The UPDAA Officers together with the UPCD appeal to the alumni who are willing to be trained and perform patient swabbing for Covid-19 testing at PGH. This is in response to the call from the Infectious Disease Department who is badly undermanned and needs our help.
Given the great risk that everyone will take in volunteering, please note that the training will involve steps to minimize/eliminate the possibility of transmission of the infection. With this in mind, please be reminded that participation in this duty for our country is completely of your own volition.
The process for volunteering is posted below.
Please send me a private message thru the UPDAA FB Page or comment below the UPDAA announcement if you wish to volunteer as we will be coordinating as a group.
Dr. Rochelle Javier
President, UPDAA
#UPDAAfight
#UPDentistaParaSaBayan
STEPS after being enlisted as volunteer:
1. Volunteers will be oriented by Dr Dofitas (Manpower- PGH)
2. Volunteers will start training for donning and doffing PPEs and swabbing through videos.
3. IDS fellows will initially physically instruct and assist the dentists in swabbing until they get used to doing it by themselves.
4. A donning and doffing supervisor will aslo be assigned for the volunteers.
5. Volunteers will work by shifts.
6. Volunteers will be given a quarantine pass / ID issued by the Department of Medicine.
7. The Crisis Team may assign rooms for you to stay in for the duration of your duty.
8. First orientation schedule is on Tuesday March 31
9. We would prefer volunteers without comorbidities and below 60 since the swabbing has a high risk exposure as well.
