UNIT 4 Flashcards
(80 cards)
RA 7719
National Voluntary Blood Services Act
Blood donor’s week
2nd week of July
First blood donor
President Quirino
HIV world’s day
December 1
Medtech week
3rd week of Spetember
PNRC
Philippine National Red Cross
*changed to Philippine Red Cross
RA signed to change PNRC to Philippine Red Cross
RA 10072 - The Philippine Red Cross Act of 2009
RA 10072
The Philippine Red Cross Act of 2009
PBCC
Philippine Blood Coordinating Council
PBC
Philippine Blood Center
With the advent of ______, blood could be preserved and stored in Blood Banks.
anticoagulants
T/F
Before WWII, blood was collected and directly
administered to patients.
T
T/F
Voluntary Blood Donation began to be promoted
after WWII.
T
National Blood Program
July 17, 1948
Original objective of the NBP
“To maintain a constant and ready supply of
whole blood or plasma at least for
emergency cases”.
RA 1517
Blood bank law
PNRC- NBP and hospital banks were unable to cope with the growing demand for blood for transfusion thus,
Commercial blood banks were established
assure the safety of the supply of blood
from the hospital and commercial blood banks, the government passed the
Blood Bank Law in 1956.
Act regulating the collection, processing and sale of human blood, and the establishment and operation of blood banks and blood processing laboratories
RA 1517
RA 1517: blood bank law
June 16, 1956
RA 1517 was repealed by RA
RA 7719
Purpose of repealing RA 1517
Safeguarding and promoting public health and welfare by preventing improper collection, processing, and sale of human blood or its product to the public
*RA 7719
Administrative Order No. 9, Series of 1995
Rules and regulations implementing RA 7719