RA 7719 Flashcards
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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
Session number, start date, city, day of the week
Date
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Second Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July,
nineteen hundred and ninety-three. (July 6, 1993)
SECTION 1
Title
This Act shall be known as the
National Blood Services Act of 1994
SEC. 2
Declaration of Policy
to promote and encourage voluntary blood donation by the citizenry and to instill public consciousness of the principle that blood donation is a ____ act
humanitarian
SEC. 3
Definitions
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
SEC. 4
Promotion of Voluntary Blood Donation
Lead agencies responsible for public education about blood donation
the Department, the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) and the Philippine Blood Coordinating Council (PBCC)
Agencies for 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)
Blood centers shall be strategically established in every province and city nationwide within the framework of a ___________ spearheaded by the ________, in coordination with the _______
National Blood Transfusion Service Network, Department, PNRC
In areas where there may be inadequate blood banking facilities, the ___________ 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
Walking Blood Donors
SEC. 5.
National Voluntary Blood Services Program
Funds from PCSO
Twenty-five million pesos (P25,000,000)
Funds from PAGCOR
Twenty-five million pesos (P25,000,000)
Funds from Duty Free Philippines
Twenty million pesos (P20,000,000)
SEC. 6
Upgrading of Services and Facilities
SEC. 7
Phase-out of Commercial Blood Banks.
