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Safety in Health CareLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: SX00DD30

Credits

5 op

Objective

Student
-identifys factors related to occupational safety in the health care sector and can act in situations threatening occupational safety and in exceptional health care conditions
- is familiar with the central legislation and guidelines on the use of clinical nuclear medicine and are able to apply their knowledge base to their actions
- applies his/her aseptic knowledge based on microbiology to diverse situations in the workplace
- is familiar with the biomedical laboratory testing and understand its significance to health care and identify the main sampling and patient examination methods as well as factors related to the reliability of laboratory tests and work methods

Content

Basics of patient safety
Basics of occupational safety in the health care sector
Basics of taking microbiological laboratory samples
Infectious disease transmission and infectious diseases
Clinical laboratory testing as part of health care
Processes of laboratory work and quality verification
General radiation substance safety in health care

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Evaluating competences evaluation criteria novice/beginner is used.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Student
- can search for professional knowledge regarding a single issue
- is familiar with the professional knowledge base of the field
- distinguishes informal information from research knowledge
- can act in individual professional situations according to instruction
- aims to act in a client-oriented way
- proves to have adequate skills to act in professional situations
- is familiar with the ethical principles of the field
- can work as a member of a work group
- is able to evaluate personal strengths and development needs