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Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: SHM114
Course Name: Sterilization Principles and Methods
Semester: Spring
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: Turkish
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Compulsory Courses
Course Level:
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Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator: Öğr. Gör. NURTEN TOSUN
Course Lecturer(s): Öğr. Gör. NURTEN TOSUN
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: To provide the students to know the characteristics, sterilization principles and methods of the central sterilization unit in the operating room.
Course Content: Asepsis, Antisepsis, Disinfection, Knowing the Concepts of Sterilization, Ensuring the sterilization of the operating room interior and instruments, stabilizing the sterilization, and preventing the infection in the operating room.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Recognizing the Features of the Central Sterilization Unit
2) Knowing the Areas in the Central Sterilization Unit
3) To know disinfection, antisepsis, sterilization principles
4) To know sterilization methods
5) Having knowledge about infection control
6) Gaining employee safety
7) Having knowledge about waste control
8) To know the use of appropriate indicators
9) Learning the Packaging and Bundling of the Materials Used
10) Knowing the Delivery of Dirty Materials and the Stages of Cleaning
11) To know about cleaning and sterilization of endoscopes

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the Course, Course Objectives and Learning Objectives
2) Hand Hygiene, Surgical Hand Wash,
3) Basic Concepts (Sterilisation, Disinfection, Asepsis, Antisepsis), Surgical Aseptic Applications
4) Physical Sterilization Methods I
5) Physical Sterilization Methods II
6) Chemical Sterilization Methods
7) Nosocomial Infections and Prevention from Nosocomial Infections
8) Midterm
9) Decontamination
10) Disinfection and Disinfection Applications, Chemical Solutions
11) Packaging of Surgical Instruments and Materials
12) Central Sterilization Unit
13) Duties and Responsibilities of Central Sterilization Unit Managers and Staff
14) Sterilization Control and Documentation (Registration)
15) OVERVIEW
16) EXAM

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: 1. Perçin Renders, D., & Aydın, E. (Eds.). (2024). Sağlık bilimleri için dezenfeksiyon, antisepsi, sterilizasyon. Ankara: Hipokrat Yayıncılık.
2. Barlas, N., & Aytaçoğlu. (Eds.). (2019). Cerrahi hemşireliği ve ameliyathane teknikerliği ders kitabı. Ankara: Hipokrat Yayınevi.
3. McDonnell, G. E. (2019). Antisepsi, dezenfeksiyon ve sterilizasyon tipleri, etkileri ve direnç (A. Başustaoğlu & A. D. Us, Eds.). Ankara.
4. DAS Rehberi. (2019).

References: 1. Rutala, W. A., & Weber, D. J. (2019). Dezenfeksiyon, sterilizasyon ve antisepsi: Genel bir bakış. American Journal of Infection Control, 47, A3-A9.
2. Rutala, W. A., Donskey, C. J., & Weber, D. J. (2023). Disinfection and sterilization: New technologies. American Journal of Infection Control, 51(11), A13-A21.
3. Shetti, A. N., Hn, A., Sreekanth, C., Ab, A., Safdhar Hasmi, R., Thakur, A., & Mustilwar, R. G. (2022). Anestezik ve kritik bakım ekipmanlarının sterilizasyon teknikleri – Bir inceleme. IP International Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicological Sciences, 7(4), 108-110.
4. Özmen, P. (2016). Sterilizasyon Yöntemleri. In H. Uçak (Ed.), Ameliyathanede yönetim-organizasyon: Cerrahi uygulamalar (3. baskı, ss. 201-222). Kongre Kitapevi.
5. Erdinç, F. Ş., & Demircan, Ş. A. (2019). Anestezi ve solunum ekipmanlarının sterilizasyonu ve dezenfeksiyonu. Flora, 24(3), 157-163.
6. Elbaş, N. Ö., & Işık, S. A. (2021). Sterilizasyon ve dekontaminasyonda kanıta dayalı uygulamalar. Türkiye Klinikleri Surgical Nursing - Special Topics, 7(3), 8-16.


Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

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Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

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Program Outcomes Level of Contribution

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Preparation for the Activity Spent for the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements Workload
Course Hours 14 6 84
Study Hours Out of Class 14 1 14
Homework Assignments 14 1 14
Midterms 1 5 1 6
Final 1 5 1 6
Total Workload 124