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OBI Collecting Plasma From Recovered Coronavirus Patients

Posted at 9:30 AM, Apr 06, 2020
and last updated 2020-04-06 10:33:39-04

The Oklahoma Blood Institute will collect convalescent plasma samples from people who fully recovered from COVID-19.

It's part of an experiment using the plasma to treat seriously ill patients.

To donate, you must have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past, but test negative at the time of donation.

As well as be symptom free for the last 14 days.

Female donors can not have a history of pregnancy or show any signs of HLA tissue typing.

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