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LET’S TALK HEALTH
7. Clean hands with alcohol or hand sanitizer
immediately after holding or touching elevator
buttons, doorknobs, handles, light switches, hand
rails ,etc. If wearing gloves, disinfect your gloved hand
with alcohol or hand sanitizer.
8. Practice cough and sneeze etiquette.
9. Disinfect your gadgets if you accidentally used it to
answer a call and place inside your bag. However, you
only need to wipe with alcohol the zip lock if you
used it while your gadget is inside it.
10. Should you need to remove your disposable face
mask during eating, replace with a new face mask
after. Disinfect hands before and after removing old
mask and donning new one.
UPON GOING HOME (At the end of the workday):
1. Discard your mask and other disposable PPEs you
used and place in disposable bag you prepared and
throw in appropriate bins. Dispose garbage properly.
2. For goggles or face shields place them in separate
plastic bag for transport and disinfection.
3. Disinfect your hands with alcohol and shoe soles
with 10% bleach solution before getting in your car.
4. Upon reaching home, leave shoes outside your
door.
5. While outside, empty your bag and disinfect
contents as well as the bag. Disinfect zip locks before
removing gadgets (change as necessary)
6. Go straight to the bathroom; take your clothes off
before the mask. Place mask inside a disposable
plastic and throw in appropriate trash bin. Take a bath
and change into house wear. Work clothes should be
placed inside a separate container for laundry.
7. Disinfect non-disposable items with 10% bleach
solution for 10-15minutes and then wash and air-dry.
While these require a tedious task for us, at the
moment, it is the best we can do to curtail the
transmission of the virus.
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By: CHERIDINE P. ORO- JOSEF, MD, FPAFP, FPCGM
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Dr. Cheridine Oro- Josef is a Family Medicine
Specialist/ Geriatric Medicine Specialist. She
graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with
a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Technology
with distinction. Cheridine earned her degree in
Medicine and Surgery, also from the same
institution. In February 2000, she passed her
Philippine Physician Licensure Examination. She
took up residency at the University of Santo Tomas
Hospital from 2001 to 2004, where she earned her
certification as a Family Physician. She passed her
diplomate exams in Family Medicine and Geriatric
Medicine in 2006 and 2010, respectively.
At present, she is a Special Lecturer at the Ateneo
School of Medicine and Public Health and a Part-
time Faculty member of the College of Arts and
Sciences at Miriam College. She is also a Visiting
Senior Consultant at the Amang Rodriguez
Memorial Medical Center, Chair, Geriatric Services,
and active Consultant in Geriatrics/Family Medicine
at the Marikina Doctors Hospital and Medical
Center in Pasig and St. Ignatius de Loyola Health
Care Services as well as in several private hospitals
in Marikina. Cheridine is presently the Clinical
Operations Manager of Home Health Care in
Quezon City.
Dr. Cheridine has published several journal articles
and research work both nationally and
internationally and has authored several books,
articles, and newsletters published in the Manila
Times, the Business Mirror, the Healthy Lifestyle
Magazine, and the Silver Thread. She has also been
busy with her speaking tour.
Among her many awards were the Most
Outstanding Chief Resident award by the University
of Santo Tomas and one of the Ten Outstanding
Physicians in Community Service by the Auxilliary to
The Philippine Medical Association in 2012.
Dr. Cheridine P. Oro-Josef was born in Cotabato City
on Mary 27. She is married to Jerome D. Josef.
They have 2 children: Janmarc and Cheri Diane.