Competency: 2

Details

Perform laboratory investigations to contribute to investigation of at least two of the following:

• malaria
• haemorrhagic fever
• pandemic influenza
• common tropical infections.

Considerations

• Common measures for preventing infection in travellers and their appropriate use:
  • travel vaccination
  • malaria prophylaxis
  • mosquito and tick bite prevention
  • food and water precautions.
• The aetiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of malaria, including:
  • global epidemiology and risk
  • laboratory diagnosis
  • prevention and treatment
• The aetiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of viral haemorrhagic fevers, including:
  • global epidemiology and risk
  • laboratory diagnosis and risk assessment
  • management (laboratory and clinical)
  • national guidance (e.g. HSE, ACDP)
  • national reference laboratories/infectious diseases units.
• Pandemic influenza, including:
  • the role of the clinical laboratory
  • collaboration between national and international agencies
  • the state of preparedness.
• The aetiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of:
  • schistosomiasis
  • filariasis
  • trypanosomiasis
  • gastrointestinal parasites
  • dengue fever
  • yellow fever
  • tuberculosis
  • HIV
  • enteric fever
  • cholera
  • dysentery.

Relevant learning outcomes