Hospitals, Universities Push For Treatment Using Plasma From Recovered COVID Patients
A consortium of 50 hospitals and universities have created the National COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project to help bring health care providers and volunteer donors together.
With few tools in their medical kit, doctors are turning to an old idea for treating COVID-19: using plasma from recovered patients to treat patients infected with the coronavirus.
To facilitate that approach, a consortium of 50 hospitals and universities for patients, health care providers and potential donors. The idea is to provide "one-stop shopping" for people interested in getting information about using the approach.
