Accreditation: Ensuring the Quality of Medical Personal Protective Equipment

Medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) along with administrative, environmental and engineering controls play a crucial role in protecting health professionals. PPEs are used to minimize their risks of exposures to infectious diseases while caring for patients. The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with supply chain disruptions resulted in the abrupt surge of demand for PPEs like face continue reading : Accreditation: Ensuring the Quality of Medical Personal Protective Equipment

PTTC and PAB-PDD Collaboration on ISO 15189

Understanding ISO 15189 for Medical Laboratories was conducted through a webinar on 16-17 December 2020 as an offshoot to the collaboration between the Philippine Trade and Training Center (PTTC) and the Philippine Accreditation Bureau – Promotion and Documentation Division (PAB-PDD) in conducting training programs on international standards and other accreditation requirements. Training on ISO 15189 continue reading : PTTC and PAB-PDD Collaboration on ISO 15189

DTI-PAB Continues its Webinar Series on Accreditation for Health and Social Care

The Department of Trade and Industry – Philippine Accreditation Bureau (DTI-PAB) continues its webinar series on accreditation for health and social care on November 26, 2020 via Zoom platform. The goal is to help medical testing laboratories understand the importance and benefits of ISO 15189 accreditation and hopefully motivate laboratories to be accredited by PAB. continue reading : DTI-PAB Continues its Webinar Series on Accreditation for Health and Social Care

PAB Imparts the Role of Accreditation, Standards and Policies in Food Safety and Security

The pandemic has greatly affected the general public which includes the workforce, transportation systems and food supply chains. In effect, communities’ access to safe and adequate supply of food have been compromised. Aside from the threat of food insecurity brought about by the pandemic, food safety is also an ever-present concern all over the world. continue reading : PAB Imparts the Role of Accreditation, Standards and Policies in Food Safety and Security

PAB Hooks up in a Virtual Meeting with Stakeholders

As everyone is grappling the challenges of this health crisis, organizations have a daunting task in ensuring that their stakeholders are well informed apart from maintaining expected work productivity; and this has been ensured by the Philippine Accreditation Bureau – Management System Accreditation Division (PAB-MSAD). On 14 October 2020, PAB-MSAD brought together its stakeholders for continue reading : PAB Hooks up in a Virtual Meeting with Stakeholders

DTI-PAB Runs Back-To-Back Webinars on Accreditation for the Health and Social Care

The Department of Trade and Industry-Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) held back-to-back online briefing session on the Importance of Accreditation in the Delivery of Health and Social Care and the Requirements of ISO 15189, PAB’s Policy and Procedures, Supplementary Requirements and Guidance Documents via Zoom Meeting on July 15-16, 2020. One hundred four (104) participants attended continue reading : DTI-PAB Runs Back-To-Back Webinars on Accreditation for the Health and Social Care

DTI-PAB Stresses the Importance of the Rule of Law in Halal

The DTI Philippines through the Philippine Trade Training Center  – Global MSME Academy, DTI – Export Marketing Bureau, DTI Jakarta and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry brought together distinguished resource speakers from various Philippine and Indonesia government agencies in the free webinar dubbed “Doing Business in Indonesia under Law No. 33 of 2014 on continue reading : DTI-PAB Stresses the Importance of the Rule of Law in Halal

PAB Brings You #WAD2020 Online

On 09 June 2020, the Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) will celebrate the World Accreditation Day 2020 (#WAD2020) by holding a series of free online seminars. PAB’s “Online Briefing on Improving Food Safety and Security in a Pandemic” will feature three topics by experts in their field. The webinar will kick off with the presentation of continue reading : PAB Brings You #WAD2020 Online