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ADVISORY
TO CLUSTER LEADERS
C/ MLGOOS

SUBJECT PARTICIPATION FREETO BIOSAFETY AND

BIOSURVEILLANCE TRAININGS

DATE Jan ua 17,2024

Per advisory issued by DILG Regional Director Jonathan Paul M. Leusen, Jr., CESO
lll dated January 17,2024, please cause the widest dissemination of the attached
Advisory from Undersecretary Marlo L. lringan dated January 12,2024 regarding the
Participation to Free Biosafety and Biosurveillance Trainings.

Relative thereto, all LGUs are requested to send participants on the above-mentioned
trainings.

For information and appropriate action

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ADV'SORY

TO : ALL PROVINCIAL DIRECTORS

SUBJECT :PARTICIPATION TO FREE BIOSAFEW AND

BIOSURVEILLANCE TRAININGS

DATE : JANUARY 17,2024

Attached is the Advisory ftom Undersecretary Marlo L. lringan dated January 12, 2024
requesting all LGUS to send participants to the abov+mentioned trainings.

Anent to this, all Provincial Direclors are dirscted to cause lhe widest dissemanation of the
Advisory to all LGUs within their respec{ive jurisdiclion.

For you r information and appropriate action.

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FOR ALL OILG REGIOITIAL OIRECTORS

SUBJECT PARTICIPATIOil TO
FREE BIOSAFETY
BIOSURVEILLANCE TRAI}IINGS

DATE JAll :Z mil

Pursuant lo the Cooperative Threat Reduc{ion Agreement which was signed betureen the
Philippin6 end United Stetes of America on Oclober 15, 2015, the US Defense Threat
Reduction Agency (US DTRA) awarded the Cooperative Threat Reduction lnt€grating
Contract (CTRIC) propc.t wtrich aims to enhance the capabilities of the Govemment of
the Philippinos personnel to pr6vent, detec{, report, l€spond, and s€cura dangerous
pathogens and cfiemicals of security cDnoems.

Relatively, two Advi8ories rvere releaaed namely: " Padicipatbn in the Basic Biosafety
Ofrcers (BBSO) Tainingl' and "Participation in lhe Opations and Management (O&M)
Tnining Prqram br FaciliU Opentbn Planning for Senior Technica, Ofic€ls' dated July
18, 2023 and June 27,2023, respectively. The issuances enjoined the participation of
personnel of local govemment unit (LGU)-owned laboratory which resulted in the
significant increaso ol pafticipants in the conduc{ed trainings.

It is also worthy to note that private and govemment-owned clinical laboatories must
ensure the participation of their regpec{ive Biosafety and Bioseq/rity O,llioerc on the
nece$8ry biosafety training as failure to do so will result to the revocalion of thek license
to operate per Department of Heatth Administrative Order No. 2021-0037 which updates
the minimum standerds and tochnicsl roquiremenb for licensing clinical laboratories in
th€ PhilippinB.

With the following developments and to maintain the success of previous trainings, all
LGUs are rcgu.st d to ..nd p.rdclp.ntr, prcbnbly R.glrbrrd tcdlc.l
Technologirtr (R[Tr) rnd/or Biorehty Officeo, per LGUowncd hbontory, to the
following EBSO Trainings:
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Reglrtration Link

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February 26- BBSO E: tr

' March8.2024 Cohort 7

Virtual Course
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March 18-29. BBSO

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2024 Cohort 8

Virtual Course I

Further. two (2) virtual courses were added under the Biosurveillance Training Program
namely. (1) Writing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Training Course, and (2)
Quality Management Systems (QMS) Training for Quality Assurance fficers.

Relative thereto, all LGUs are requelted to sond 2 to 3 p.rtlcip.nb per Lcu-ownod
labor.torios, to the followings courses lo maximize the free capacity development
interventions:

Target
Courres Date!
Participantr
Registraton Link
https.//bit. ly/SOPWritrnqCourse
'l. Laboratory
ManageIs
SOPs February
2 Division Heads E E]
Writing
3. Biosafety
19 - 23,
Officers
Course 2024
4. Certified
Biorisk Officers
5. OA/QC O,fficars EI
 loth & llth Floor, Paz Madri8al Plare, Fioance

tr! BLACK&VEATCH St.. Co.. lndu5t,V St. Madrigal Burine5r Parl

Ayab Alabant, Muntinlupa City

CTR $I BTRP TnAlIlII{G OVERVIEW AI{D NMEU E

liorlit M${rm.nt frrtu rrf l|'o.rrm - Ptllipplnc lslc Blor.fety Officct! Trainlng

Oyan Lu: A Biorlsk Offtcrr Clnmcation Protram is compos€d of a 2+hour virtual session and a l&hour
handsrn compon€nt lthe hands-on component rrill be deferred until 2024 or 2021 more details are
below) for a total 4&hour c(ruB€. The trainint content will address the basic knowlcdgc, skills, and
abilitl$ of a biosafcty officer.
This couce is desiSned to prorride baslc biosafety offcfitrainint to as many
partl€lpan6 as possible. ln addltion to inhlal trainln& regular open mentorship sesslons wlll be held to
provide rcach-back support to new 8S5Os as they betin to implement Siorlsk manatemlnt programs,
prepare risk assessrnents, and tailor SOPS and plans to their laboratory's needs.

Pr.rcquEltd3l: ln ac.ordance wlth OOH AO No. 2o21-{rc37, the de.lgnated Biosafety and Blosecurity
0ftcer should be a Re$stered Medrcal lectnolotEt {RMI).
En*5t !: At the complction of this couse, partlcipants wlll be certitied biorisk offlceB with basic
trainlnS in the followint topics:

. Prlnclples of Elorisk Management

. Elosafety and Elos€curlty ReSuletions

. Risk Ass€rsmmt
. MitiSatlon Str.hgles

I Blorontalnment
. VentilatedEnclosures

. BioloSlcrl Waste SegreFtion and Management

. Pa3kagin& shippln& Handlln& Transport, irnd Receiving of Eiohazardous Metrrials

, ErterBency and lncident Preparedness€nd Response

. Laboratory Manualand SOPS

. Personal Protectlve Equlpment

. Bios.curity/PersonnclReliabilityProg.am
. Blorl3k Performance Evaluatlon end l-eadershlp
 lOth & 11th Floor, P.r Madritalplaza, Frnan.e

tr! BLACK&VEATCH 5t , Cor lndustry 5t. MadriBal Burrnesg Parl

Ayala Alab.n& Munlinlupa City

target Audience: Biosafety Officers, Registered Medical Technologist (RMT) at local Sovernment health
units that meet Sentinel lab definitions

Ayallable Trainee Slo$; 20O participants for each succeeding cohort

Table 2. Basic Biosafety Officer Training Timeline

TreininE Mode of Panicipants

Session Oate5
Providel Delivery Needed

Basic Biosaf ety Off icers Virtuel Course

Training Session 1
NTCBB March 9 - 22,2023 Course complete

Sasic Biosafety Officers Virtual Course

Training Session 2
NTCBB June 19 - July 7, 2023
Course comPlet€

Basic Biosafety offi cers August 23 - s€ptember Virtual Course

NTCBB
Trainint Session 3 8,2023 Course complete

Basic giosafety officers September 18 - 29, Virtual Course

NTCBB
Trainin8 Session 4 2023 Course complete

Basic Biosafety Offcers

NICBB
October 23 - November Virtual Course
Training Session 5 8,2023 Course complete

Easic Biosafety Otficers Virtual Planned

Training Session 6
NTCBB January 15 - 26,2024
Course (FULL SLOrS)

Basic Biosafety Officers

NTCBB
February 26 - March 8, Virtual
PendrnB
Training Session 7 2024 Course

Basic Biosafety otficers Virtual

NTCBE March 18 - 29, 2024 Pending
Training Session 8 Course

Basic Biosafety officers Virtual

NTCBB TBD Pending
Training Session 9 Course

Basic Biosafety Officers virtual

NTCBS TBD Pending
Training Session 10 Course

For interested participants, you may register through the link below:

Link for BBSO Session 7; BRM - BBSO Session 7 Resastration Link

Lrnk for BBSO Session 8:

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@l eucx&vEArcH Sl , Cor. lndultry St. Madrigal Busrnesr Park

Ayala Alabant. Muntinlupa crty

Eiosurteillancc T.ainint Program - WritinB Standard Operatint Procedures (SOP!) fr.ining cou6c

Orerview: This course will provide a framework for developing, evaluating, and validating an sOP. The
appropriate scop€ and uses of SOP5 will be discussed. Panicipants will develop, evaluate, and validate an
SOP and become famlllar with templates for laboratory procedures. The knowledge, skills, and abilities
from this course will providc a foundation for SOP dev"lopment end 5erve as an introductorv complement
to Biorisk management and laboratory quality management systems cours€s to develop specific SOPS for
a variety of laboratory administrative and operational control procedures. This workshop is designed to
offer an understanding of common terminology and the processes used to develop laboratory SOPs and
manuals; outline the content that should be included in a standard operatint procedure; describe the
difference between SOPS, plans, and iob aids; and explain the important steps, or elements, of a
laborator/ document managcment s'i5tcm. Participants will lcarn how to cnsurc that SOP5 arc cvaluatcd
and validated so that the same task may b€ completed by difterent people with the same result.

Courre Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will:

. Understand how to Develop, Evaluete and \ralidat€ Standard Operating Procedu:es (SOPs);
o Understand Euidelines for SOPS set forth by the International Organization for Standardization
(lso), and other governing bodies;
. Have increased understanding of the role of wrinen procedures in maintaininS eflective biorisk
and laboratory quality management systems;
o Understand the importance of document inteSrity and established controls;
o Understand how to prevent overlaps, contradictions, and disconnects in do€umentr;
. Have increased confidence in planninB and writing verious process documents;
. Understand the industry standards for procedure writing, includint typical components of
documents, and usinB document templates;
. Know how to revlew and revise documents;
. UndeRtand the full llfe cycle of SOPS and other document; and
. Understand the document review and approval processes.

Tanet Partlclpents: Laboratory Managers/Division Heads, Biosafety Officers (BSO5), Certified Biorisk
fficers (CBos), QAy'QC Officers

Session Trainint Dat es Mode ol Participants

Provider Delivery N eeded

SOP Wrttint February 19 -23, 2-3 per

BV 5ME Virtual
Course 2024 institution'
'svbject to chonge ln thc cosa ol incrcotad demond

For interested particlpants, you may retister througb th€ llnk b€low

Unk: LSV - lOP Writi!&Course Reeislltion Lin!

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10th & llth
St., Cor.
floor. Paz Madrital Plara. Finance
lndultry 5r. MadriSal Euriness Park
Ayala Alaban!. Muntrnlupa City

llo6urvGlllanca Tralnhf Prltram - quafty Man tement Syrtrms Tr.lnlry ,or Quallty Assuremc
Officcrs

Ovc?vleu: A QMS coordinates activities to dircct and control quality withln the organiration. To achieve
a QMs, all aspects of the public health dia$ostic laboratory operatlons, including orSanizational
structure, processB, and procedures, need to bc addressed to ensure quallty laboratory results.
Aclrieving, rrrafurl,ainirrg anrJ irrrprovirry aslurdLy, tirn€lirrcrs arrrJ reliability ate ntajor cltallenges fur lrealLlr
laboratories conducting diagnostic testinS for the detection of, and response to, One Health events and
em?rgencies of intematlonal concern. only sound management of laboratory quallty will enable the NRLs
and SlUs to produce test results that can be relied upon by national and international stakeholders.
Training flRL and sNL directoB, laboratory mana8e6, QA officers, laboratorians, and technologists in
quolity rrrarregerrunt tysterfls is c rtep luward obtairrirrg irterndtio[al reco8nitiol arrd ISO 15189
accreditation.

courrc objGGdYB:
At the end of this course participants will be able to:

. Describe the requirements for a preventive maintenance program for equipment, role of
personnel in the quality manatement system, relationships between preventive action and rigk
management practlces, and the importance of process improvement in maintainint quality;
r oefine quality control and describe its relationship to the overall quality management system, 8)
develop a process to prepare laboratory staff for an external audit;
. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between accreditation, certification, and
licensure;
. List the quality management system essential elements;
. Discuss the importance of a proficiency testinS program in improvinB the quality of laboratory
test results and the need for laboratory norms and standards;
. Explain the importance ofa guality management system, important steps, or elements, of a
laboratory document manrgement system, process for designing, implementing, maintaininS,
and improving the laboratory quality system, purpose of a quality manual, and the l5O 17025
quality model and ISO 15189 requirements;
. Erplaln the importance of maintalning sample integrity and assuring that all regulations and
requirements are mel. when transporting samples;
. Manage the sclection and acquisltion of critical reagents and laboratory equipment; and
. Develop plans for monitoring the inventory system and ve.ification of employee comp€tency
 1fth & llth Floor, Par Mad.a8alPlala, Frnen.e
@l er-rcx&vEArcH 5t., Cor. lndultry St. M.driSal Surinesl Park
Ayala AlabanB, Muntinlupa City

Target Panicipants: NRUSNL directors, laboratory managers, and qA Officers

Session Training Date s Mode of Participants

Provider Oelivery Needed
QMs for QA
BV sME
February 26 - March
Vinual
2-3 per
Officers 1,2024 institutionr
'Subject tochonge in the aote of inct.oted demond

For interested participants, you may reglster thiough the link below:

tink:95Y aMS br qLQ{4Er5 Be8lstratron L!1!