Guidance. Tuberculosis. Available in https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng33 Accessed 7th Nov 2019.
https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data

Storr J., Twyman A., Zingg W., Damani N., Kilpatrick C., Reilly J., Price L., Egger M., Grayson M.L., Kelley E., Allegranzi B. and the WHO Guidelines Development Group. 2017. Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: new WHO evidence-based recommendations. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. Available in https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-016-0149-9 Accessed 10 November 2019.

Additional regional online recourses:

World Health Organization (WHO) Infection prevention and control in health care for preparedness and response to outbreaks http://www.who.int/csr/bioriskreduction/infection_control/publications/en/

World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national and acute health care facility level http://www.who.int/gpsc/ipc-components/en/

PAHO/WHO Infection Prevention and Control resources
http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_topics&view=article&id=342&Itemid=40930

UNICEF Resources on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) https://www.unicef.org/wash/3942_resources.html
Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN) – Resources http://www.icanetwork.co.za/resources/

International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium – INICC: Guidelines to prevent HAIs
http://www.inicc.org
Public Health Agency of Canada: Disease Prevention and Control Guidelines
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/disease-prevention-control-guidelines.html
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Guidelines Library
https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/index.html
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Tools for Healthcare Settings
https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/tools/index.html

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: Directory of online resources for prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and healthcare-associated infections (HAI)
https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/directory-online-resources-prevention-and-control-antimicrobial-resistance-amr

Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare (2010)
https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/book/html-australian-guidelines-prevention-and-control-infection-healthcare-2010

Teaching methods

Methods: e-tivity supported lectures and workshops.

Exam schedules

2020 January 8th Deadline for the e-tivity: Adherence to IP and IC guidelines.

6th February 2021 Deadline for the e-tivity: Immunisation and vaccination hesitancy.

1st March 2021 Dead line for the e-tivity: Health education campaign in infection prevention (a pair work report of max 2500 words without spaces).

Completion alternatives

None

Content scheduling

Content:
• concepts and models in global infection prevention
• infection prevention in national, international and global settings
• global and local immunization programs
• standardized infection prevention protocols in health care

Evaluation scale

H-5