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A 7719: “National Blood Services Act of
1994”
- An act promoting voluntary blood donation,
providing an adequate supply of safe blood,
regulating blood banks & providing penalties for
violation thereof
- “Nat’l Blood Services Act of 1994”
- May 5, 1994
RA 1517 – an act regulating the collection,
processing & sale of the human blood & the
establishment & operation of blood banks &
blood processing laboratories
- June 16, 1956
- Repealed by RA 7719
 Several innovations & changes are
introduced like:
- Promotion of voluntary blood donation to
discourage commercialization of human
blood.
- Phase out of commercial blood banks to
operate in a non-profit basis.
- To lay down the principle that blood
transfusion is a humanitarian act.
- Providing the heavier penalties in case
of violations that will give more teeth to
the new law.
AO no.9 s.1995
- April 28, 1995
- Implementing guidelines: Rules &
regulations implementing RA 7719.
AO no.2008-0008
- Rules & regulations governing the
regulation of blood service facilities
- May 2, 2008
- Classification Blood Services
capabalities
Purpose: Declaration of Policy
 To promote & encourage voluntary
blood donation by the citizenry & to
instill public consciousness of the
principle that blood donation is a
humanitarian act;
 To lay down the legal principle that the
provision of blood for transfusion is a
professional medical service & not a
sale of a commodity;
 To provide for adequate, safe, affordable
& equitable distribution of supply of
blood & blood products;
 To inform the public of the need for
voluntary blood donation the hazards
caused by the commercial sale of blood;
 To teach the benefits & rationale of
voluntary blood donation existing health
subjects of the formal education system
in all public/private schools, in the
elementary, high school & college levels
as the non-formal education system;
 To mobilize all sectors of the community
to participate in mechanisms for
voluntary & non-profit collection of
blood;
 To mandate the DOH to establish &
organize a National Blood Transfusion
Service Network (NBTSN) in order to
rationalize & improve the provision of
adequate & safe supply of blood;
 To provide for adequate assistance to
institutions promoting non-profit blood
services, either through system of
reimbursement for costs from patients
who can afford to pay, or donations from
governmental & nongovernmental
entities;
 To require all blood collection units &
blood banks/centers to operate on a
non-profit basis;
 To establish scientific & professional
standards for the operation of blood
collection unit & blood banks/centers in
the Phils.;
 To regulate & ensure the safety of all
activities related to the collection,
storage & banking of blood; and
 To require upgrading of blood
banks/centers to include preventive
services & education to control spread
of blood transfusion transmissible
diseases.
SCOPE
 These rules shall apply to all hospitals,
entities & establishments/institutions,
government owned & operated or
private engaged in blood transfusion
services in the Phils. Whether full time /
part time, local / foreign.
Definition of Terms:
 Secretary of health – any other person
to whom the Secretary delegates the
responsibility of carrying out the
provisions of this Act.
 Blood/blood product – refers to human
blood, processed or unprocessed &
included blood components, its products
& derivatives.
 Blood transfusion services – a set of
activities & functions related to blood
transfusion such as, but not limited to:
o Motivation & recruitment of
donors
o Blood collection
o Testing & screening of blood
donor
o Preparation of blood
components storage &
distribution of blood &
components
o Components inventory control &
quality assurance
 Blood bank/center – a laboratory or
institution w/ the capability to recruit &
screen blood donors, collect, process,
store, transport & issue blood for
transfusion & provide information and/or
education on blood transmission
disease.
 Voluntary blood donor – one who
donates blood on one’s own volition /
initiative & not induced, directly /
indirectly w/o money compensation.
 Walking blood donor – an individual
who has been screened by history &
physical exam, found to be fit to donate
blood; ready to donate blood when
needed.
 Hospital-based blood bank/center –
located & performing blood bank
services w/in the premises of a hospital
end w/c can perform compatibility
testing of blood
 Non-hospital-based blood
bank/center – not located & not
performing blood bank services, w/in the
premises of a hospital & not as part of a
hospital.
 Commercial blood bank – a blood
bank that exist for profit, money or any
material gain earned out of sale of, or
exchange for, blood/blood products w/c
profit, money / any material gain are not
used solely for the operation &
maintenance of blood bank service
 Blood collection unit – an
institution/facility duty authorized by the
DOH to recruit & screen donors &
collect blood.
 Blood station – a gov. or private
hospital / a Phil. Nat’l Red Cross chapter
w/c has not been licensed as a blood
center but has been authorized by the
Dep’t to store & issue blood & blood
product, & perform compatibility testing,
when necessary.
 Blood service facility – any unit, office,
institution providing any of the blood
transfusion services, w/c can be a Blood
bank/center, BCU or BS.
 Blood transfusion transmissible
disease – dse w/c may be transmitted
through blood transfusion, including but
not limited to, AIDS, hepaB&C, malaria
& syphilis.
 Blood banking equipment – essential
lab machines, instruments & their
accessories used in the different steps
in the blood banking processes such as
those used to centrifuge blood/separate
blood into various components;
preserve blood/blood products in cold
storage or freezer.
 Blood bags – sterile, sturdy plastic
bags containing anti-coagulants; it can
either be single/multiple types & have a
integral sterile needle & collection
tubing.
 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

lifestyle; recruitment, retention, & care of VBD;
collection of blood (mobile/facility based) from
qualified VBD; conduct health education &
counseling; testing of units of blood for
transfusion transmitted infections (TTIs);
processing & provision of blood components;
storage, issuance, transport & distribution of
units of WB &/or blood products to hospitals &
other health facilities.

 The DOH in collaboration w/ the PNRC

shall be the lead agency in the
celebration of the blood donors week
w/c shall be held annually every 2nd
week of july.