UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE
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Course: Hygiene, Epidemiology, Microbiology, Immunology

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Course title Hygiene, Epidemiology, Microbiology, Immunology
Course code ULZ/FHEMI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kimmer David, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Beníšková Dagmar, MUDr.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Hygiene, organization of hygienic service in the Czech Republic, basic hygiene regulations 2. Sport in a polluted environment (air, water, soil) 3. Indoor environment of buildings, sick building syndrome 4. Hygiene of medical facilities, sterilization, disinfection 5. Life factors, biorhythms, jet lag, sleep, acclimatization 6. Health risks of harmful habits (smoking, alcoholism) 7. Personal hygiene, sexually transmitted diseases 8. Basics of epidemiology, ways of spreading infectious diseases 9. Immunity and its types, ways to increase immunity 10. Possibilities of prevention of infectious diseases. Disinfection, sterilization 11. Nosocomial infections 12. Characteristics of selected infectious diseases related to sport (respiratory, neuroinfections, parasitic diseases, EBV) 13. Rational diet. Basic components of the diet and their characteristics. Pyramid of nutrition. Hygienic requirements for catering. Diet system 14. Travel medicine

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
o understand the position of hygiene in the system of medical sciences o explain the system of unity of the organism and the environment o get acquainted with the systems of hygienic service o understand the relationship between the environment and the human body o acquire basic knowledge from the fields of "Medical Microbiology", "Epidemiology" and the field of "Medical Immunology" o be familiar with the necessary practical procedures
o the student knows the hygienic issues of medical and social facilities o the student masters the basic epidemiological issues o the student understands the relationship between the environment and the human body
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • WHO, MZ ČR. Zdraví 2020. Praha: TIGIS, 2013. ISBN 978-80-85047-45-5.
  • GÖPFERTOVÁ, D., PAZDIORA, P., DÁŇOVÁ, J. Obecná a speciální epidemiologie infekčních nemocí. Praha: Karolinum, 2013. ISBN 978-80-246-2223-1.
  • HAMPLOVÁ, L. a kol. Mikrobiologie, imunologie, epidemiologie, hygiena pro bakalářské studium a všechny typy zdravotnických škol. Praha:Triton, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7387-934-1.
  • Horažďovský, J. a kol. Přenosné choroby. Č. Budějovice: ZSF JU, 2001. ISBN 80-7040-496-5.
  • MALINA, A. Úvod do veřejného zdravotnictví pro nelékaře. Praha: Bílý Slon, 2013. ISBN 978-80-87023-29-7.
  • Melicherčíková, V. Sterilizace a dezinfekce ve zdravotnictví. Praha: Galén, 2015. ISBN 9788074921391.
  • Podstatová, H. Základy epidemiologie a hygieny. Praha: Galén, 2009. ISBN 80-7262-597-0.
  • Provazník, K. a kol. Manuál prevence v lékařské praxi. Praha: Státní zdravotní ústav, 2004.
  • ŠRÁMOVÁ, H. et al. Nozokomiální nákazy.. Praha, Maxdorf., 2013. ISBN 978-80-7345-286-5.
  • VOTAVA, M. Lékařská mikrobiologie obecná. NEPTUN Brno, 2001. ISBN 80-902896-2-2.
  • VOTAVA, M. Lékařská mikrobiologie speciální. NEPTUN Brno, 2003.


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 14.06.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026