RA 7719 and related laws Flashcards
What is Republic Act No. 7719?
Republic Act No. 7719 is the National Blood Services Act of 1994, approved on May 5, 1994. It promotes voluntary blood donation, ensures an adequate supply of safe blood, and regulates blood banks.
What is a commercial blood bank?
A commercial blood bank is a blood bank that operates for profit.
What is a voluntary blood donor?
A voluntary blood donor is an individual who donates blood willingly and without monetary compensation.
What is a walking blood donor?
A walking blood donor is an individual on the list of qualified voluntary blood donors who is ready to donate blood when needed in the community.
What is the limit on payment for blood tests and processing?
The payment for blood tests and processing is limited to 1,500 - 2,000 PHP by the DOH.
What is the safest type of blood donation?
Autologous donation is considered the safest type of blood donation.
What is allogenic blood donation?
Allogenic blood donation is a voluntary blood donation where the donor’s blood is used by another person.
What is Administrative Order No. 2008-0008?
Administrative Order No. 2008-0008 governs the regulation of blood service facilities.
What are the classifications of blood service facilities?
Blood service facilities can be classified by ownership (Government or Private) and institutional character (Hospital-based or Non-hospital-based).
What is the service capability that provides whole blood and packed red cells, including storage, issuance, transport, and distribution of these blood components. It also conducts compatibility testing of red cell units.
Blood Station
What is the service capability that recruits, retains, and cares for donors, screens and selects donors, provides health education and counseling services, collects blood from donors, transports blood to the Blood Center for testing and processing, and performs compatibility testing of red cell units.
Blood Collection Unit
What is the service capability that stores and issues whole blood and blood components obtained from a Blood Center, conducts compatibility testing of red cell units, Direct Coombs Test, red cell antibody screening, investigates transfusion reactions, and assists in post-transfusion surveillance.
Blood Bank
What is the service capability that recruits, retains, and cares for donors, conducts health education and counseling, collects blood from donors, processes and provides blood components, stores, issues, transports, and distributes blood units and blood products, and tests blood units for transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs) with confirmatory testing as long as within equipment capacity.
Blood Center
What is the regulation that allows blood banks of Level 3 and 4 private and government hospitals to continue blood collection, blood testing, and component processing?
Administrative Order No. 2008-0008a
What is the license renewal duration for free-standing blood banks?
3 years
