Mayo Clinic is the national site for the convalescent plasma expanded access program
Powerful weapons in the fight against covid-19.
And mayo clinic is the frontline in that fight.
Lowerthird2line coronavirus:plasma donors needed kimt news 3 kimt news three's raquel hellman is finding out how the convalescent plasma program is helping those who get the virus.
Live she joins us live in rochester with the latest - raquel?xxx lowerthird2line talent coronavirus:raquel hellman rhellman@kimt.com coverage you can count on mayo clinic is the national site for the convalescent plasma expanded access program.
How it works is plasma is collected from people who have recovered from covid-19 - then used to treat others who have the disease.
Mayo plasma-live vo-1 mayo plasma-livevbox-6 today i talked with doctor scott wright - the director of the human research protection program at mayo clinic.
Mayo plasma-livevbox-7 he says more than 1600 hospitals are participating in the program.
23-hundred patients hospitalized with covid-19 have agreed to participate when plasma is available.
And 750 have recieved plasma - more than 20 of those are in minnesota.
Doctor wright tells me those numbers are exceeding expectations.
But the fight is far from over.xxx mayo plasma-live sot-1 mayo plasma-live sot-4 if you've recovered from covid and you feel that you can donate blood and plasma, please think about it because it will help 2 other people who are struggling and may not survive unless we can come up with new treatments to help them.
Lowerthird2line talent coronavirus:raquel hellman rhellman@kimt.com coverage you can count on doctor wright tells me that so far - anecdotal reports suggest the plasma program is working.
But they haven't seen all of the data yet - so they're not commenting on it's effectiveness until the food and drug administration makes some kind of determination - but they are optimistic.
Live in rochester- raquel hellman-kimt news 3.
/ / / thanks raquel.
Mayo clinic is providing the f-d-a data on a regular basis.
They're focusing largely on the safey of the program.
The f-d-a will then decide to approve this as treatment for covid-19 - or they could decide that further study is needed.
Doctor wright says that decision could come in a month or two.
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