PHILIPPINE Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Senator Richard Gordon will arrived Friday, October 9, to visit the PRC Bio-Molecular Laboratory in Negros Occidental.
The PRC said in an advisory that after Gordon’s visit to the bio-lab, he will join Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson for a press conference at the Capitol.
The PRC formally opened the molecular laboratory in August. The lab can process up to 1,400 samples in a day.
The facility is the fifth Covid-19 molecular laboratory in the province, according to Jay Jalandoni, PRC-Negros Occidental governor.
Jalandoni said the molecular lab has “state-of-the-art” equipment capable of handling a total of 1,400 tests in 24 hours.
Jalandoni assured the facility’s safety and security features, such as having its own dormitory that will house the laboratory’s medical technicians and minimizes the risk of contracting Covid-19.
He said the rooms were also designed as negative pressure rooms, which vacuums the contaminated air going through filters and ultra-violet lights, killing any contaminants in the air before they are pumped outside.
As for security, the facility uses facial and thumbprint recognition, meaning outsiders cannot enter the premises unless they are in the main database.
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