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    Date: 2020-10-16 21:44:42.033863

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List of Accredited Laboratories / Facilities with Antigen Testing

Requested from DOH by S. Go at 09:44 PM on Oct 16, 2020.
Purpose: Looking for a DOH accredited center for antigen testing
Date of Coverage: 10/16/2020 - 10/16/2020
Tracking no: #DOH-974827830372

Go 09:44 PM, Oct 16, 2020 

Hi! May I ask if DOH has an existing list of accredited labs/centers that conducts antigen testing? Because the one in your website shows for the PCR Test only. Thank you!

Receiving Officer 10:18 AM, Oct 17, 2020 

October 17, 2020

Dear Samsara,

Thank you for your request dated Oct 16, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for List of Accredited Laboratories / Facilities with Antigen Testing.

We received your request on Oct 16, 2020 and will respond on or before Nov 06, 2020 09:44:42 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC05NzQ4Mjc4MzAzNzIM, for request with ticket number #DOH-974827830372.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer

01:00 PM, Oct 17, 2020 

HI Samsara Go

Please be informed that your request has been endorsed to the Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau for action. Kindly await for their response, thank you


November 3, 2020

Dear Samsara Go,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 16, 2020 09:44:42 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for List of Accredited Laboratories / Facilities with Antigen Testing.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have [some of]* the information you have requested. The Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB) has a list of licensed Covid-19 testing laboratories (please see our hfsrb.doh.gov.ph website). We do not have a list of facilities with Antigen Testing for it is not part of our licensed covid19 laboratories. Thank you.

For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help.

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If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David, Chair of Data Governance Oversight Committee/ DOH Central Appeals and Review Committee, at foi@doh.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

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Thank you.

Respectfully,
FOI Officer

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