Data collection and processing shall be done by a permanent employee of the health facility. Preferably the medical social worker or some equivalent personnel shall collect information especially in salient points such as family information, socio-economic profile, and other vital data.
For highly communicable diseases and patients with special health conditions such as but not limited to HIV, Ebola, MERS-COV, special codes shall be given and additional important documents shall be signed by the patient, attending physician and HAC team.
Good Clinical Practice guidelines must be observed when changing data:
* Original entry must be visible.
* Change must be dated and countersigned.
* Reason for the change/s must be entered or specified.
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.