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training. They recruited 397 pupil nurses into their two-year Higher Diploma in Enrolled Nurse (General) training programmes in 2016. OUHK enrolled 196 and 44 pupils in their two-year Higher Diploma in Nursing and Higher Diploma in Mental Health Nursing programmes respectively. Another 33 nurses with professional nursing qualifications obtained outside Hong Kong passed the Nursing Council of Hong Kong's licensing examination and received practising certificates for registered nurses or enrolled nurses.
In the 2015-16 academic year, the government started subsidising students to pursue designated self-financing undergraduate programmes in nursing. The number of subsidised. places increased from 420 in 2015-16 to 480 in 2016-17.
The Hospital Authority's three-year higher diploma programme provides basic registered nurse training and enrolled 300 students in 2016. Another 100 pupil nurses were admitted to its two-year enrolled nurse basic training programme.
The Hospital Authority's Institute of Advanced Nursing Studies seeks to strengthen specialty care training for nurses and encourage them to improve professional standards through continuous learning. The institute provides simulation training for new graduates to strengthen their skills in clinical care and medical emergencies. Experienced nurses can apply for scholarships to attend overseas training for international exposure.
Laboratory Services
Government Laboratory
The Government Laboratory offers a comprehensive range of analytical, investigatory and advisory services to support the government in upholding its commitment to the protection of public health. In the 2015-16 financial year, $226 million was spent on providing the required services.
In 2016, the laboratory carried out 196,763 tests on foods to ensure they were fit for consumption and complied with legal requirements, and conducted 12,422 tests arising from investigations into food complaints. Some routine testing was outsourced to private laboratories to better utilise its own resources for developing new testing methods and coping with a broadened scope of testing services, and to develop the capability of the private laboratory sector.
The laboratory performed more than 54,700 tests on pharmaceutical products and over 81,900 tests on Chinese medicine to ensure they met recognised quality and safety standards and to verify proprietary Chinese medicines were free from western drug adulteration or harmful ingredients. It also supported investigations into the use of undeclared western drugs in preparations and incidents of intoxication suspected to have been caused by misused or contaminated Chinese herbal medicine.
The laboratory provides analytical support in certifying chemical markers of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicine, and helps develop the HKCMM Standards. It also conducts year-round surveillance of tar and nicotine yields in cigarettes, releasing more than 12,800 results to the public in 2016,
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