CSTH First of the series of workshops on CLABSI was held in the W G Gunewardene auditorium, Colombo South Teaching Hospital Kalubowila on 22/09/2023. Resource persons were Dr Shirani Chandrasiri (Consultant Microbiologist) Dr Waruni Samaranayake (Consultant Intensivist) and Dr. Thimathi Wickramasekara (Consultant Nutrition Physician). Of the …
Ordinary General Meeting of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists (SLCM) The Ordinary General Meeting of the SLCM will be held as an online meeting on Friday, 14th July 2023 from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm. The tentative agenda is as follows. Minutes of…
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Summary of the decisions made at the Ordinary General Meeting The Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists SLCM was held as an online meeting on Friday, 20th January 2023 from 2.00 pm to 2.45 pm. The following decisions were taken…
Target audience Prescribers Consultants Medical officers Prescribers of the future Administrative Assitants Medical students Nursing officers Pharmacists Lab TO Public visiting NFTH during this week channels THEMES for activities Rational prescribing Contributing factors for the development of antimicrobial resistance Impact of antimicrobial resistance on humans,…
Lecture for the infection control liaison nurses in the monthly infection control meeting To mark the beginning of WAAW 2022, we conducted an awareness lecture on antimicrobial resistance for the infection control liaison nurses of the Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Galle, in the monthly infection control…
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Global Handwashing Day is an annual global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of hand washing and triggering lasting change from the policy-level to community-driven action as to prevent infectious diseases and save lives. It took first time on October…
The inaugural Infectious Diseases Conference was organized by the Infectious Diseases Forum of the Ceylon College of Physicians in Collaboration with DNDi, Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists and Sri Lanka College of Internal Medicine.
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is considered a self-limiting illness. It primarily affects infants and young children; however, it can also affect adolescents and adults.
Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by an Orthopoxvirus belonging to the family Poxviridea. Variola virus, vaccinia virus, and cowpox virus are all members of the Orthopoxvirus genus.
Panel discussion organized by the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists in collaboration with the Expert Committee on Communicable Diseases of the Sri Lanka Medical Association and the Media Committee of the SLMA
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists (SLCM) was held on the 20th of October 2023, from 11.45am to 4.00pm at the “Bougainvillea”, Hotel Galadari, Colombo.
These workshops are aimed at creating awareness among doctors and nursing officers involved in the insertion and maintenance of central lines.
SLCM intends to give recommendations in order to minimize fatalities due to medication errors and severe adverse reactions including anaphylaxis in view of the recent events of several cases of antibiotic associated anaphylaxis reported in the country and to ensure patient safety when administering antibiotics.
The Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists has ventured on a series of media programmes in collaboration with the Independence Television Network (ITN) channel.
