RATIONALE The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in the introduction of new laboratory diagnostic tests (PCR detection kits, antibody tests, antigen test). In accordance with DOH Department Order 2020-0820 “Institutionalizing and Strengthening the National Reference Laboratories in the Philippines,” the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine has been mandated to perform an evaluation of In-Vitro Diagnostic Medical continue reading : Guidelines on the Evaluation of In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices and other related Laboratory Diagnostic supplies for Covid-19