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Health
Government-subsidised, self-financing undergraduate programmes in nursing offered 860 places in 2018-19.
The Hospital Authority's three-year higher diploma programme provides basic registered nurse training and enrolled 300 students in 2018. Another 100 pupil nurses were admitted to its two- year enrolled nurse basic training programme.
The Hospital Authority's Institute of Advanced Nursing Studies strengthens specialty care training for nurses and encourages them to improve professional standards through contínuous learning. New graduates undergo simulation training 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 protect public health. It carries out tests to ensure pharmaceutical products and Chinese medicines meet quality and safety standards and to verify proprietary Chinese medicines are free from western drug adulteration or harmful ingredients. It performed more than 135,560 such tests in 2018. The laboratory also supports investigations into the use of undeclared western drugs in preparations and intoxication incidents suspected to have been caused by misused or contaminated Chinese herbal medicines.
The laboratory provides analytical support in the identification of the chemical markers of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines, and helps develop the HKCMM Standards. It conducts year-round surveillance of tar and nicotine yields in cigarettes.
Public Health Laboratory Services
The Department of Health's Public Health Laboratory Services Branch conducts laboratory tests on clinical and surveillance specimens and provides clinical diagnostic and public health laboratory services to the public and private sectors for patient care and other public health
purposes.
The branch's Public Health Laboratory Centre is designated by the WHO as a National Influenza Centre, National Poliovirus Laboratory, National Measles Laboratory of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Regional Reference Laboratory for measles in the Western Pacific Region, Global Influenza A(H5) Reference Laboratory and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Reference Laboratory.
Auxiliary Medical Service
The Auxiliary Medical Service is a government department under the Security Bureau, with 99 civil service positions plus about 6,000 adult volunteers and cadets. It reinforces regular medical and ambulance services during emergencies and provides backup in normal circumstances.
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