Course Overview

The growing production of knowledge in the context of aseptic processing of health products and healthcare environment decontamination, such as biofilms, endotoxins, and prion proteins, among organic residue, has required researchers develop suitable study designs. This course proposes to qualify students to develop research projects in the field of Nursing in Central Sterile Service Departments, taking into account the rigor required for producing knowledge in this specialty.

Learning Achievement

• To discuss and analyze different research designs related to the aseptic processing of health products and healthcare environment decontamination, with the goal of broadening students’ information based on the topic so that their practice can be critical and transformative. To mobilize graduate students’ capacity of using and developing research methods suitable for producing new consistent knowledge.

Competence

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

Presentation of and ability to discuss a developing graduate research project, incorporating pertinent suggestions from the course.

Course schedule

1. Analysis of published studies on the aseptic processing of health products and healthcare environment decontamination. 2. Basic research designs for demonstrating security against the presence of endotoxins, biofilms and microorganisms in processed health products. 3. Analysis of developing research projects about the aseptic processing of health products and healthcare environment decontamination, identifying their theoretical and methodological basis.

Course type

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano

Other information

The course lasts one week and meets on 3 consecutive days with 8 hours of work per day.

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