QuestionsQuestions (BRL BUREAU ORDER NO. 09)
Republic Act No. 1517 (Blood Bank Law), specifically Section 4, which provides that the Bureau of Research and Laboratories shall prescribe maximum rates in consultation with appropriate professional societies.
Administrative Order No. 57, s. 1989, particularly Section 14.2, which directs the Bureau to prescribe from time to time maximum rates of blood and its products in consultation with relevant professional societies.
It is treated as a medical service, not a sale of a commodity, and is required to be rendered as a non-profit service under Section 4 of R.A. 1517.
Costs for providing blood or components shall be reimbursed to the blood bank, hospital, or other institution rendering the service when the recipient or his family can afford.
It encourages a rate structure that divides costs among all components prepared from a unit of blood.
Fees should be based on the average of actual costs, including expenses for recruiting donors, collection, processing, storing, and transportation of blood, with reasonable allowance for spoilage and professional service rendered.
It modifies or supersedes all previous issuances inconsistent with its provisions, including A.O. No. 116, s. 1985 (Blood Bank Rates).
The maximum rates must be charged by all blood banks. However, under justifiable circumstances, different rates may be allowed only upon written application and express approval of the Bureau of Research and Laboratories.
All blood banks—both hospital-based and non-hospital—when transacting in their usual transactions with hospitals and pay patients.
Yes. Government hospitals and the Philippine National Red Cross may charge lower rates for indigent and service patients.
Whole Blood: P400.00; Packed RBC: P450.00; Fresh Frozen Plasma: P300.00; Plasma (Liquid or Frozen): P250.00; Platelet Rich Plasma: P400.00; Platelet Concentrate: P500.00; Cryoprecipitate: P600.00; Washed RBC: P600.00; Leucocyte poor RBC: P600.00.
Rh-negative blood may be charged with an additional P50.00, on top of the applicable rates.
They include charges for ABO grouping; test for hemoglobin content; screening for malaria, syphilis, HBsAg, and HIV antibody.
Yes. The provision of other laboratory examinations not mandated above or other services (such as transporting outside city limits, crossmatching, etc.) may be charged separately in the bill.
Rates for other blood components not specified are subject to approval by the Bureau of Research and Laboratories.
It becomes effective 14 days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
Because fees are limited to reimbursement of actual costs (with reasonable allowances) and professional services, rather than treating blood as a commodity for sale.
It must file a written application and obtain express approval from the Bureau of Research and Laboratories before charging rates other than the prescribed maximum.