VSLB071 Laboratory Bacteriology

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Lenka Černohorská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Ondřej Zahradníček (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Filip Růžička, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MUDr. Lenka Černohorská, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Microbiology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites
The necessary condition (prerequisity) for the enrollment is absolved examination of Medical Microbiology
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the subject, students will better understand the course of all steps of bacterial diagnostic and interpretation of laboratory results. So they will be able to better understand the timing of the process and interpretation of the results.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to follow the complete process of bacteriology examination from specimen sampling through primary culture, further identification tests and antibiotic susceptibility tests to the final result.
Syllabus
  • Students will follow the whole process of bacteriology diagnostics of individual specimens, namely: throat swab, nasal swab, skin swab, urine samples, stool samples etc. (real composition of the pool of specimens will be dependent on actual situation in the leboratory!) For each of them, the student will participate on following actions:
  • Material admission in the laboratory, its elaboration according to operation standards, especially inoculation on cultivation media
  • Evaluation of the results of cultivaction, identification of (especially pathogenic) microorganisms
  • Performing in vitro susceptibility testing for antimicrobial agents + its reading, including 1) eventual decision about testing susceptibility againts more agents (in case of resistant strains) and 2) decision about performing tests and reading of the tests for epidemiologicaly important antibiotic resistance patterns (ESBL, MRSA, VRE etc.)
  • Interpretation of results, including discussion about eventual antibiotic therapy (getting acquainted with the work of antibiotic centre)
  • For all steps: inputing the corresponding data into the Laboratory Information System.
Literature
Teaching methods
Practical training, 5 x 3 hours. Supervisor: specialist. Maximum of 8 students in group.
Assessment methods
Evaluation: credit.
Prerequisite: be present at practical training. Unexcused absences won't be tolerated.
Practical execution of one diagnostic test with end report. The report will be archived at Microbiology Institute.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Note related to how often the course is taught: 5 x 3 hod stáže.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
Teacher's information
In autumn semmester 2021 the subject will be probably educated individually (to avoid timetable clashes).
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2024.
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