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Medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) along with administrative, environmental and engineering controls play a crucial role in protecting health professionals. PPEs are used to minimize their risks of exposures to infectious diseases while caring for patients. The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with supply chain disruptions resulted in the abrupt surge of
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Understanding ISO 15189 for Medical Laboratories was conducted through a webinar on 16-17 December 2020 as an offshoot to the collaboration between the Philippine Trade and Training Center (PTTC) and the Philippine Accreditation Bureau - Promotion and Documentation Division (PAB-PDD) in conducting training programs on international standards and other accreditation
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Many medical testing laboratories have adopted the ISO 15189 laboratory management system standard, and a fundamental element for management system standards is the measurement of its established system and process performance. The method for determining this, is to conduct internal audits. Internal audits should be part of every laboratory quality
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The Department of Trade and Industry – Philippine Accreditation Bureau (DTI-PAB) continues its webinar series on accreditation for health and social care on November 26, 2020 via Zoom platform. The goal is to help medical testing laboratories understand the importance and benefits of ISO 15189 accreditation and hopefully motivate laboratories
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The pandemic has greatly affected the general public which includes the workforce, transportation systems and food supply chains. In effect, communities’ access to safe and adequate supply of food have been compromised. Aside from the threat of food insecurity brought about by the pandemic, food safety is also an ever-present
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As everyone is grappling the challenges of this health crisis, organizations have a daunting task in ensuring that their stakeholders are well informed apart from maintaining expected work productivity; and this has been ensured by the Philippine Accreditation Bureau - Management System Accreditation Division (PAB-MSAD). On 14 October 2020, PAB-MSAD
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In this time of COVID-19 when transmission of the virus is fast and potentially dangerous, technology and innovation is key to bridging the health care gap between medical professionals and patients. One way of addressing this concern is thru telemedicine. Telemedicine is not new to the Philippines and now more
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The Department of Trade and Industry-Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) held back-to-back online briefing session on the Importance of Accreditation in the Delivery of Health and Social Care and the Requirements of ISO 15189, PAB’s Policy and Procedures, Supplementary Requirements and Guidance Documents via Zoom Meeting on July 15-16, 2020. One
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The DTI Philippines through the Philippine Trade Training Center – Global MSME Academy, DTI - Export Marketing Bureau, DTI Jakarta and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry brought together distinguished resource speakers from various Philippine and Indonesia government agencies in the free webinar dubbed “Doing Business in Indonesia under Law
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On 09 June 2020, the Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) will celebrate the World Accreditation Day 2020 (#WAD2020) by holding a series of free online seminars. PAB’s “Online Briefing on Improving Food Safety and Security in a Pandemic” will feature three topics by experts in their field. The webinar will kick
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