Section 26Sec./Art. 26

Standard Precaution on the Donation of Blood, Tissue, or Organ. - The DOH shall enforce the following guidelines on the donation of blood, tissue, or organ:

(a) Donation of tissue or organ, whether gratuitous or onerous, shall be accepted by a laboratory or institution only after a sample from the donor has been tested negative for HIV;

(b) All donated blood shall also be subjected to HIV testing;

(c) All donors whose blood, organ or tissue has been tested positive shall be deferred from donation, notified of their HIV status, counselled, and referred for care and clinical management as soon as possible;

(d) Donations of blood, tissue, or organ testing positive for HIV may be accepted for research purposes only, and shall be subject to strict sanitary disposal requirements; and

(e) A second testing may be demanded as a matter of right by the blood, tissue, or organ recipient or his/her immediate relatives before transfusion or transplant, except during emergency cases.