USAF POLICY ON BASE BLOOD DONOR RECRUITMENT

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SUBJECT:  USAF POLICY ON BASE BLOOD DONOR RECRUITMENT
    
    BASE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
    390 COSQ/DONA
    
   
    STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND   (UNIT TOTAL: 002)
    OPR: SG(02)
    
    OPR E B STRATEGIC HOSPITAI (02)
    
    INFO: FILE COPY(01)
   
    O 152100Z JAN 91
    FM HQ USAF BOLLING AFB DC//SGHRI//
    TO AIG 8201//SG/SGHLI/
    
    SUBJECT: POLICY ON BASE BLOOD DONOR RECRUITMENT
    
    1. AS AN INTERIM MEASURE, AND WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF LEGAL
    COUNSEL, WE ARE EXPANDING THE CLASSES OF CIVILIANS FROM WHICH WE CAN
    DRAW BLOOD ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. PARAGRAPH SA OF AFR 160-26,
    THE AIR FORCE BLOOD PROGRAM, ONLY LISTS "...DOD CIVILIANS" AND IS
    MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE DODD 6480.5, THE MILITARY BLOOD PROGRAM
    WHICH STATES "...CIVILIANS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS."
    2. IN ORDER TO ALIGN THESE TWO DIRECTIVES AND TO EXPAND OUR DONOR
    BASE FOR THE CURRENT CRISIS, PARAGRAPH 5A OF AFR 160-26 IS EXPANDED
    TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CIVILIAN DONOR "CLASSES:"
    A] DEPENDENTS OF ACTIVE DUTY, GUARD AND RESERVE MEMBERS
    B] ANY CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS [E.G. DOD
    CIVILIANS, DOD CONTRACTORS, PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE
    AMERICAN LEGION, AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WISH TO COME
    ON BASE TO DONATE TO THE AF BLOOD PROGRAM].
    3. AS A REMINDER, BLOOD DONOR CENTERS ARE ALSO AUTHORIZED TO DRAW
    THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES OF MILITARY MEMBERS:
    A] ACTIVE DUTY, GUARD, AND RESERVE PERSONNEL AND ROTC CADETS.
    B] MILITARY RETIREES WHO MEET ALL MEDICAL SCREENING CRITERIA
    TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING THE QUANTITIES OF BLOOD NEEDED FOR THIS
    CRISIS, LINE COMMANDER SUPPORT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. TO
    ENCOURAGE BLOOD DONATIONS, HO USAF/SGHR HAS DEVELOPED AND
    DISTRIBUTED NUMEROUS EDUCATIONAL PACKETS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
    PACKAGES. AN AIR FORCE BLOOD PROGRAM HANDB00K IS ALSO BEING MAILED.
    
    4. POINT OF CONTACT [(D)(2)]               HO USAF/SGHR,
       BOLLING AF8 DC 20332-6188, [(b)(2)]