Code of Ethics
As I enter the practice of medical technology, I shall:
Accept the responsibilities inherent to being a professional.
Uphold the law and shall not engage in illegal work nor cooperate with anyone
engaged.
Avoid associating or being identified with any enterprise of questionable character
Work and act in a strict spirit of fairness to employer, clients, contractors, employees
and in a spirit of personal helpfulness and fraternity toward other members of the
profession.
Use only honorable means of competition for profession employment or services and
shall refrain from unfairly injuring, directly or indirectly the professional reputation,
projects or business of a fellow medical technologist.
Accept employment from more than one employs only when there is no conflict of
interest.
Perform professional work in a manner that merits full confidence and trust with
absolute reliability, accuracy, fairness and honesty.
Review the professional work of other medical technologist when requested, fairly and
in confidence whether they are subordinates or employees, authors of proposals for
grants or contracts, authors of technical papers or other publications or involved in
litigation.
Advance the profession by exchanging general information and experience with fellow
medical technologists and other professionals and by contributing to work of
professional organizations.
Restrict my praises, criticisms, views and opinions within constructive limits and shall
not use the knowledge know for selfish ends.
Treat any information I acquired about individuals in the course of my work as strictly
confidential and may be divulged only to authorized persons on entities or with consent
of the individual when necessary.
Uphold the dignity and respect of my profession and conduct myself a reputation of
reliability, honesty and integrity.
Be dedicated to the use of clinical laboratory science to promote life and benefit of
mankind.
Report any infractions of these principles of professional conduct to the authorities
responsible for enforcement of applicable laws or regulations, or to the ethics
committee of the Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET) as may be
appropriate.
To these principles, I hereby subscribe and pledge to conduct myself at all times in a
manner of befitting the dignity of my profession.
PAMET HYMN
BELOVED PAMET
From various lands, races and places
With grateful hearts we raise our voices
This day to our beloved PAMET
From whence unity and love cometh
We join together in brotherhood
To live up to thine ideals we should
In fields advancement and learning
Thy noble goals maybe our bearing
Loyal and true we’ll be to thee
Beloved PAMET this we say,
For service to God and humanity,
With joy we sing for thee ‘til eternity
written by Hector G. Gayares, Jr.
music by Francis Jerota Pefanco