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A 7719: “National Blood Services Act of  To lay down the legal principle that the
1994” provision of blood for transfusion is a
professional medical service & not a
- An act promoting voluntary blood donation, sale of a commodity;
providing an adequate supply of safe blood,  To provide for adequate, safe, affordable
regulating blood banks & providing penalties for & equitable distribution of supply of
violation thereof blood & blood products;
 To inform the public of the need for
- “Nat’l Blood Services Act of 1994”
voluntary blood donation the hazards
- May 5, 1994 caused by the commercial sale of blood;
 To teach the benefits & rationale of
RA 1517 – an act regulating the collection, voluntary blood donation existing health
processing & sale of the human blood & the subjects of the formal education system
establishment & operation of blood banks & in all public/private schools, in the
blood processing laboratories elementary, high school & college levels
as the non-formal education system;
- June 16, 1956  To mobilize all sectors of the community
- Repealed by RA 7719
to participate in mechanisms for
 Several innovations & changes are
voluntary & non-profit collection of
introduced like:
blood;
- Promotion of voluntary blood donation to
 To mandate the DOH to establish &
discourage commercialization of human
organize a National Blood Transfusion
blood.
- Phase out of commercial blood banks to Service Network (NBTSN) in order to
operate in a non-profit basis. rationalize & improve the provision of
- To lay down the principle that blood adequate & safe supply of blood;
transfusion is a humanitarian act.  To provide for adequate assistance to
- Providing the heavier penalties in case institutions promoting non-profit blood
of violations that will give more teeth to services, either through system of
the new law. reimbursement for costs from patients
who can afford to pay, or donations from
AO no.9 s.1995 governmental & nongovernmental
entities;
- April 28, 1995  To require all blood collection units &
- Implementing guidelines: Rules &
blood banks/centers to operate on a
regulations implementing RA 7719.
non-profit basis;
AO no.2008-0008  To establish scientific & professional
- Rules & regulations governing the standards for the operation of blood
regulation of blood service facilities collection unit & blood banks/centers in
- May 2, 2008 the Phils.;
- Classification Blood Services  To regulate & ensure the safety of all
capabalities activities related to the collection,
storage & banking of blood; and
Purpose: Declaration of Policy  To require upgrading of blood
 To promote & encourage voluntary
banks/centers to include preventive
blood donation by the citizenry & to
services & education to control spread
instill public consciousness of the
of blood transfusion transmissible
principle that blood donation is a
diseases.
humanitarian act;
SCOPE services w/in the premises of a hospital
end w/c can perform compatibility
 These rules shall apply to all hospitals, testing of blood
entities & establishments/institutions,  Non-hospital-based blood
government owned & operated or bank/center – not located & not
private engaged in blood transfusion performing blood bank services, w/in the
services in the Phils. Whether full time / premises of a hospital & not as part of a
part time, local / foreign. hospital.
 Commercial blood bank – a blood
Definition of Terms: bank that exist for profit, money or any
 Secretary of health – any other person
material gain earned out of sale of, or
to whom the Secretary delegates the exchange for, blood/blood products w/c
responsibility of carrying out the profit, money / any material gain are not
provisions of this Act. used solely for the operation &
 Blood/blood product – refers to human
maintenance of blood bank service
blood, processed or unprocessed &  Blood collection unit – an
included blood components, its products institution/facility duty authorized by the
& derivatives. DOH to recruit & screen donors &
 Blood transfusion services – a set of
collect blood.
activities & functions related to blood  Blood station – a gov. or private
transfusion such as, but not limited to: hospital / a Phil. Nat’l Red Cross chapter
o Motivation & recruitment of
w/c has not been licensed as a blood
donors
center but has been authorized by the
o Blood collection
o Testing & screening of blood Dep’t to store & issue blood & blood
product, & perform compatibility testing,
donor
o Preparation of blood when necessary.
 Blood service facility – any unit, office,
components storage &
institution providing any of the blood
distribution of blood &
transfusion services, w/c can be a Blood
components
o Components inventory control & bank/center, BCU or BS.
 Blood transfusion transmissible
quality assurance
 Blood bank/center – a laboratory or disease – dse w/c may be transmitted
institution w/ the capability to recruit & through blood transfusion, including but
screen blood donors, collect, process, not limited to, AIDS, hepaB&C, malaria
store, transport & issue blood for & syphilis.
 Blood banking equipment – essential
transfusion & provide information and/or
education on blood transmission lab machines, instruments & their
disease. accessories used in the different steps
 Voluntary blood donor – one who in the blood banking processes such as
donates blood on one’s own volition / those used to centrifuge blood/separate
initiative & not induced, directly / blood into various components;
indirectly w/o money compensation. preserve blood/blood products in cold
 Walking blood donor – an individual storage or freezer.
 Blood bags – sterile, sturdy plastic
who has been screened by history &
physical exam, found to be fit to donate bags containing anti-coagulants; it can
blood; ready to donate blood when either be single/multiple types & have a
needed. integral sterile needle & collection
 Hospital-based blood bank/center – tubing.
located & performing blood bank
 Reagents – substances employed to  Promotion in school & communities,
detect/measure another professional education,
substance/convert 1 substance to establishment of blood services
another by means of the rxn it causes. network:
o DOH
Composition o PSHBT
 A national voluntary blood services o PSP
program committee is hereby created & o PMA
shall be chaired by the Sec.of health. It o PNRC
shall be composed of , but not limited to,
the heads of the ff offices & assoc.: Sec.7. All commercial blood banks shall be
o DepED phased-out over a period of 2 years after the
o DILG effectivity of this act, extendable to a maximum
o DOF period of 2 years of the secretary.
o DSWD Sec.8. All blood banks/centers shall operate on
o PRC non-profit basis; provided that they may collect
o PNRC service fees bot greater than the maximum
o PBCC prescribed by DOH w/c shall be limited to the
o PSHBT necessary expenses entailed on collecting &
o PSP processing of blood. Blood shall be collected
o PMA from healthy voluntary donors only.
o PHA
o PAMET Regulation of blood services
Functions:  It shall be unlawful for any person to
 Formulation of a 5-year establish & operate a blood banl/center
Directional/strategic plan unless it is registered & issued a license
 Operationalization & institutionalization to operate by the dep’t provided, that in
of the NVBSP including budgetary case of emergencies, blood collection &
allocation for program activities transfusion under the responsibility of
 Monitoring & evaluation of NVBSP the attending physician should be
activities allowed in the hospitals w/o such
 Creation of multi-sectoral sub- license under certain conditons
committees prescribed by the dep’t.
 Generation of multi-sectoral & inter-
disciplinary support for nat’l activities Licensing
focused on blood services  Private – shall be required to submit
- Meetings shall be at least quarterly their voluntary blood donation program
Programming funding plan.
 Budgetary allocation of the Dep’t  Gov’t hosp – VBDPP accompanied by
 PCSO preceding year’s blood donation
 PAGCOR program report
 Trust liability account of Duty free shop
 Contributions of other agencies AO no.2008-0008
Promotion of Voluntary Blood  Classification of blood service
Donation capabilities;
 Composition. The nat’l advocacy & o Ownership – gov’t / private
promotion sub-committee shall be o Intitutional character – hosp /
composed of, but not limited to, non-hosp based (PNRC)
representatives of DOH, PNRC, PBCC, o Service capabilities – BS /
PIA, & other similar organizations. BCU
 Emergency blood transfusion
Blood station
 Advocacy & promotion of voluntary  Blood collection & immediate
blood donation & healthy lifestyle transfusion in hospital w/o license as a
 Provision of WB & p-RBC; storage, blood bank may be allowed in
issuance, transport emergency situation subject to the ff
 Distribution of WB & p-RBC; conditions:
*Compatibility testing of RC units
o That the medical/surgical
Blood collection unit condition poses & immediate
 Advocacy & promotion of voluntary threat to the patient’s life
blood donation & healthy lifestyle
 Recruitment, retention, & care of o that the collection & transfusion
voluntary blood donors, screening is done under the direct
 Selection of voluntary blood donor, supervision & w/ full
conduct health education responsibility of the attending
 Counseling services, collection of blood physician
(mobile/facility based) from
 Qualified VBD; transport of blood to BC o that the existing standards &
for testing & processing specs for donor screening
 *Compatibility testing of RC units including history & PE on
asepsis & biosafety & on use of
Blood bank proper & good quatity
equipment & materials &
Advocacy & promotion of voluntary blood supplies are complied w/
donation healthy lifestyle; storage, issuance of
WB & blood components obtained from BC; o That the required test for hgb,
Compatibility testing of RC units; Direct Coomb’s syphilis, HIV, hepatitis & for
test; RC antibody screening; assist Hospital compatibility testing including
Blood Transfusion Committee (HBTC) in the cross matching are also
conduct of post-transfusion surveillance performed before transfusion.
(hemovigilance)

Advocacy & promotion of VBD & healthy

 The DOH in collaboration w/ the PNRC