{"id":109,"date":"2020-05-10T09:22:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T01:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/?p=109"},"modified":"2020-05-10T09:25:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T01:25:22","slug":"evrmc-can-run-covid-19-tests-and-release-results-independently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/evrmc-can-run-covid-19-tests-and-release-results-independently\/","title":{"rendered":"EVRMC can run COVID-19 tests and release results independently"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally, after 41 days, the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC) molecular laboratory can now perform COVID-19 testings.   We can now run tests and release results independently, instead of sending them to Cebu City,\u201d said Minerva Molon, DOH Eastern Visayas director, in a virtual press conference.<\/p>\n

The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Manila issued the official certification on Friday after the laboratory passed the final stage of the accreditation process, the proficiency testing, conducted this week, Molon said.<\/p>\n

The laboratory will start running tests once it receives the license to operate on Monday.<\/p>\n

The DOH said nine medical technologists and a pathologist will run the testing facility at the old building of the EVRMC in Magsaysay Boulevard.<\/p>\n

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EVRMC pathologists and medical technologists on COVID-19 testing training at Cebu City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The group attended a three-day Molecular Analyst Proficiency training at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City this week.<\/p>\n

Using the real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Machine, the facility can run at least 90 tests per running time, said Carlos Chris Apurillo, Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET) Leyte-Biliran chapter representative.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we can run up to 700 tests per day once the additional equipment and machines have been put in place,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Apurillo said the laboratory is compliant with the requirements set by the RITM, the DOH central office, and the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve gone through a lot of challenges to comply with the requirements and quality assurance procedures. We assure that we practice the highest biosafety level in our laboratory,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The DOH thanked all the organizations that offered technical assistance for the establishment of the regional testing center.<\/p>\n

They are the EVRMC, PAMET, the Philippine Science High School, St. Scholastica\u2019s College, the An Waray, and Tingog party lists, among others. (PNA and Eastern Visayas CME)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finally, after 41 days, the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC) molecular laboratory can now perform COVID-19 testings.   We can now run tests and release […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[57,66,65,5,56,59],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19-pandemic","tag-covid-19-testing-center","tag-doh-8","tag-eastern-visayas-cme","tag-evcommunities","tag-evrmc","tag-ritm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalphilippines.net\/evc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}