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Clinical Engineering I

Category: Department of Medical Engineering

Faculty: Faculty of Rehabilitative Sciences

Year of Study: 3

Semester: 1

Code: CEI 103

Hours: 30 Credit:3

Module Competence

This module is designed to enable the learner apply knowledge and skills in hygiene while handling medical equipment. 8.2

Module Outcomes

By the end of this module, the learner should;

1. Apply hygiene skills to control and prevent the spread of micro organisms through disinfection and sterilization processes.

Module Content

Hospital Hygiene: Micro Organisms; pathogenic (classes, examples), non-pathogenic. Disinfection; different methods of disinfections, different disinfectants, application of disinfectants.

Sterilisation; definition of sterilisation, description of different methods of sterilisation (dry heat, steam, chemical –gas and liquids, radiation – ultra violet, gamma rays, micro waves and filtration), principle of operation of different types of sterilisers (single chamber, double chamber, hot air oven), application of sterilisation in medical field, explanation of correct maintenance of different sterilising equipment

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Introduction to clinical engineering

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