ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
No. 293 series of 1976
REVISED SUPPLEMENTARY
RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND SALE OF HUMAN BLOOD
AND THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF BLOOD BANKS AND BLOOD PROCESSING
LABORATORY
Section 1
The Supplementary Rules
and Regulations promulgated as Department of Health Administrative Order No.
184, series of 1972, pursuant to Letter of Instruction No. 42, dated November
28, 1972, is hereby revised and shall be known as “Revised Supplementary Rules
and Regulations governing collection, processing and sale of human blood and
establishment and operation of blood banks and blood processing laboratory
Section 2
No Blood Bank or Blood
Processing Laboratory shall be allowed to operate nor any person allowed to
collect, process and distribute human blood either for sale or for free without
having secured the proper license from the Bureau of Research and Laboratories
duly signed by the Secretary of Health. Human blood extraction and issuance
thereof for transfusion shall be done by the Philippine National Red Cross and
all its chapters and by licensed government of private blood banks. Hospitals
that are not equipped with blood banking facilities shall refer all donors of
blood for extraction to local chapters of the Philippine National Red Cross,
the Bureau of Research and Laboratories of the Department of Health or to the
nearest hospital, clinic, blood bank or like establishment with blood banking
facilities and duly licensed to extract blood for transfusion.
Section 3
No person may extract and
transfer human blood during emergencies unless he is a duly licensed physician
and that he follows first the standards of blood banking practices as provided
for in Section 14 of the existing revised rules and regulations, and provided
further that in case of blood transfusion, the complete cross–matching
procedure and other pre–transfusion tests are done in the hospital laboratory.
Section 4
It shall be unlawful for
any person, agency or establishment to engage in peddling human blood
soliciting prospective customers, or recruiting donors for material
consideration
Section 5
Human blood shall not be
the subject of public bidding. It may procure from licensed blood banks at
cost.
The costs of the different
types of human blood are as follows:
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Section 6
All blood banks dispensing blood for a fee shall dispense only 500 ml bags of blood except for pediatric
use (150 – 250 ml) when it shall be clearly indicated on the label of the bag
prominently stamped for pediatric use.
Section 7
An “Honorarium Fee” of at
least P30.00 shall be given a qualified donor to cover his meal, transportation
and other expenses. The operator of the Blood Bank shall not deduct any amount
from honorarium fee.
Section 8
The price of blood set
forth together with the “honorarium fee” will be posted prominently in the
reception and extraction rooms of all blood banks including hospital blood
banks and blood bank outlets. Proper receipts are to be issued for each sale.
Section 9
The provision of the
existing Revised Rules and Regulation governing blood banks issued and approved
as Administrative Order No. 156 dated September 29, 1971 amended by Administrative
Order No. 291 series of 1976 not herein modified or inconsistent of human
blood shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 10
Any person who violates
any provisions of these supplementary rules and regulation shall be subject to
the penalties provided under Section 24, Administrative Order No. 156 series of
1971 otherwise known as “Revised Rules and Regulations governing the
collection, processing and sale of Human blood processing laboratories.”
Section 11
These revised
supplementary rules and regulations shall take effect upon approval and
publication as required.
CLEMENTE S. GATMAITAN,
M.D., M.P.H.
Secretary of Health
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