Republic Act No' 7719

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Republic Act No. 7719
NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICES ACT 0F 1994
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Republic Act No. 7719
P O L I C I E S

• Promote and encourage voluntary blood
• donation - instill public consciousness of the
• principle that blood donation is a humanitarian
  
• act

• Provide adequate, safe, affordable and
• equitable distribution of supply of blood and
• blood products

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Republic Act No. 7719

• Inform the public of the need for voluntary
• blood donation to curb the hazards caused
• by the commercial sale of blood

• Teach the benefits and rationale of voluntary
• blood donation

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Republic Act No. 7719

• Mobilize all sectors of the community to
• participate in voluntary and non-profit
• collection of blood

• Require all blood collection units and blood
• banks/centers to operate on a non-profit basis

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• Regulate and ensure the safety of all
• activities related to the collection, storage
• and banking of blood

• Require the upgrading of blood banks/centers
• to include preventive services and education
• to control spread of blood transfusion
• transmissible diseases

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Republic Act No. 7719

• Provide adequate assistance to institution
• promoting blood donation.

• Mandate the DOH to establish and organize a
• National Blood Transfusion Service Network in
• order to rationalize and improve the provision
  of
• adequate and safe supply of blood