Microbiology for health care 2
BDN
Ms Diana Richards
3 points * First semester * 3 hours per week * Gippsland * Prerequisites: GAS1125
Concepts of ecology. Indigenous flora of humans. Pathogenicity: how microbes cause disease, patterns of disease. Basic concepts of genetics. Control of microorganisms: factors affecting microbial control, physical and chemical control methods, antimicrobial drugs. Epidemiology: disease frequencies and measurement, factors associated with the outbreak of disease, control and prevention of disease in the community and the hospital environment. Immunology: basic concepts, the immune system, immunopathology, serology in microbiological diagnosis. The subject is taught by lectures and laboratory classes.
Assessment
Assignments: 20% * Laboratory component: 20% * Tests: 60% * Satisfactory performance in written tests is required to pass the subject
Prescribed texts
Tortora G J and others Microbiology: An introduction, 4th edn, Benjamin-Cummings, 1992