IU Health seeking plasma from COVID-19 survivors to help current patients
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Leaders are seeking plasma om covid-19 survivors.
It could help reduce mortality and speed up the recovery process in current patients.
Survivor plasma provides an anti-body that can work as a healing agent if transferred to someone with the virus.
Iu health doctor nicolas (bar-rose) barros (bur-tle) baertl is confident it'll work.
He says this same treatment saw success during the h1-n1 and sars outbreak.
Doctor (bur-tle) baertl says they're hoping this will help save lives while we wait for a vaccine.
Even on the fastest way we can do it, it will take several months for us to get the results, so in the meantime we are in dyer need for medications that can be readily available for out patients, and the use of this convalescent plasma is something that is readily available for us.
As of now, survivors must be recovered from covid-19 for at least 28 days before being eligible to donate.
Dr.(bur-tle) baertl says current patients could see their health increase within 24 to 48 hours of the plasma transfer.