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File: aabjb_01.txtSUBJECT: 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)]
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