This course is designed for dental professionals to learn about microbiology. Topics covered include:
- Understanding microbiology and its importance in instrument decontamination
- Gram staining and its importance in identifying bacteria
- Viruses and their types, mechanism of infection, treatment, prevention, and dental implications
- Fungi, their uses, harmful effects, and differences from plants
- Microbial size differences
- Pathogens, types of infections, transmission, routes of infection, and susceptibility to infections
- Transmission of infections through direct transfer, contaminated reusable medical instruments, indirect transfer, and vector-borne infections
- Strategies for preventing the spread of infections using the chain of infection model
By completing the course, dental professionals will be able to:
- Gain knowledge about microbiology and its importance in instrument decontamination
- Identify bacteria using gram staining
- Understand the types, mechanisms, prevention, and treatment of viral infections and their dental implications
- Recognise the uses and harmful effects of fungi and their differences from plants
- Understand the different pathogens, types of infections, and transmission of infections
- Learn strategies for preventing the spread of infections using the chain of infection model
