Courses Handbook 2009

304711 (v.2) Environmental Health Microbiology 231


Area: School of Biomedical Sciences
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
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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