Operation of a Medical Microbiology Laboratory, Good Laboratory Practice, Biosafety

Course Information
TitleΛειτουργία εργαστηρίου Ιατρικής Μικροβιολογίας, Καλή Εργαστηριακή πρακτική, Βιοασφάλεια / Operation of a Medical Microbiology Laboratory, Good Laboratory Practice, Biosafety
CodeΜΙΜΙΚΑ001
FacultyHealth Sciences
SchoolMedicine
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorMelania Kachrimanidou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600021719

Programme of Study: PMS "Sýnchronī Efarmosménī Mikroviología" (2022-sīmera)

Registered students: 28
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSCompulsory Course116

Class Information
Academic Year2024 – 2025
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours4
Total Hours52
Class ID
600261808
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction)
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures261.0
Reading Assigment281.1
Tutorial431.7
Exams10.0
Other / Others522.1
Total1506
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
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J Infect Dev Ctries. 2022 Sep 30;16(9):1376-1384. doi: 10.3855/jidc.16378. PMID: 36223610. 10. Kaufman Α, Brewster R, Rajasekaran K, How to Perform a Nasopharyngeal Swab − An Otolaryngology Perspective. The American Journal of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology − Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania. 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.05.004 11. Kwon YJ, Kwak HJ, Lee HK, Lim HC, Jung DH. Comparison of bacterial community profiles from large intestine specimens, rectal swabs, and stool samples. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2021 Dec; 105(24): 9273-9284. doi: 10.1007/s00253-021-11650-y. Epub 2021 Nov 13. PMID: 34773153. 12. Lu H, Ma L, Zhang H, Feng L, Yu Y, Zhao Y, Li L, Zhou Y, Song L, Li W, Zhao J, Liu L. The Comparison of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing with Conventional Microbiological Tests for Identification of Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Infectious Diseases. Infect Drug Resist. 2022 Oct 22; 15:6115-6128. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S370964. PMID: 36277249; PMCID: PMC9586124. 13. Laura L Hammitt, David R Murdoch, J Anthony G Scott, Amanda Driscoll, Ruth A Karron, Orin S Levine, Katherine L O'Brien; Pneumonia Methods Working Group. Specimen collection for the diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis 2012 Apr;54 Suppl 2 (Suppl 2): S132-9, doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1068. 14. Turner G, O'Grady M, Hudson D, Morgan X, Frizelle F, Purcell R. Rectal swabs are a reliable method of assessing the colonic microbiome. Int J Med Microbiol. 2022 Feb; 312(2):151549. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2022.151549. Epub 2022 Jan 24. PMID: 35114582. 15. Waagsbø B, Buset EM, Longva JÅ, Bjerke M, Bakkene B, Ertesvåg AS, Holmen H, Nikodojevic M, Tran TT, Christensen A, Nilsen E, Damås JK, Heggelund L. Diagnostic stewardship aiming at expectorated or induced sputum promotes microbial diagnosis in community-acquired pneumonia. 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Nόμος 2619/1998 (ΦΕΚ Α΄132) Σύμβαση του Οβιέδο 21. Global Health Ethics. Global network of WHO collaborating centers for Bioethics, 2015 22. Eθνική Επιτροπή Βιοηθικής. Κώδικας δεοντολογίας για την έρευνα στις Βιολογικές Επιστήμες, Οκτώβριος 2008. 23. Koneman’s Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, Seventh Edition, 2017 Wolters Kluwer: Chapter 1: Introduction to Microbiology Part I: The role of the Microbiology Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: Guidelines to Practice and Management, p: 45-65, Chapter 19: Mycobacteria, p:1219-1268, Chapter 21: Mycology, p: 1322-1416 24. Ιατρική Μικροβιολογία Murray, Rosenthal, Pfaller, 8η έκδοση (3η ελληνική έκδοση, 2016 Επιστημονικές Εκδόσεις Παρισιάνου): Κεφάλαιο 22: Mycobacterium (Μυκοβακτηρίδιο) και συγγενή οξεάντοχα βακτήρια, σ. 253-270, Κεφάλαιο 29: Βρουκέλλα, σ: 339-341, Κεφάλαιο 31: Μη σπορογόνα αναερόβια βακτήρια, σ. 363-375, Κεφάλαιο 60: Εργαστηριακή διάγνωση νόσων από μύκητες, σ. 674-684. 25. The clinical Laboratory (Part 1) in: Ηenry’s Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, 24th edition, Elsevier, Philadelphia 2022. 26. Aθανάσιος Βυζαντιάδης. Ποιοτικός έλεγχος - Σφάλματα μετρήσεων. Μικροβιολογικά Χρονικά 1987, 3: 14-36. 27. Εkins Roger. Immunoassay standardization. Scand J Clin Lab Invest Suppl. 1991; 205: 33-46. 28. T.-A. Βυζαντιάδης. Πρότυπα μετρήσεων-γενικές γνώσεις για τα αντιδραστήρια και την εργαστηριακή μεθοδολογία. Σημειώσεις στα πλαίσια του μεταπτυχιακού μαθήματος κορμού Β΄ εξαμήνου: Κλινικο-εργαστηριακή μεθοδολογία. ΠΜΣΙ Ιατρική Ερευνητική Μεθοδολογία, Ιατρική Σχολή ΑΠΘ, 2004-2012. 29. Bermes EW, Young DS. General Laboratory Techniques and Procedures.In: Tietz NW. Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry. Third Edition. W. B. Saunders Company 1987. 30. Αρσένη Α. Δεληγιάννη Β, Ζουλιέν Ζ. Ιατρική Βιοχημεία. 2η Έκδοση. Αθήνα: Ιατρικές Εκδόσεις «ΖΗΤΑ» 1991. 31. Γαλανοπούλου-Γκιουζέπα Β. Μέθοδοι αποστείρωσης. Μικροβιολογικά Χρονικά 1995, 11: 266-278. 32. 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