1. EUNID proposal core curriculum
2nd EUNID partner meeting
HPA, London, April 2006

2. EUNID
Definition
A highly infectious disease is:
transmissible from person to person,
is capable of causing life threatening illness, and
presents a serious hazard to health care workers and the community

3. Project List of Diseases
EUNID
Project List of Diseases
Smallpox
VHFs (Lassa, Marburg, Ebola etc)
Plague (pneumonic)
Multri-drug Resistant TB
SARS
Highly pathogenic influenza strains

4. Do you have a course for training HCW working in HIUs?

5. Do you think that training for HCW in a HIU should be the same as in a high biosafety lab?

6. Suggested subjects by partners
Theory of the selected Infectious diseases
PPE and respiratory protection
PH and epidemiology issues
Infection control
Transport issues
Practice skills with PPE, fit testing
Filter issues

7. Literature
Quite poor
Few articles reviewing the status of existing ID programmes
One article for European programmes, without suggestions

8. Curriculum Proposal-I
Theory of Infectious Diseases
Public health issues
Epidemiology issues in relation to HIDs
Principles of Hospital Infection Control
Function of Negative Pressure Units
Principles for choosing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Theory of Disinfection (waste management and decontamination?)

9. Curriculum Proposal-II
Various relevant issues, such as transport and handling of specimens and country specific skills such as patient isolator function
Skill training in using Respiratory Protection
Skill training in using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

10. Curriculum Proposal-III
Exercise of epidemiologic investigation
Exercise of patient care/decontamination with use of full PPE
Finally:
Test or not?