Practical skills

1. The ways of isolation and the transport of the nasopharyngeal exudates/swabs and fibrin
membranes for bacterial assessment of C. diphtheriae, B.pertussis, meningococci.
2. The ways of isolation, preservation and the transport of the pathological samples in detecting
Shigella, Salmonella and other enterobacterias.
3. The hemoculture in infectious diseases’ diagnosis. Indications, technique, clinical
interpretation/reading.
4. Thick blood smear in meningococcal infection. Indications and interpretation.
5. Lumbar puncture(LP). Indications. Performing technique. Clinical interpretation of LP
results.
6. Coproscopy, clinical interpretation.
7. Serological reactions (ELISA, HAI) in diagnosing childhood infectious diseases. Indications,
interpretation.
8. PCR in diagnosing childhood infectious diseases. Indications, interpretation.
9. Gastric lavage. Indications. Performing technique. Bacteriological examination.
10. Physical examination in children with acute infectious diseases, the particularities (viral
hepatitis, mumps, scarlet, etc.).
11. CBC (complete blood count) and biological blood tests interpretation in children with acute
infectious diseases.
12. Intravenous perfusions. Indications, solutions, complications.
13. Hospitalizing criteria for patients with acute gastrointestinal disorders, aerogen/respiratory
infections.
14. Discharging criteria for pations with aerogen infections, acute intestinal infections, viral
hepatitis.
15. The diet and regimen in children with infectious diseases (viral hepatitis, mumps, acute
diarrheal diseases, meningitis).
16. The principles of treatment of the children with acute infectious diseases (viral and bacterial).
17. Children’s immunization (children's immunizations schedule in Republic of Moldova,
technique, supervision).
18. Oral rehydration in children with acute diarrheal disease (indications, technique).
19. Prehospital emergency care in acute cerebral edema, seizures, hyperthermia, alimentary
toxic infections.
20. Prehospital emergency care in toxic shock syndrome.
21. Prehospital emergency care in alimentary toxic infections.