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DATA TO BE COLLECTED

  1. Family information, socio-economic profile and other vital information shall be collected by the Medical Social Worker or some equivalent personnel in the health facility.

  2. Data collection and processing shall be done by a permanent employee of the health facility.

  3. Additional information to be accessed (for Personally Identifiable Information) may include
    * Previous illness, except highly communicable (HIV/AIDS)
    * For highly communicable diseases, there should be special coding, and special documents to be signed by: patient, attending physician, and HAC team.

  4. Special codes shall be given to patients with special health conditions (HIV, Ebola, MERS-COV).

  5. GCP guidelines on changing data on information should be applied:
    * Original entry should be visible
    * Change must be dated and countersigned.
    * Reasons for the changes must be entered or specified.

  6. In compliance with Act No. 3573 otherwise known as “Law on Reporting of Communicable Diseases”, all notifiable disease/syndrome/events and conditions shall be immediately collected and reported to the local and national health authorities.


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