Department Memorandum No. 2023-0282

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Guidelines on the Implementation of ISO Accreditation in Support to the Memorandum of Agreement Between Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Trade and Industry-Philippine Accreditation Bureau (DTI-PAB)

Download the issuance: DM No. 2023-0282 dated July 11, 2023

Addressed to the designated National Reference Laboratories in East Avenue Medical Center, Lung Center of the Philippines, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Philippine Heart Center, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, and San Lazaro Hospital, for their accreditation by the Philippine Accreditation Bureau on international standards on requirements for quality and competence of medical laboratories; testing and calibration for laboratories; competence as reference material producers; and competence as proficiency testing providers.

Address further concerns about this issuance to the DOH's Office for Health Laboratories.

See also: D.O. No. 2020-0820

READ: Department Memorandum No. 2023-0277, "Commemoration of the 56th ASEAN Founding Anniversary and Celebration of the ASEAN Month" dated August 1, 2023.

PUBLIC ADVISORY

HFDB is different from HFSRB
For concerns related to Permit to Construct, License to Operate and Certificate of Accreditation, and for fact-finding and actions on complaints against hospitals and other health facilities, the responsible office under the Department of Health is the Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB). Visit their official website for more information: hfsrb.doh.gov.ph