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Attainment of Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

Requested from DOH by R. SIAN MARI WANE at 11:00 PM on Nov 16, 2023.
Purpose: Research purposes
Date of Coverage: 11/17/2023 - 11/17/2023
Tracking no: #DOH-375328551331

SIAN MARI WANE 11:00 PM, Nov 16, 2023 

To East Avenue Medical Center,

I hope this email finds you well. My name is Sian Rubio, a 3rd Year Medical Laboratory Science student and an undegraduate researcher from Our Lady of Fatima University – Quezon City. We are currently engaged in a research project that involves the utilization of Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

We would like to inquire if your organization offers this specific bacteria. If your association provides it, we would greatly appreciate any information on how can we attain it, how to transport it, how much it costs, and other significant informations.

Receiving Officer 08:53 AM, Nov 17, 2023 

November 17, 2023

Dear RUBIO,,

Thank you for your request dated Nov 16, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Attainment of Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

We received your request on Nov 16, 2023 and will respond on or before Dec 07, 2023 11:00:51 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://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0zNzUzMjg1NTEzMzEM, for request with ticket number #DOH-375328551331.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 04:19 PM, Nov 22, 2023 

Good day!

Please be informed that we have endorsed your request to Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) for action. We'll send you feedback once available.

Thank you.


December 18, 2023

Dear RUBIO, SIAN MARI WANE,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 16, 2023 11:00:51 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Attainment of Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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. 

Currently, RITM is offering Culture and Susceptibility Testing for the said
pathogen of interest. In response to the inquiry, the RITM Memorandum No. 2022-315 pertaining to RITM Research Policy and Biosafety/ Biosecurity Guidelines do not allow the giving or selling of either clinical or biological samples, bacterial organisms/isolates as well as PCR products to students. Likewise, our Institute does not accommodate research undertakings requested by high school and college students for thesis purposes.

Nonetheless, you can make an inquiry to the Philippine National
Collection of Microorganisms (PNCM) which serves as the national repository of
microorganisms in the Philippines. It is under the National Institute of Molecular
Biology and Biotechnology located inside the UPLB campus in Los Banos, Laguna.

It is one of the service laboratories under the BIOTECH Technical Services Program whose prime function is to collect and preserve strains that have been isolated or acquired by the different projects of BIOTECH. The said laboratory also extends various services to students, schools, and the private sector as well. Detection, enumeration, and identification of various microorganisms are conducted in PNCM utilizing various samples such as foods, feeds, water, agricultural, and environmental samples. Well-characterized specific bacterial strains can also be purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) through local distributors available in the Philippines:

https://www.atcc.org/support/determine-your-distributor
https://www.atcc.org/products/baa-1705

Thank you

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Thank you.

Respectfully,
FOI Decision Maker
FOI Officer

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