Department of Health

Receiving Officer 02:16 PM, Sep 05, 2023

September 5, 2023

Dear Daryl Martin,

Thank you for your request dated Aug 31, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Reference Guide and Compendium of Standard Requirements in Establishing Laboratories.

We received your request on Aug 31, 2023 and will respond on or before Sep 21, 2023 10:08:55 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://pcoomaster07072017110000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0xMjQzMTQxNTU3NTMM, for request with ticket number #DOH-124314155753.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 01:10 PM, Sep 14, 2023

September 14, 2023

Dear Daryl Martin Rivera,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Aug 31, 2023 10:08:55 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Reference Guide and Compendium of Standard Requirements in Establishing Laboratories.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

The DOH Office for Health Laboratories would like to note that a Reference Guide and Compendium of Standard Requirements in Establishing  National Reference Laboratories (NRL's) do not exist

However, similar to the Reference Guide and Compendium of Standard Requirements for the establishment of TB Laboratories, these NRL's are aligned with the minimum requirements set by the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, and the Department of Health issuances such as:

1. Administrative Order No. 2021-0037 entitled New Rules and Regulations Governing the Regulation of Clinical Laboratories in the Philippines at the link below

https://hfsrb.doh.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ao2021-0037-2.pdf

2. Department Order No. 2020-0820 entitled Institutionalizing and Strengthening the National Reference Laboratories in the Philippines
3. Other related regulations and guidelines

Attached is the copy Department Order No. 2020-0820 for your reference

Kindly accomplish the FOI Feedback form at the link
https://bit.ly/DOHFOIFeedbackForm

Thank you

Your right to request a review

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 the 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.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Decision Maker
FOI Receiving Officer

Attachments:
 do2020-0820.pdf