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Infusion and Hemodialysis Technician

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Course Unit Code450-4057/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
AUG011prof. Ing. Martin Augustynek, Ph.D.
Summary
The first part of the course is focused on basic principles and the design of the peristaltic pump based pumping technique, syringe pumps, other pumping techniques for the area of medical applications (membrane pump concentrates, ultrafiltration pumps, gear flow and degassing pump, etc.). The second part of the course is focused on the biophysical principles and their technical application. It is mainly about the principle of metabolism, extracorporeal blood circulation and the implementation of the technology of hemodialysis solutions, including water treatment on the basis of a reverse osmosis system. In addition, the special disinfection procedures of a higher grade and cleaning procedures. Is the issue of biocompatibility, special očišťovacích methods of blood (hemofiltration) and the technical principles of hemodialysis instrumentation.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal is to focus on infusion technics and technologies of hemodialysis. Benefit of this course is to acquire knowledge and familiarization with the principles, techniques and the use of these devices.Course content supplements the basic knowledge of medical electrical equipment in the field of biomedical engineering.
Course Contents
I INFUSION TECHNIC

1. Historical aspects of infusion therapy and the beginnings of instrument infusion therapy. Terminology and nomenclature incl. other sanitary instruments which are connected with clinical aplication. Basic principles and construction of peristaltic pump – its properties and using in clinical praxis.

2. Clarification occlusion pressure, calculation pump performance, basic properties and advantages. Influence operating parameters on effectiveness of treatment, set properties, change of parameters in time and stability of therapy parameters. Lineratization of peristaltic pump to infusion pump – lamella or sequential type, structural solution and basic properties.

3. Derived pumping technology – enteral pumps and its structural design. Linear dispense – using a syringe, basic properties. Safety features of infusion technics and its importance. Possible negative effects of infusion technics (foreign objects, compatibility of drugs, air embolism, etc.)

4. Using disposable sanitary instruments necessary for functionality of infusion technics, its importance, effect on quality and effectiveness of treatment.

5. Other pumping technologies for section medical aplications (diaphragm concentrate pumps, ultrafiltration pumps, tooth and degassing pumps, etc.)

6. Systems for infusion technic.

II DIALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES

1. Historical aspects of dialisis therapy. Basic biophysical principles of dialisis therapy (diffusion, convection, ultrafiltration, osmosis, etc.)

2. Permeable membranes, principle and constructional solution of dialisis, its properties, basic parameters and its importance. Elimination of metabolic toxins, ultrafiltration of water plasma, hemofiltration method, material and technologic biokompatibility, etc.

3. Extracoproreal bloodstream, its basic elements (dialyzer, needles, sets, etc.), influency on treatment efficacy and safety, circulation parameters, preparation for clinical aplication, recirculation, medication entry.

4. Water treatment for dialisis therapy on the basis of reverse osmosis and its importance. The issue of dialysis concentrate, dialysis solution and quality assessment.

5. Microbiological safety of dialysis therapy, the cleaning and desinfection issue of dialysis technics.

6. Adequacy of dialysis therapy, online principles of monitoring adequacy. Safety of dialysis therapy. Ecological aspects of dialysis therapy.

Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Jacobs, C. – Kjellstrand, C.M. – Koch, M.K. – Winchester, F.J.: Replacement of renal function by dialysis, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 1996
Sulková, S. a kol.: Hemodialýza, Maxdorf, 2000
Jacobs, C. – Kjellstrand, C.M. – Koch, M.K. – Winchester, F.J.: Replacement of renal function by dialysis, Kluwer
Academic Publisher, 1996
Chronické onemocnění ledvin (CKD) – úvod do klinické praxe, účelová publikace EDTNA/ERCA, 2007
Recommended Reading:
Jacobs, C. – Kjellstrand, C.M. – Koch, M.K. – Winchester, F.J.: Replacement of renal function by dialysis, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 1996
Čihák,J: Hemodialyzační technika a technologie, Sylaby na WWW stránkách katedry, 2009.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Experimental work in labs, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined