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 existing national antibiotic guidelines published in 2016 is currently under review and this review process was initiated by Dr. Geethika Patabandige, the President of SLCM in
2021/2022.
End term review of the national strategic plan for combating antimicrobial resistance in Sri Lanka 2017-2022 and developing the national strategic plan for combating antimicrobial resistance 2023-2027 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been recognized as a major global public health threat and now it is understood as…
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.
The Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists has ventured on a series of media programmes in collaboration with the Independence Television Network (ITN) channel.
Lanka Hospital
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…
TH Mahamodara NTS Galle University of Colombo CNTH DGH Awissawella LRH Teaching Hospital Jaffna NHSL Lanka Hospital National Hospital for Respiratory Diseases – Welisara
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.
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.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists (SLCM) was held on the 14th of October 2022, (Friday) from 11.30am to 3.30pm at the “Mihilaka Medura”, BMICH, Colombo 7
Procurement encompasses a range of activities involved in obtaining goods, services, works and consultancy through competitive bidding process.
The World Health Organization is encouraging the global community to ‘Go Blue for AMR’ campaign, particularly on 24 November.
The Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists invites its members to join the campaign as an individual or a workplace/ organization or a community.
