Area: | School of Biomedical Sciences |
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Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** | |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Practical: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
302467 (v.2)
Introduction to Microbiology 132
or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Application of the theory of sterilisation and disinfection to environmental health. Taxonomic principles and their application to environmental health personnel. Characteristics, vectors, reservoirs and pathogenic processes of selected micro-organisms of environmental health significance. Methods by which micro-organisms are dispersed through the environment. Prevention of the dispersion of micro-organisms including the comparative efficiency of disinfectants. Factors that affect the virulence of micro-organisms and how the body defences protect the host. Antibiotics and environmental health and bacterial resistance transfer. |
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** | |
Field of Education: | 010911 Microbiology |
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Supplemental *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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