[PL4] RA 1517 and RA 7719

refers to human blood, processed or unprocessed and includes blood components, its products and derivatives

Blood/blood product

a laboratory or institution with the capability to recruit and screen blood donors, collect, process, store, transport and issue blood for transfusion and provide information and/or education on blood transfusion transmissible diseases

Blood bank/center

— a blood bank that exists for profit

Commercial blood bank

a blood bank which is located within the premises of a hospital and which can perform compatibility testing of blood

Hospital-based blood bank

an institution or facility duly authorized by the Department of Health to recruit and screen donors and collect blood

Blood collection unit

one who donates blood on one's own volition or initiative and without monetary compensation

Voluntary blood donor

— diseases which may be transmitted as a result of blood transfusion, including AIDS, Hepatitis-B, Malaria and Syphilis

Blood transfusion transmissible diseases —

an individual included in the list of qualified voluntary blood donors, referred to in Sec. 4, paragraph (e), who is ready to donate blood when needed in his/her community.

Walking Blood Donor

Maximum Serve Fees for: Whole Blood

1800

Maximum Serve Fees for: Packed Red Blood Cells

1500

Maximum Serve Fees for: Other blood components

1000

What is the AO of Rules and Regulations Governing the Regulation of Blood Services Facilities

AO 2008-0008

refers to blood product but not limited to whole blood, red cells, granulocytes, plasma, cryoprecipitate and cryosupernate prepared n a Blood Service Facility

Blood Components

refer to Blood Bank (BB), Blood Center (BC), Blood Collecting Unit (BCU) and Blood Station (BS)

Blood Services Facilities

An organization composed of the designated Blood Centers, Hospital Blood Banks, Blood Stations, Blood Collecting Units and End User Hospitals established to provide for the blood needs of a specific geographical area

Blood Services Network

a hospital with a licensed clinical laboratory capable of red cell typing and cross matching and which does not have any blood service facility but which only receives blood and blood components for blood transfusion as needed

End User Hospital