According to European Union Standards for Nursing and Midwifery (Vgl. FH-Heb-AV StF: BGBl. II Nr. 1/2006 (Version 2016)) midwifery students shall get access to adequate knowledge of the sciences on which the activities of midwives are based, particularly obstetrics and gynaecology; as well as detailed knowledge of biological functions, anatomy and physiology in the field of obstetrics and of the newly born, and also a knowledge of the relationship between the state of health and the physical and social environment of the human being, and of his behaviour;

This course focuses on the basic knowledge of hygiene-relevant bacteriology, virology and parasitology as well as a basic knowledge of basic measurements of hygiene. Students shall understand the importants for personal hygiene. They shall understand infection processes and appropriate measures to prevent their spreading.

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Introduction of epidemiology, infectious diseases, bacteriology, virology, parasitology, hygiene issues from the perspective of patients and staff, personal hygiene, sterile and non-sterile working processes, cleaning, disinfection, sterilization, waste management

Bergen, Peter (2014). Basiswissen Krankenhaushygiene (3. Auflage). Schlütersche
Handl, Gerald (2014): Angewandte Hygiene, Infektionslehre und Mikrobiologie (2. Auflage). Wien: Facultas.
Kayser, Fritz, Böttger, Erik & Zinkernagel, Rolf (2014). Taschenlehrbuch. Medizinische Mikrobiologie: Immunologie, Hygiene, Infektiologie, Bakteriologie, Mykologie, Virologie, Parasitologie (13. Auflage.) Stuttgart: Thieme.
Reichardt, Christine, Bunte-Schönberger, Karin, van der Linden, Patricia (2014). 100 Fragen zur Händedesinfektion. In Kooperation mit der nationalen Kampagne 'AKTION Saubere Hände': In Kooperation mit der nationalen Kampagne .der nationalen Kampagne "AKTION Sauber Hände" (2. Auflage). Verlag: Brigitte Kunz.
Schlegel, Hans (2007). Allgemeine Mikrobiologie. Stuttgart: Thieme
Schulz-Stübner, Sebastian (2011). Hygiene und Infektionsprävention. Fragen und Antworten: Über 950 Fakten für Klinik und Praxis. Berlin: Springer.
Weigert, Johann (2006). Fehler bei der Umsetzung der Hygiene in Pflegeeinrichtungen: und was Sie dagegen tun können. Verlag: Brigitte Kunz.

Lecture (VO) (compulsory)

Module examination