MT LAWS AND BIOETHICS: RA 7719 (NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICES ACT OF 1994 (copy)

RA 7719

AN ACT PROMOTING VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION, PROVIDING FOR AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF SAFE BLOOD, REGULATING BLOOD BANKS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF

National Blood Services Act of 1994

RA 7719 shall be known as?

Blood/blood product

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

Blood bank/center

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;

Commercial blood bank

a blood bank that exists for profit;

Hospital-based blood bank

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

Blood collection unit

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

Voluntary blood donor

one who donates blood on one's own volition or initiative

and without monetary compensation;

Department

the Department of Health;

Blood transfusion transmissible diseases

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

Secretary of Health

the Secretary of Health or any other person to whom the Secretary delegates the responsibility of carrying out the provisions of this Act;

Walking Blood Donor

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

• Public Education

• Promotion in Schools

• Professional Education

• Establishment of Blood Services Network

• Walking Blood Donors

In order to ensure adequate supply of human blood, voluntary blood donation shall be promoted through the following:

• Republic Act No. 7719

• Republic Act No. 1517

Utilization, transfer, and processing of blood in the Philippines are regulated by two important laws:

• Philippine National Red Cross

• Philippine Blood Coordinating Council

What are the two primary agencies that facilitates blood donation and education?

RA 1517

• The old blood banking law

• AN ACT REGULATING THE COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND SALE OF HUMAN BLOOD, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF BLOOD BANKS AND BLOOD PROCESSING LABORATORIES.

April 2, 1994

RA 7719 was granted on?

Fidel V. Ramos, May 5, 1994

RA 7719 was approved by who and what date?

August 18, 1994

RA 7719 was published on official gazette on?

August 23, 1994

RA 7719 took effect on?

Philippine National Red Cross

• continues to advance its advocacy to provide quality life-saving services through its voluntary blood donation drives.

• It also collaborates with key government institutions to ensure that the country has sufficient supply of safe and transferable blood for patients needing transfusion.

Philippine Blood Coordinating Council

1. to disseminate correct information to the public regarding the benefits and advantages of voluntary blood donation;

2. to motivate different sectors of the society to donate blood voluntarily;

3. to educate medical and paramedical personnel regarding the proper utilization of blood;

4. to promote the use of blood component therapy to utilize blood to the fullest;

5. to improve blood banking procedures and policies;

6. to promote the interchange of concepts and experiences in blood donation and transfusion; and

7. to foster participation in international activities in blood banking and transfusion.

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true or false: the PBCC also engages in networking and coordination with related agencies as well as in research for advancement of the field.

1. Preliminary provisions

2. Functional provisions

3. Concluding provisions

What are the three main parts of RA 7719?

Authority To Operate (ATO)

official permit issued by the DOH to an individual, corporation, partnership, or association to BCU and BS

LTO

• formal authority

• issued to BB or BC

Blood Services Network

shall promote voluntary blood donations in communities, households, schools, parishes, establishments, etc.

• Blood Collection Units

• Mobile Blood Donation team activities

blood should be collected from voluntary non-renumerated blood donors in the premises of?

• Philippine Blood Center

• Subnational Blood Center

• Regional Blood Center such as Philippine National Red Cross

All blood units collected from BDC and MBDT shall be tested at what blood centers?

• Hospital Based Blood Blank

• Blood Stations

• Other facilities administering blood transfusion

All blood units issued at the blood centers need not to be retested for transfusion transmissible infection by?

true

true or false: every donated blood unit found initially reactive to 5 transmissible infections should be retested twice using the same test format

• National Reference Laboratory for TTIs

A repeatedly reactive blood unit should be sent to?

National Kidney and Transplant Institute

What is the NRL for immunohematology?

Research Institute for Tropical Medicine

What is the NRL for TTIs?

SEC. 5. National Voluntary Blood Services Program

The Department, in cooperation with the PNRC and PBCC and other government agencies and non-governmental organizations shall plan and implement a National Voluntary Blood Services Program (NVBSP) to meet in an evolutionary manner, the needs for blood transfusion in all regions of the country. Funds for this purpose shall be provided by the Government through the budgetary allocation of the Department, by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) with an initial amount of at least Twenty-five million pesos (P25,000,000), by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) with an initial amount of at least Twenty-five million pesos (P25,000,000), by the trust liability account of the Duty Free Shop (Duty Free Philippines) with an initial amount of at least Twenty million pesos (P20,000,000) and through contributions of other agencies such as civic organizations.

SEC. 6. Upgrading of Services and Facilities.

All blood banks/centers shall provide preventive health services such as education and counselling on blood transfusion transmissible diseases. All government hospitals, including those that have been devolved, shall be required to establish voluntary blood donation programs and all private hospitals shall be encouraged to establish voluntary blood donation programs.

SEC. 7. Phase-out of Commercial Blood Banks

All commercial blood banks shall be phased-out over a period of two (2) years after the effectivity of this Act, extendable to a maximum period of two (2) years by the Secretary.

SEC. 8. Non-Profit Operation.

All blood banks/centers shall operate on a non-profit basis: Provided, That they may collect service fees not greater than the maximum prescribed by the Department which shall be limited to the necessary expenses entailed in collecting and processing of blood. Blood shall be collected from healthy voluntary donors only.

SEC. 9. Regulation of Blood Services

It shall be unlawful for any person to establish and operate a blood bank/center unless it is registered and issued a license to operate by the Department: Provided, That in case of emergencies, blood collection and transfusion under the responsibility of the attending physician shall be allowed in hospitals without such license under certain conditions prescribed by the Department. No license shall be granted or renewed by the Department for the establishment and operation of a blood bank/center unless it complies with the standards prescribed by the Department. Such blood bank/center shall be under the management of a licensed and qualified physician duly authorized by the Department.

SEC. 10. Importation of Blood Bank Equipment, Blood Bags and Reagents.

Upon the effectivity of this Act, equipment, blood bags and reagents used for the screening and testing of donors, collection and processing and storage of blood shall be imported tax and duty-free by the PNRC, blood banks and hospitals participating actively in the National Voluntary Blood Services Program. This provision shall be implemented by the rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Department in consultation and coordination with the Department of Finance

SEC. 11. Rules and Regulations

The implementation of the provisions of this Act shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary, within sixty (60) days from the approval hereof. The existing Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Collection, Processing and Provision of Human Blood and the Establishment and Operation of Blood Banks shall remain in force unless amended or revised by the Secretary. The rules and regulations shall prescribe from time to time the maximum ceiling for fees for the provision of blood, including its collection, processing and storage, professional services and a reasonable allowance for spoilage.

SEC. 12. Penalties

Upon complaint of any person and after due notice and hearing, any blood bank/center which shall collect charges and fees greater than the maximum prescribed by the Department shall have its license suspended or revoked by the Secretary.

imprisonment of not less than twelve (12) years and one (1) day nor more than twenty (20) years or a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) nor more than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000), or both at the discretion of the competent court.

Any person who shall establish and operate a blood bank without securing any license to operate from the Department or who fails to comply with the standards prescribed by the Department referred to in Section 9 hereof shall suffer the penalty of?

10 years

The head of the blood bank and the necessary trained personnel under the head's direct supervision found responsible for dispensing, transfusing and failing to dispose, within forty eight (48) hours, blood which have been proven contaminated with blood transfusion transmissible diseases shall be imprisoned for?

SEC. 8. NON-PROFIT OPERATION

All blood banks/centers shall operate on a non-profit basis: Provided, that they may collect service fees not greater than the maximum prescribed by the Department of Health which shall be limited to the necessary expenses entailed in collecting and processing of blood. Blood shall be collected from healthy voluntary donors only.

SEC. 9. REGULATION OF BLOOD SERVICES

It shall be unlawful for any person to establish and operate a blood bank/center unless it is registered and issued a license to operate by the Department

SEC. 10. IMPORTATION OF BLOOD BANK EQUIPMENT, BLOOD BAGS AND REAGENTS

Upon the effectivity of this Act, equipment, blood bags and reagents used for the screening and testing of donors, collection and processing and storage of blood shall be imported tax-and duty-free by the PNRC, blood banks and hospitals participating actively in the National Voluntary Blood Services Program. This provision shall be implemented by the rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Department in consultation and coordination with the Department of Finance.

tax-and duty-free by the PNRC, blood banks and hospitals participating actively in the National Voluntary Blood Services Program

Upon the effectivity of this Act, equipment, blood bags and reagents used for the screening and testing of donors, collection and processing and storage of blood shall be imported?

60 days from the approval hereof

The implementation of the provisions of this Act shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary, within?

SEC. 11. RULES AND REGULATIONS

The implementation of the provisions of this Act shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary, within sixty (60) days from the approval hereof. The existing Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Collection, Processing and Provision of Human Blood and the Establishment and Operation of Blood Banks shall remain in force unless amended or revised by the Secretary. The rules and regulations shall prescribe from time to time the maximum ceiling for fees for the provision of blood, including its collection, processing and storage, professional services and a reasonable allowance for spoilage.

imprisonment of not less than twelve (12) years and one (1) day nor more than twenty (20) years or a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) nor more than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000), or both

Any person who shall establish and operate a blood bank without securing any license to operate from the Department or who fails to comply with the standards prescribed by the Department referred to in Section 9 hereof shall suffer the penalty of?

Public education

Through an organized and sustained nationwide public education campaign by the Department, the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) and the Philippine Blood Coordinating Council (PBCC), as the lead agencies, other government agencies, local government units (particularly the barangays), nongovernmental organizations, all medical organizations, all public and private hospitals, all health and healthrelated institutions, print and broadcast media as well as other sectors. The Department is hereby authorized to set aside funds and generate financial support for all sectors involved in the collection and processing of blood from voluntary blood donors through a system of reimbursement for costs for patients who can afford to pay or from donations from government and private institutions. Voluntary donors shall likewise be provided nonmonetary incentives as may be determined by the Department.

Promotion in Schools

The benefits and rationale of voluntary blood donation shall be included and given emphasis in health subjects of schools, both public and private, at the elementary, high school and college levels. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall also require such inclusion in its non-formal education curricula.

Professional Education

The Department, the PBCC, the Philippine Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (PSHBT), the Philippine Society of Pathologists (PSP), the Philippine Medical Association (PMA), the Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET) and the Philippine Nursing Association (PNA) are encouraged to conduct for their respective members and as part of the continuing medical education, trainings on the rational use of blood and blood products including the merits of voluntary blood donation.

Establishment of Blood Services Network

Blood centers shall be strategically established in every province and city nationwide within the framework of a National Blood Transfusion Service Network spearheaded by the Department, in coordination with the PNRC. The collection of blood in various areas in the community, such as schools, business enterprises, barangays, and military camps shall be promoted. The Secretary shall set the standards for the scientific and professional establishment and operation of blood banks/centers and collection units. The Department shall provide training programs and technical assistance to enable communities, schools, industrial and business sites, barangays, military camps and local government units to implement their own voluntary blood donation programs.

Walking Blood Donors

In areas where there may be inadequate blood banking facilities, the walking blood donor concept shall be encouraged and all government hospitals, rural health units, health centers and barangays in these areas shall be required to keep at all times a list of qualified voluntary blood donors with their specified blood typing.

Preliminary Provisions

These cover all aspects regarding the formulation of the title, the declaration of policy, and the definition of terms

Functional Provisions

These are limited to 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

Concluding Provisions

These focuses on the separability and repealing clauses

Blood

- Often viewed as a life-giving fluid that runs through

a person's body.

- Also considered as a lifesaving component whose

value is smartly manifested whenever persons

undergo a surgical procedure because of a severe

infection, a major accident, or trauma.