Can a person who has previously donated blood voluntarily be reimbursed for blood if they need to receive blood at a private hospital in Vietnam?

Can a person who has previously donated blood voluntarily be reimbursed for blood if they need to receive blood at a private hospital in Vietnam?

According to Article 5 of Circular 182/2009/TT-BTC, the reimbursement of blood and blood components for voluntary blood donors is as follows:

Voluntary blood donors in the case of blood transfusion at public health facilities are exempt from paying for blood and blood components up to the maximum amount of blood and blood components donated according to the Voluntary Blood Donation Certificate. In the case of insured patients, the Social Insurance Authority is responsible for paying this amount to the public health facility; in the case of patients who are not insured, the state budget will be allocated to public health facilities for this expenditure according to the current state budget management decentralization.

According to the above regulations, your husband is only eligible for reimbursement if he is treated for the accident at a public hospital. Therefore, because your husband is being treated at a private hospital, he will not be reimbursed for blood.

Can a person who has previously donated blood voluntarily be reimbursed for blood if they need to receive blood at a private hospital in Vietnam? - Source: Internet

What are principles of testing for blood donation in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 13 of the Circular 26/2013/TT-BYT stipulating testing principles as follows:

1. Conduct the required screening of each pint of whole blood or blood component. As for the newly-drawn whole blood or blood component, the previous blood test result or the result of blood test performed in the previous blood donation shall not be accepted, except for cases stipulated by Clause 3 Article 15 hereof.

2. Select and use reagents, biological products, testing equipment or device in conformity with the blood screening requirements stipulated by laws. Control the quality of biological products and blood tests.

3. Ensure that the testing procedure, method and analysis of the test result must be made conformable to current biological products, testing equipment and device as well as approved by the leader of testing facilities.

4. The screening test of whole blood and blood components must conform to the following requirements:

a) The blood sample must have the origin which is the same as the origin of the whole blood and component blood in accordance with regulations laid down in Article 10 hereof;

b) It is likely to trace back a blood bag from a blood sample and vice versa;

c) The testing must be performed in the manner of guaranteeing that the test must prove its sensitivity and prevent the risk of false negative result as well as be approved by the leader of the blood collecting facility;

d) The result of the whole-blood or blood component screening test for any blood borne pathogens shall only be used for the purpose of controlling the safety of such whole blood and blood component in order to prevent such blood borne pathogens, and shall not be used for giving the response or advice to the blood donor.

5. When drawing each blood unit from the frequent blood donor, the blood test result must be compared with the preceding test. In case there is any change to the blood test result or any suspicion that the blood sample or blood test documentation is mistaken, the blood sample directly taken from the whole blood or blood component donated must be retested.

6. The confirmatory test for blood borne pathogens that a blood donor is required to undergo must conform to the following requirements:

a) Verifying the personal identity of the blood donor who gives the blood sample for testing;

b) Perform this test in the manner of guaranteeing the specificity, preventing the false positive result, and obtain the approval from the competent authority;

c) Use such confirmatory test result to serve the exclusive purpose of giving response and advice relating to health matters to the blood donor, but avoid using it as the method of controlling the safety of the whole blood or blood component.

Above are principles of testing for blood donation in Vietnam.

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