By Cyrus A. Natividad

As everyone continues to be vigilant about the Covid-19 pandemic, health and safety monitoring and control are strictly imposed in CPU – on all faculty, staff and visitors. “Persons getting inside CPU have to fill out the Health Monitoring Form issued at the gate. Employees are likewise required to fill out the same form, or encode on the online Health Monitoring Form on the CPU website.

OSH Officer, Mr. Prim Vergara explains, “The name, address and contact number, as well as the classification of employees and vehicles must be specified on the form; questions on one’s health condition must be answered by putting a check on the boxes provided, before submitting it to the monitoring team at the gate (for outsiders), and into drop boxes (for employees). These are delivered for data processing at the HR Office before 10:00 in the morning, on the same day.”

Pearl Puarom, Health Monitoring Coordinator at the HR Office, facilitates the records to the CPU Medical Clinic, where Nurses Lita Gajitos and Ma. Crescille Marigon process the results. An employee who has admitted any symptomatic condition is called to the clinic by a physician on duty – to be examined or advised on his/her present condition within 24 hours. On some instances, Mr. Vergara may be called to make decisions with regards to the patient.

Vergara stressed that, “as long as the pandemic remains a threat to the community, this measure of health monitoring for all accessing or entering the University shall remain in effect.”