LECTURE 4 - RA 4688 The Clinical Laboratory Law of 1966 (Part 3)

The Clinical Laboratory Law of 1966

RA 4688 also known as?

• PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HEART CENTER (PNHC)

• NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE (NKTI)

• LUNG CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES (LCP)

• STD/AIDS COOPERATIVE CENTRAL LABORATORY (SACCL)/ SAN LAZARO HOSPITAL (SLH)

• RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE (RITM)

• EAST AVENUE MEDICAL CENTER (EAMC)

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES IN THE PHILIPPINES?

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HEART CENTER (PNHC)

Anatomic pathology for cardiac disease

NATIONAL KIDNEY AND TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE (NKTI)

Hematology, coagulation tests, immunohematology, immunopathology, anatomic pathology for renal diseases, automated urinalysis.

LUNG CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES (LCP)

Clinical chemistry, anatomic pathology for pulmonary diseases.

STD/AIDS COOPERATIVE CENTRAL LABORATORY (SACCL)/ SAN LAZARO HOSPITAL (SLH)

Screening and confirmatory tests for HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and hepatitis C

RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE (RITM)

Dengue, influenza, tuberculosis and other mycobacteria, malaria, and other parasites, bacterial diseases, measles and other exanthems, enterovirus, antimicrobial resistance, emerging and re-emerging infections, confirmatory testing for blood donors and blood units, rabies. Japanese encephalitis, and other pathogens that cause meningitis and meningoencephalitis

EAST AVENUE MEDICAL CENTER (EAMC)

Screening and confirmatory drug tests, water testing potability, analytical toxicology, methemoglobin, hemoglobin and sulfhemoglobin

medical technologist and pathologist

WHO ARE THE PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN AN OFFICIAL LABORATORY REPORT?

Secretary of health, through the HFSRB

WHO IS TASKED TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY LAW AND ITS IMPLEMENTING RULES?

not less than one month but not more than one year

Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provisions of R.A No. 4688 or the rules and regulations issued there under by the Secretary of Health shall be punished with imprisonment for _____, or by a fine of not less than one thousand pesos or more than five thousand pesos, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

not less than one thousand pesos or more than five thousand pesos

Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provisions of R.A No. 4688 or the rules and regulations issued there under by the Secretary of Health shall be punished with imprisonment for not less than one month but not more than one year, or by a fine of ___, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

The HFSRB or the CHD director

WHO WILL INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINT LODGED AGAINST A CLINICAL LABORATORY?

National Reference Laboratory

Is a laboratory in a government hospital which has been designated by the DOH to provide special functions and services for specific disease areas?

RA 4688

A law that regulates the operation and maintenance of clinical laboratories and requires the registration of the same with the DOH through HFSRB

Point-of-Care Testing

What do you call a diagnostic test at or near the site of the patient care rather than in the clinical laboratory?