526-306 Microbiology (Optometry)

Enrolment in the third year of the Bachelor of Optometry course.

By the end of the subject students should have an appreciation of:

• the range of infections of the eye that may be caused by bacteria, viruses, chlamydiae, fungi and protozoa;

• how infections spread from person to person and may be transmitted by optometrists;

• how infection is prevented in the optometrist's practice by appropriate aseptic technique and methods of sterilisation and disinfection;

• the principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy; and

• the principles of immunity and epidemiology.

A 2-hour end-of-semester written examination.