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BLOOD BANK COUNCILS OR AGENCIES

PHILIPPINE RED CROSS
National Association of the Red Cross was established on Feb. 17, 1899
After WWII, 36 chapters of the Red Cross were set-up led by Dr. Horacio Yanzon, the First
Filipino Red Cross manager
R.A. 7719 National Blood Services Act of 1994
In 1947, under Mrs. Aurora Aragon Quezon, PRC as recognized by the international
community
Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed R.A. 10072 or the Philippine Red Cross Act of 2009

R.A. 1517 Regulating the Collection, Processing and Sale

of Human Blood, and the Establishment and
Operation of Blood Banks and Blood
Advocacy is to provide quality life saving
Processing Laboratories services through its voluntary blood donation
drives
Collaborates with key govt. institutions to
ensure that the country has sufficient supply of
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PHILIPPINE BLOOD COORDINATING COUNCIL R.A. 1517

In May 1994, R.A. 7719 was approved through the efforts of the council. An Act Regulating the Collection, Processing, and
This phased out commercial blood banks nationwide and regulated blood service facilties Sale of Human Blood and the Establishment and
Promoted voluntary blood donation and provides free importation of blood bank Operation of Blood Banks and Blood Processing
equipment, reagents, blood bags and supplies for safer blood and blood products Laboratories
Headed by Diosdado Jovian Domingo, M.D. (2017)
Gary U. Ong, MD (2018) • Section 1 : It is declared a national policy to prevent
trafficking human blood, its products and derivatives

Main objective : Public information and • Section 3 : No license shall be granted or renewed by
Education DOH for the collection and/or processing of blood unless
Also engages in networking and coordination the licensee complies with the requirements
with related agencies and research for
advancement of the field
• Section 4 : Blood banks and processing laboratories shall
be operated on a nonprofit basis
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LEGAL ISSUES AND

CONCERNS

• Blood banks imposing the policy of having a blood donor if the

patient is in need of a blood bag for transfusion so that there is a
continuous supply of blood for other patients
R.A. 7719
• Whether nurses should carry out the phlebotomy procedure
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private individual who is not authorized can be penalized)

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PROVISIONS Administrative Order No. 09, S. 1995

Preliminary Provisions
• Covers all aspects regarding the
formulation of the title, declaration of
policy, and definition of terms.
• (Reading assignment : Definition of terms)
Concluding Provisions
Functional Provisions
• Covers orders on the voluntary donation
of blood, phase-out of commercial blood
banks, rules and regulations on blood
bank services, importations of blood
bank equipment and penalties associated
with blood bank provision violations
• (Reading assignment : Scope of Functional
“Rules and regulations implementing R.A. 7719”
• Chapter 1 : Name, Scope and Definition of Terms
• Chapter 2 : Composition and Functions of the Blood Program Committee
This includes the Heads of the following Offices and Associations:
• DECS • Philippine Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
• DILG • Philippine Society of Pathologists
• Department of Finance • Philippine Medical Association
• DSWD • Philippine Hospital Association
• PRC

• Focus on the separability and repealing

Provisions) • PNRC
clauses • PBCC
• PAMET and representative from other societies and cooperating or donor agencies

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Administrative Order No. 09, S. 1995
• Chapter 3 : Voluntary Blood Donation and the Composition,
Function, Training, and Technical Assistance of the Program
• The National Advocacy and Promotion sub–committee shall be composed
of, but not limited to, representatives of the DOH, PNRC, PBCC, the
Philippine Information Agency, and other similar organizations whose
activities are related to advocacy and promotion of voluntary blood
donation
• Chapter 4 : Abolishment of blood services and networking involving
blood donor recruitment
Administrative Order No. 09, S. 1995
• Chapter 6 : Provides options to commercial blood banks
• The Department shall encourage and assist existing commercial
blood banks to convert to solely clinical laboratories in order to
ensure job security of their personnel and allow a reasonable return
on their investment on training and equipment.
• Chapter 7 : Provisions of a non profit operation of blood bank
services, but service fees may be charged in accordance with what has
been prescribed by the DOH

• Chapter 8 : Provisions on Blood Bank services including the

• Chapter 5 : Provisions on upgrading the services and facilities facilities, creation of blood bank centers, categories of blood bank
through the monitoring and evaluation of subcommittees by defining service capabilities, blood collection units, and blood stations.
their compositions and functions
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CATEGORIES OF BLOOD BANK SERVICE CATEGORIES OF BLOOD BANK SERVICE

CAPABILITIES CAPABILITIES
A. Blood Bank/ Center
1. Non–hospital Based Category A 3. Hospital–Based Category A - in addition to those
• Recruitment of voluntary donors performed under the Non– hospital Based Category A,
• Health education and counseling it is capable of performing compatibility testing.
• Donor screening and selection
• Blood collection
• Basic blood processing and testing 4. Hospital–Based Category B - in addition to those
• Provision of whole blood and packed RBC
performed under the Hospital –based Category A, it is
• Issuance, transport and distribution of blood/blood products
• Storage of blood/blood products
capable of providing, in addition to whole blood, all
blood products and components; and of performing
2. Non–hospital Based Category B - in addition to those performed under the Non –
investigation of transfusion reactions and resolution of
hospital Based Category A, it is capable of providing, in addition to whole blood, all
incompatible crossmatching results.
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CATEGORIES OF BLOOD BANK SERVICE

Administrative Order No. 09, S. 1995
CAPABILITIES
B. BLOOD COLLECTION UNITS • Chapter 9 : Provisions on the importation of blood bank service
• Recruitment of voluntary blood donors equipment and facilities including the inspection and tax exemption
application
• Screening of blood donors
• Provision of health education and counselling
• Collection and transport of blood to Blood Banks/Centers • Chapter 10 : Penalties and violations of this Administrative Order

C. BLOOD STATION
• All other hospitals and PNRC chapters rendering blood services not classified as a
Blood Bank/Center or Blood Collection Unit may be allowed by these rules to
store blood and blood products, subject to regulation by the BRL.

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