Coronavirus disease 2019 (CoviD-19) was first reported as a cluster of cases of
pneumonia of unknown etiology last December 2019 in Wuhan, China. With the growing
number of cases and deaths in different countries, CoviD-19 was declared a pandemic by the
World Health Organization in March 2020.With the increasing cases in the Philippines, there is
also a need to maximize the available scarce resources it has. In response to the widely spread
viral pandemic, isolating the CoviD-19 infected from the general mass is necessary in order to
minimize the expanse of the infection. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test is the prescribed
molecular diagnostic test for the confirmation of CoViD-19 causing virus, SARS-CoV-2, along
with several Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved rapid diagnostic tests. In relation
with update from DOH CoviD-19 Case Bulletin as of April 27, there are 198 new active cases,
70 new recoveries and 10 new deaths, comprising of a total of 7 777 cases, with 932 total
recoveries and 511 total deaths in the Philippines (Department of Health Philippines, 2020).
Moreover, the researchers stress that the country can test more individuals daily which aids in
detecting and isolating CoVid-19 positive individuals. Yet, although the Philippines’ testing
capacity increased, it still is far from reaching its target of 8,000 individuals per day by the end
of April as aimed by DOH. This study focuses in addressing the following problems using the
lean six sigma methodology DMAIC, which includes a five-step process, namely, (1) Define, (2)
Measure, (3) Analyze, (4) Improve and (5) Control. Using lean tools mainly fishbone analysis,
control-impact matrix, and critical to quality analysis in collecting and analyzing the data, as well
as propose a possible alternatives that helps in maximizing the CoViD-19 testing kit resources.