By Myris Lee
The Department of Health (DOH) said its Field Implementation and Coordination Team (FICT) and the One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) are working on the designation of isolation facilities for monkeypox cases.
According to the state health department, this is in accordance with DOH Department Memorandum No. 2022-0220 Interim Technical Guidelines for the Implementation of Monkeypox Surveillance Screening, Management, and Infection Control.
The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine is designated as the main isolation facility for suspect, probable, and confirmed monkeypox cases during the activation of Doors 1 and 2 of DOH’s 4-Door Alert System.
The FICT and OHCC will also designate the regional isolation facilities or hospitals that will cater to the other international points of entry.
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Meanwhile, all government hospitals are directed to prepare an area for isolation and treatment facilities in the event that Doors 3 and 4 are activated, wherein cases that will be found shall be immediately isolated in a private room with negative air pressure until signs and symptoms have been cured. – ag
