PREVENTION AND SAFETY IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2018/2019
- Teacher
- MELCHIORE GIGANTI
- Credits
- 2
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
Training objectives
- PREVENTION OF RISKS
Knowledge and understanding: Knowledge of physics in ionizing radiation both electromagnetic and corpuscolate; radiation interaction with matter, in particular with living matter. Order of size, units of measure and detectors.
Applying knowledge and understanding: Knowledge of fundamental principles of radiation protection, and the effects of ionizing radiation on the living. Skills in protection of workers, patients and population from harmful effects of ionizing radiations. Knowledge of national and european regulation concernig radiation protection.
Making judgements: critical knowledge of professional operating conditions in presence of ionizing radiation, related to protection of workers, patients and population. Ability to detect and evaluate operational risk in presence of ionizing radiation.
Communication skills: Knowledge of safety signs. ability of relating with the competent authorities and the emergency staff consciously and with appropriate terminology.
Learning skills: knowledge of the access and consultation modalities to scientific data base and regulation in ionizing radiation protection field.
SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE
Know the general regulatory framework, the organization and the fundamental subjects that play a role in the company's prevention system.
Know the concepts and the general methodology of risk assessment and prevention and protection in the workplace. Know the main risks in health: biological, chemical and physical.
Know and use of prevention and protection measures, collective and individual. Prerequisites
- First principles of physics, biology and genetics. Elementary bases of physic of ionized radiation.
Course programme
- PREVENTION OF RISKS
Radioactivity and Ionizing radiation. Atomic nucleus, Nuclear decay.
Interactions of ionizing radiation with matter. Measuring radioactivity. Order of size and units of measure.
Radiobiology basics.
Potential damages in livings. Deterministic and stochastic damages of ionizing radiations.. Fundamental principles of radiation protection.
National and european regulation concerning ionizing radiation protection.
SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE
General legal references for health protection in the workplace.
Legislative Decree 81/08 - Title I - Common Principles
Concepts and subjects of prevention in the workplace: the tasks, duties and responsibilities.
Methodology of the risk assessment for environment healthcare.
Risks: classification, measurement, exposure modes, effects on the organism in the short and long term, collective and individual prevention and protection measures, safety procedures, with particular reference to biological agents that are transmitted parenterally and by air, the hazardous chemical agents present in the healthcare environment and to physical agents (non-ionizing radiation) for sanitary use. Didactic methods
- lectures
Learning assessment procedures
- PREVENTION OF RISKS
The exam will be held by means of a multiple choice test, with an allocated time of 45 minutes. The questions will be 32, with four answers proposed, of wich only one is exact. The evaluation criteria are: plus 1 point (+1) for each single correct answer; minus half point (-0,5) for each single wrong answer; no point (0) for each single missing answer.
A final score of "31" points or more implies the evaluation "cum laude". These evaluation criteria are reported in the test sheet along with the compilation instructions.
SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE
Multiple choice quizzes: 31 questions with 4 possible responses (only one exact). Score: exact response=1 points; wrong or no response: 0 point. Exam duration: 60 minutes.
THE FINAL GRADE IS A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF THE MARKS OBTAINED IN EACH TESTS, including partial evidence of the first half. Reference texts
- PREVENTION OF RISKS
Biagini C., Radiobiologia e Radioprotezione, Piccin, Padova, 1999
Marano P., Diagnostica per immagini, Casa Ed. Ambrosiana, Milano 1999
Cittadini G., Diagnostica per immagini e radioterapia, ECIG, Genova, 2002
SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE
Files of Presentations in pdf
Medicina Del Lavoro, a cura di V. Foa L. Ambrosi, UTET Ed., Prima ristampa 2005
