LSM Laboratory

23rd April is the World Laboratory Day. Miracles happen everyday. Invention, research, measurement, diagnostic, all these sciences merge to make laboratory a place for miracles to contribute. Being one of the sustainable laboratory, like all of our professionals, we put our effort on quality management to ensure the livelihood of the public - to get an accurate diagnosis, and not to be threatened by an escaped bug from the laboratory. Apart from these, we share what we get. We share professional knowledge, we share findings, we make use of approach to deliver information to the public on how to help for a sustainable world, to work out strategies for disease detection and prevention. We love laboratory, and we love all the miracles and for sure we will find a way to control the crisis.

近日接連出現懷疑食肆相關食物中毒個案。大家記得保持警覺，食物業處所，家居，市民大家都要保持良好衛生習慣。透過食物傳播的細菌除了有機會引起食物中毒之外，更有機會傳播抗菌素抗藥性。大家要留意。 #健康一體 #食物中毒

衞生防護中心調查兩宗懷疑食物中毒個案 衞生署衞生防護中心今日（六月三日）正調查兩宗懷疑食物中毒個案，共涉及五人，並呼籲市民保持個人、食物及環境衞生，預防經由食物傳播的疾病。 　　首宗個案涉及一男兩女，年齡...

首個相關的大型研究證實，全球有不少河流被抗菌素污染。河水中高濃度的抗菌素有機會引發細菌產生抗藥性，而這些細菌會經不同途徑進入人體及動物身體而導致抗藥性細菌感染。從很多方面河水可以被抗菌素污染：農業、畜牧業、工業、以致人類活動都會產生含抗菌素的污水。如果處理不當，這些污水就會直接污染河水。污染的河水可能又被使用作灌溉，被水上及陸地動物使用，或直接污染食物鏈。所以對抗抗菌素抗藥性並不單只在醫學上下功夫，農業，畜牧業，環境衛生管理，獸醫等等都要參與，這就是健康一體的運作模式，需要各個專業範疇一起制定長遠策略，對抗抗菌素抗藥性的發展。 #健康一體

Antibiotics found in some of the world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels, global study finds Concentrations of antibiotics found in some of the world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels by up to 300 times, the first ever global study has discovered.

又一個以「健康一體」為理念的委員會開始運作。世界各地正以「健康一體」的概念制定不同政策，以對抗傳染病及抗菌素抗藥性為目標，為地球健康而努力。香港雖然亦已起步，但健康一體政策需要廣泛人士的參與，單靠政府及大學的工作實在難以有效地推動健康一體的全面發展。作為微生物化驗室，我們亦積極地參與健康一體全球組織 ONE HEALTH COMMISSION 為全球推廣健康一體的教育政策的制定，希望在不同層面有效地推動健康一體理念，最終令健康一體政策有效地運用，減低傳染病及抗菌素抗藥性對大眾的威脅。 #健康一體

The One Health Lancet Commission - 1. Meeting - Institute of Health and Society The first meeting of the One Health Lancet Commission will take place in Oslo on the 9th and 10th of May 2019. The meeting will bring together the worlds top researchers from the field of One Health.

What happens after antibiotics? Take your time to read this article and you will learn!

The drugs don’t work: what happens after antibiotics? Antibiotic resistance is growing so fast that routine surgery could soon become impossible. But scientists are fighting back in the battle against infection. By Oliver Franklin-Wallis