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CE,RTIFICATIO}(
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that at the regular session duly constituted of the

Sangguniang Panlalatvigan, Province of Pangasinan, held on February I, 2021 at
Lingayen, Pangasinan, the following provincial ordinance was approved:

Authored by SP Member Jeremy Agerico B. Rosario

PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 255-2021

AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE PANGASINAN PROVINCIAL BLOOD

BANK FACILITY, AND PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR THE COLLf,CTION,
PROCESSING AND THE OPERATION OF BLOOD BANK AND BLOOD
PROCESSING LABORATORTES

WHEREAS, Republic Act7719, otherwise known as "National Blood Service Act of 1994",
was passed to ensure safe and effrcient Blood Banking and transfusion practices in the Philippines;

WHEREAS, in order to promote public health, Department of Health AO No. 2010-002 was
issued, providing guidelines pertinent to the establishment and operation of local blood councils to
support the implementation of the national voluntary blood services program for blood safety and
adequacy, quality and patient safety;

WHEREAS, the Provincial Government of Pangasinan ensures to protect and promote the
health of Pangasinenses by providing a reliable blood service facility with professional, competent
and adequate staff, equipment and resources to perform the required procedures for an efficient,
adequate, continuous and safe blood supply;

WHEREAS, the Province of Pangasinan thru the Provincial Health Office, aims to provide
continuous supply of safe blood and assure the general public that only licensed blood service
facilities can operate within the territorial jurisdiction;

NOW, TIIEREFORE, on motion of Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member Jeremy Agerico B.

Rosario (Chairman of the Committee on Health), duly seconded by all members, the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan of the Province of Pangasinan in regular session duly assembled hereby ordains;

Section 1. TITLE - This ordinance shall be known as "Creating the Pangasinan Provincial
Blood Bank Facility, and Providing Guidelines for the Collection, Processing and the Operation of
Blood Bank and Blood Processing Laboratories";

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Section 2. FUNCTIONS AND OBJECTMS

a. The Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank endeavors to provide adequate supply of safe
blood for the community in accordance with the National Blood Service Act if 1994,
the Deparfinent of Health Policies and Provincial Blood Council Guidelines.

b. Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank is intended to regulate blood service fees in

accordance with Section 8 of the National Blood Services Act of 1994, which states
that, blood banVcenter shall operate on a non-profit basis, but they may be allowed to
collect blood service fees not $eater than the maximum prescribed by the DOH.

c. Strengthen the linkages oflocal hospitals, facilities providing emergency obstetric care
and health services with Blood Centers.

d. Continuous provision of accessible and quality blood and blood components

e. Promotion of voluntary non-renumerated blood donation to ensure adequate blood

supply in the institution and to nearby areas.

Section 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS - For purposes of Ordinance, the following terms shall
mean

l. Act - Republic Act (RA) 7710, also known as the National Blood Services Act of
1994, unless herein specified.

2- Blood Components - refers, but not limited to whole blood, re cells, granulocytes,
plasma, platelets, cryoprecipitate and cryosupemate prepared in a Blood Service
Facility.

3. Blood Service Facility - refers to Blood Bank (BB), Blood Center (BC), Blood
Collecting Unit (BCII) and Blood Station (BS).

4. Blood Service Network - An organization composed ofthe designated Blood Centers,

Hospilal Blood Banks, Blood Stations, Blood Collecting Units and End User Hospitals
established to provide for the blood needs ofa specific geographical area.

5. End User Hospital - a hospital with licensed clinical laboratory capable of red cell
typing and cross matching and does not have any blood service facility but which only
receives blood and blood components for blood transfusion as needed.

6. DOE - refers to Department of Health

7. CMBD - refers to Community Mobile Blood Donation

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Section 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS

a. Allowable Fees
The new maximum allowable blood service fees for the provision of the whole blood
and blood components, as provided in Administrative Order No. 2015-0045 dated
October 26, 2015, shall be adopted in the collection of fees at the Pangasinan
Provincial Blood Service Facility.

b. Blood Service Network

The Six (6) District Hospitals and One (1) Community Hospital of the Province,
namely: Western Pangasinan District Hospital (WPDH), Lingayen District Hospital
(LDH), Mangatarem District Hospital (MDH), Bayambang District Hospital (BDH),
Urdaneta District Hospital, (tlDH) Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital (EPDH) and
the Mapandan Community Hospital (MapCH) are hereby designated as Blood Stations
(BS) in the Province of Pangasinan.

c. Operation of Blood Service Network

The Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank shall be responsible in allocating or
distributing screened/passed blood to the various Blood Stations (BS)
abovementioned.

d. Donor and Recruitment and Retention

d.l. A Blood Bank representative shall be responsible for the pre-counselling of

prospective voluntary blood donors or CMBD partners, while Blood Donor
Recruitment representative shall responsible for the conduct of advocacies and
accomplishment of reports.

d.2. All records relevant to the operation of the Blood Bank shall be retained for a
minimum of five (5) years or as required by the law. Records pertaining to
donor's profile shall remained confidential and be disposed in accordance with
the guidelines set by the National Archives of the Philippines (NAP)

Section 5. GUIDELINES IN THE ISSUANCE/PROVISION OF BLOOD

UNITS/COMPONENTS

5.1. The blood and blood components are free and not for sale. It is the screening and
extraction processes where reasonable amount of fees can be collected, as
provided in AO No. 2015-0045.

5.2. A request for blood unil/s and issuance thereof shall be prepared by the
requesting partner agency's blood focal person representative and the Focal
Person of the Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank act on the same.

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5.3. Partner agencies may avail the fifty-fifty (50-50) sharing of the
generated,/collected blood units which passed through the blood screening and
test process of the Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank.

5.4. The beneficiaries of the requested blood unit/s or component thereof shall be
determined by the local blood focal representative/coordinator with the approval
of the Pangasinan Provincial Blood Focal Person.

Section 6. SPECIFIC Guidelines

6.A. For Local Government Unit (LGU)/Partner Agency

6.A.1 Access to blood unit/s or components by a previous or recent blood

donor from a partner LGU for his or immediate relative's emergency
utilization should be issued free ofcharge provided that his/her request
for blood units/components be appropriately endorsed by the Blood
Focal Person Coordinator ofthe concerned LGU with the approval from
the Provincial Blood Bank Focal Person.

6.A.2. In the event that requesting party for blood units/components is not a
previous or recent donor, but a resident of the LGU concerned, he/she
may be provided the requested blood uniVs or components free of
charge, subject to the discretion of the LCU Focal Person/Coordinator
concerned to be endorsed to the Provincial Blood Bank Focal Person.

6.8. Partnership with Hospitals

6.8.1. Access to the Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank by private hospitals

may be possible upon execution of Memorandum of Agreement between
the Private Health Care Institution concemed and the Province of
Pangasinan.

6.8.2. The request, expenses, issuance and transport ofblood unit/s components
are subject to the terms and conditions agreed by the concerned parties
in the MOA. AO No. 2015-0045 shall nonetheless be considered in the
agreement.

6.C. Walk-in Clients

6.C.1 Walk in clients or those who are not endorsed by the LGUs or partner
agencies and/or not referred to by any Health Care Institution may be
attended to by the Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank, subject to
availability and provided the walk in client agrees to abide with the
policies if the Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank.

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6.C.2. The request for blood unit/s or components may be provided to the
concemed client after compliance with the requirements, including full
payment of the corresponding blood screening and service fees.

Section 7. BLOOD SUPPLY, STORAGE AND ALLOCATION

7.1 The operation of the Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank Facility by the
Pangasinan Provincial Hospital shall be in accordance with the Manual Standards
for Blood Service facilities.

7 .2 Blood units and/or blood components shall be available 2417 at the Pangasinan
Provincial Blood Bank. The Pangasinan Provincial Blood Focal Person shall
determine the facility's minimum blood stock inventory level from time to time and
should ensure a buffer stock for emergency purposes.

7.3 The Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank Facility should have the appropriate
Blood Station Facility within the premises to ensure immediate access to needed
blood uniVs or components by clientele and the blood stations.

Section 8. BLOOD SERVICE FEES GUIDELINES

A. The Province of Pangasinan adopts DOH Administrative Order No. 2015-0045 for
the following new maximum blood service fees to be collected by the Pangasinan
Provincial Blood Bank Facility, to wit:

Whole Blood Php 1,800.00

Packed Red Blood Cells Php 1,500.00
Other Blood Components (Platelet Php 1,000.00
Concentrate, Fresh Frozen Plasma,
Cryoprecip itate & Cryosupernate)

B. The blood service fee shall cover the following expenses:

b.1. Donor Recruitment/Screening

b.2. Blood Collection from Voluntary Donors
b.3. Testing for Transfusion Transmissible Infections (TTIs) and other Screening
Tests: Hemoglobin, Blood Typing, Vital signs etc.

a. Hepatitis B Virus (by EIA or Chemiluminescence);

b. Hepatitis C Virus (by EIA or chemiluminescence);
c. HIV (by EIA or Chemiluminescence)
d. Malaria Parasite (by EIA or thick and thin blood smear of Quantitative BufS
Coat Method);
e. Treponema pallidum (by rapid Plasma Reagent (RPR) or Treponema Pallidum
Hemagglutination Test)

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b.4 Component preparation; and

b.5 General/Administrative expenses for the preparation ofthe blood products

Section 9. ADMINISTRATM PROVISION

The Pangasinan Provincial Blood Bank Facility shall post in the designated public
area (outside the laboratory or Blood Bank) either in English or in Vemacular, the details
ofthe Blood Service Fee as stated below:

A. "Blood is Free"

The Blood Service Fee covers the following procedures:

Testing for:
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
HIV
Syphilis and Malaria

Other Screening Test:

Hemoglobin
Blood Typing
Vital Signs

B. No other fees shall be collected from the patient or patient's immediate relatives
(e.g. deposits, blood bond or non-replacement fee - payment for units ofblood
or blood products, in case patient cannot bring Voluntary Non-remunerated
Blood Donors).

C. Expenses incurred for blood transfusion related procedures shall be separate

from foregoing basic blood service fees for the provision of blood and blood
components chargeable and indicated on separate receipts.

D. No honorarium fee shall be given to the blood donors.

Section 10. ROLE OF THE PANGASINAN PROVINCIAL BLOOD BANK FOCAL

PERSON

a. Participate in the formulation ofthe Blood Donation Program among stakeholders;

b. Recommend necessary measures to improve the delivery of the basic services
pertaining to blood related activitiesl
c. Plan, coordinate and monitor advocacy campaign to promote voluntary blood donation
among constituents of component local govemment units;
d. Strenghen the linkages with Blood Networks, stations, non-government in the private
hospital institutions with blood banks in the implementation ofthis ordinance;
e. Such other functions which may tre deemed appropriate for the continuous supply of
blood to blood bank facility through the conduct of voluntary blood donation activity.

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Section 11. LOCAL CHIEF EXECUTMS' AUTHORITY AND FUNCTION

a. Organize service delivery network in partnership with the Pangasinan Provincial

Blood Bank Council.

b. Develop local policies and appropriate planning according to the needs of his
constituents

Section 12. FUNDING

It is hereby appropriated the amount of Php 5 Million pesos annually for the
operation and maintenance of the facility chargeable against the
of the Province.

Section 13. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE

Any provision or part of this Ordinance which may be declared unauthorized or

rendered void by any judicial authority or competent authority, the provision which are
not affected by such declaration shall remain valid and effective.

Section 14. EFFECTWITY

This ordinance shall take effect after the compliance with the posting requirement
under the Local Government Code of 1991.

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ATTES

DG. LAMBINO
Vice
(Presiding Officer)

APPROVED:

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