Guidelines & Recommendations
The recommendations for Covid-19 testing [on 1) sample pooling and 2) antibody/PCR tests] were developed by University of San Agustin Center for Informatics and University of the Philippines Manila researchers, endorsed by the Philippine-American Association of Scientist and Engineers (PAASE), and sent to the Department of Health (DOH) and the Covid-19 Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for consideration.
THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS, THESE ARE NOT OFFICIAL DOH GUIDELINES:
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RE-USE OF PPEs NIH Study Validates Decontamination Methods For Re-Use of N95 Respirators Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (From Nathen Bopp of UTMB Galveston National Laboratory) SAMPLE POOLING Sample Pooling to Save on Testing Kits TESTING RECOMMENDATIONS Testing for COVID-19 with Antibody and PCR Tests in Low Resource Areas Comparing Antibody Tests VIRAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM (VTM) - From Dr. Salvador Caoili (UP Manila) Preparation of VTM Hank's Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS) The history of HBSS - FYI LOCKDOWN When Should We Relax the Lockdown |
HERE IS THE OFFICIAL DOH GUIDELINE RELEASED ON APRIL 8, 2020 WHICH HAS PROVISIONS FOR THE USE OF ANTIBODY TESTING ALONGSIDE NUCLEIC ACID TESTING (RT-PCR):
PAASE: