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