Where it Started?
December 1, 1988
On December 1, 1988, as the country’s response to the recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO) Working Group on the Regional Information Network on Antimicrobial Resistance that a surveillance program be initiated among member states of the Western Pacific Region to contain and prevent resistance to antimicrobials, the Committee…
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preliminary evaluation of the hospital as potential sentinel site of the program
February 11, 1998
Dr. Celia Carlos and Ms. Marietta Lagrada (L-R) with Dr. Lourdes Espina, then Director of Corazon Locsin Memorial Medical Center, during a visit in 1998 as part of preliminary evaluation of the hospital as potential sentinel site of the program.
Read moreCreation and Institutionalization of the Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Reference Laboratory (ARSRL)
June 14, 2019
From 1988 to 2000, the ARSRL functioned with the ARSP chair and laboratory director or 1 or 2 laboratory staff “borrowed” or reassigned to ARSP from other departments of the RITM and 9 contractual staff paid for from external grants. In order to effectively carry-out its mandate, 10 new permanent…
Read moreEstablishment of the Data Management Unit (DMU)
June 14, 2019
In order for a laboratory to work efficiently, a well-established data management unit is necessary. Laboratory computer systems are vital to accurate reporting of patient results and hence to patient care. A proper information flow scheme is available from data encoding and collection, and analysis of data will be in…
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