At the end of the course the student will have learned what clinical risk is, with particular attention to healthcare-associated infections, what are the theories and methodologies that support possible or already existing preventive actions at an international, European and national level.
Will have deepened the knowledge of healthcare-related infections at an epidemiological and etiological level, the containment and control procedures possible or already in place
He will be able to identify problems concerning the management of clinical risk in the relevant structure and implement methodologies for analysis and improvement

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Definition and epidemiology of infectious diseases associated with healthcare and the resulting clinical risk.
Epidemiological studies, prevention strategies and management analysis techniques

“Hygiene, preventive medicine, public health”
S.Barbuti, G.M. Fara, G. Giammanco et a.
Ed EdiSES

Clinical risk: definition and epidemiology
Evolution of the approach to error, culture of responsibility and safety, classification of errors, theory of Reason
Risk analysis methods:
reactive investigation: incident reporting, clues, root causes analysis, process map, sentinel events, briefings, walkarounds
proactive investigation: risk probability estimation and damage severity scale, risk assessment matrix, FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) and FMECA (Failure Mode and Effect Criticality Analysis), audit
Epidemiology of infections related to care practices, associated and risk factors, hospital infection chain, investigation methodologies, distribution and sites of infection
Etiology of care-related infections, biofilms, antimicrobial resistance
Preventive and containment actions, monitoring committees, operational groups, databases and surveillance
Main prevention measures, guidelines, best practices and compliance, effects

frontal lessons

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Written exam in the form of a test of 15 multiple choice questions and one open-ended question. Each question has three choices including a correct one worth one fifteenth. The open-ended question worth 18 fifteenth. Vote in thirtieths with possible honours

This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)