ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
No. 184 series 1972
SUPPLEMENTARY RULES AND
REGULATIONS GOVERNING COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND SALE OF HUMAN BLOOD AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF BLOOD BANKS AND PROCESSING LABORATORIES
Section 1
Pursuant to the Letter of
Instruction No. 42, dated November 28, 1972, the following supplementary Rules
and Regulations governing collection, processing and sale of human blood and
the establishment and operation of Blood Banks and processing laboratories are
hereby promulgated
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 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 only by the Philippine National
Red Cross and all its Chapters and by licensed government 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 establishments with blood
banking facilities and duly licensed to extract blood for transfusion.
Section 3
No person may extract and
transfuse 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 Regulation, and provided
further that in case of blood transfusion, the complete cross–matching
procedure is done.
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 be procured from licensed blood banks at
cost. The costs of the different types of human blood are as follows:
Type B xxx
Type O xxx
Type AB xxx
If plastic bags are
utilized, an additional cost of P5.00 maybe added. An additional cost of P20
for each type of human blood may be charged if all of the following tests are
undertaken: (1) Micro–hematocrit (2) spectrophotometric determination of
hemoglobin (3) Detection of Australian antigen
An “honorarium” fee of
P25.00 shall be given a qualified donor to cover his meal, transportation and
other expenses.
Section 6
The provision of the
existing Revised Rules and Regulations governing blood banks issued and
approved as Administrative Order No. 156, dated September 23, 1971, not herein
modified or inconsistent hereof, and the Presidential Ban on the exportation of
human blood shall remain in full force and effect
Section 7
These supplementary Rules
shall be effective upon approval and publication as required
CLEMENTE S. GATMAITAN,
M.D., M.P.H.
Undersecretary of
Health
Officer–in–charge
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