PAB News
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DTI-PAB Getting Ready for 2021 Peer Re-evaluation
December 29, 2020The Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) peer-evaluators conducted a technical dry-run on 22 December 2020 in preparation for the upcoming 2021 APAC remote peer re-evaluation. The APAC was established on 01 January 2019 by the amalgamation…Read More -
Accreditation: Ensuring the Quality of Medical Personal Protective Equipment
December 28, 2020Medical 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…Read More -
PTTC and PAB-PDD Collaboration on ISO 15189
December 21, 2020Understanding 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…Read More -
Auditing for Medical Testing Laboratories
December 17, 2020Many medical testing laboratories have adopted the ISO 15189 laboratory management system standard, and a fundamental element for management system standards is the measurement of its established system and process performance. The method for determining this, is to conduct internal audits. Internal audits should be part of every laboratory quality…Read More -
DTI-PAB Continues its Webinar Series on Accreditation for Health and Social Care
December 17, 2020The 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…Read More -
PAB Imparts the Role of Accreditation, Standards and Policies in Food Safety and Security
December 09, 2020The 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…Read More -
PAB Hooks up in a Virtual Meeting with Stakeholders
October 22, 2020As 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…Read More -
Bridging the Healthcare Gap Through Telemedicine
September 28, 2020In this time of COVID-19 when transmission of the virus is fast and potentially dangerous, technology and innovation is key to bridging the health care gap between medical professionals and patients. One way of addressing this concern is thru telemedicine. Telemedicine is not new to the Philippines and now more…Read More -
DTI-PAB Runs Back-To-Back Webinars on Accreditation for the Health and Social Care
July 27, 2020The 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…Read More -
DTI-PAB Stresses the Importance of the Rule of Law in Halal
June 29, 2020The 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…Read More
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