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[CITE: 42USC300cc-19]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
  SUBCHAPTER XXI--RESEARCH WITH RESPECT TO ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY 
                                SYNDROME
 
                       Part B--Research Authority
 
Sec. 300cc-19. National blood resource education program

    After consultation with the Director of the National Heart, Lung, 
and Blood Institute and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the 
Secretary shall establish a program of research and education regarding 
blood donations and transfusions to maintain and improve the safety of 
the blood supply. Education programs shall be directed at health 
professionals, patients, and the community to--
        (1) in the case of the public and patients undergoing 
    treatment--
            (A) increase awareness that the process of donating blood is 
        safe;
            (B) promote the concept that blood donors are contributors 
        to a national need to maintain an adequate and safe blood 
        supply;
            (C) encourage blood donors to donate more than once a year; 
        and
            (D) encourage repeat blood donors to recruit new donors;

        (2) in the case of health professionals--
            (A) improve knowledge, attitudes, and skills of health 
        professionals in the appropriate use of blood and blood 
        components;
            (B) increase the awareness and understanding of health 
        professionals regarding the risks versus benefits of blood 
        transfusion; and
            (C) encourage health professionals to consider alternatives 
        to the administration of blood or blood components for their 
        patients; and

        (3) in the case of the community, increase coordination, 
    communication, and collaboration among community, professional, 
    industry, and government organizations regarding blood donation and 
    transfusion issues.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXIII, Sec. 2319, as added Pub. L. 100-
607, title II, Sec. 201(4), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3074.)
