F: Method of evaluation:
Continuous assessment examinations
constitute 50% of the final grade
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G: Sources of information:
1. Eric, N . Communicable
diseases.
2. Banks, A.L and Hislop, J.A. A first
course in hygiene.
3. Wilkie, W. Tropical hygiene and
sanitation .
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G: Sources of information: cont
Microbiology For Nurses –
Edition Published – Bailliere
Tindall and Peter M.,
Communicable diseases –
Manual 2nd Edition
Medical Microbiology- Robert
C,
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INTRODUCTION TO HYGIENE:
The practice of pharmacy
profession is guided through
three principles namely
cleanliness, accuracy and
politeness.
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INTRODUCTION TO HYGIENE:cont
This subject deals with the
cleanliness component.
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INTRODUCTION TO HYGIENE:cont
All pharmaceutical
undertakings requires as a pre
condition a clean and tidy
environment for the benefit of
the workers, patients served
and the items
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INTRODUCTION TO HYGIENE:cont
This can be achieved through
proper designing of these
infrastructures in which day to
day pharmaceutical activities
are carried out.
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AIM:
The aim of this course is to
develop student’s awareness
on the role of both personal
and general hygiene to all
pharmaceutical undertakings.
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OBJECTIVES:
Define hygiene and state the
need for using scrupulous
hygiene at all times
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OBJECTIVES:cont
Explain importance of proper
ventilation of factories,
pharmacies, schools, public
places, hospitals, and houses
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OBJECTIVES:cont
Describe the process of air
purification and causes of air
pollution
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OBJECTIVES:cont
List diseases that spread by
poor ventilation, their
prevention and control
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OBJECTIVES:cont
List sources of water,
sources of impurities of
water and different ways of
water purification
Explain pharmaceutical
importance of water
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OBJECTIVES:cont
Define sewage
terminologies, composition
of sources and disposal
Method/treatment method
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OBJECTIVES:cont
Define the term drainage
List different types of drainage
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OBJECTIVES:cont
List diseases transmitted
through improper handling
and disposal of sewage and
excreta, their prevention and
control.
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OBJECTIVES:cont
Explain the composition of
food and requisite of a
balanced diet, and methods of
food preservation
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OBJECTIVES:cont
Classify vitamins and explain
the essential characteristics of
each vitamin, and minerals
found in food
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OBJECTIVES:cont
List the impurities of food and
identify the sources of
contamination of food
List diseases caused by faecal
contamination of food their
prevention and control
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OBJECTIVES:cont
Explain the epidemiological
characteristics of
communicable diseases
Describe how and when
diseases are spread
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OBJECTIVES:cont
Explain and classify germs
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OBJECTIVES:cont
Discuss individual communicable
diseases with particular interest in:
Occurrence
Causative agent
Incubation period.
Source of infection.
Mode of transmission
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OBJECTIVES:cont
Susceptibility and resistance.
Favouring factors.
Signs and symptoms.
Control.
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OBJECTIVES:cont
Explain oral hygiene and
describe dental carries
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OBJECTIVES:cont
State the importance of good
personal hygiene and wearing of
protective garments e.g. clothes,
shoes and gloves and the need for
work areas to have clean and tidy
benches and floor surfaces.
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OBJECTIVES:cont
Set standards of cleanliness
and hygiene required in
pharmacy
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CONTENTS:
Introduction to hygiene
Composition of air
Natural ventilation
Artificial ventilation
In sterile product manufacturing
Laminar air flow
Radiation
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CONTENTS:cont
Tuberculosis, measles,
whooping cough, diphtheria,
common cold, mumps and
influenza
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CONTENTS:cont
Surface water, underground
water and rain water. Organic
and non-organic impurities of
water. Filtration, distillation,
reverse osmosis and ion
exchange.
Water as a vehicle, solvent04/21/16 35
CONTENTS:cont
Introduction to
communicable diseases,
their prevention and control.
Definitions and terminology
applicable in the study of
communicable diseases.
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CONTENTS:cont
Sources of infection.
Transmission of infection.
Routes of infection.
Types/role of carriers in
spreading diseases.
Viability of germs.
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CONTENTS:cont
Individual communicable diseases
Sexual Transmitted Infections such
as, gonorrhoea, AIDS and syphilis,
Airborne diseases such as tuberculosis,
leprosy, whooping cough, meningitis
and small pox.
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CONTENTS:cont
Water borne disease such as
typhoid fever, schistosomiasis.
Vector (insect) borne disease
such as malaria, plague and
sleeping sickness.
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CONTENTS:cont
Diseases attributed to
animals such as tetanus,
rabies and anthrax.
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CONTENTS:cont
•Definition of oral hygiene
Causes of dental carries.
Prevention and control of
dental carries
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CONTENTS:cont
•Personal hygiene.
Sources of infection.
Hygiene of premises.
Cleanliness in working areas
Clean and tidy benches
Clean and tidy floor surfaces
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