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Thai Red Cross Society invites patients recovered from COVID-19 to donate plasma

National Blood Center, Thai Red Cross Society invites patients COVID19 The cured to donate plasma that is immune to the virus. To treat COVID19 patients to help prevent severe pneumonia.

Associate Professor Female Dr. Dusjai Chaiwanichsiri (MD) Director of the National Blood Center of the Thai Red Cross Society revealed that from the first round of the campaign to invite recovered COVID-19 patients. To come back to be a hero in a research project, use donated plasma to treat disease. As of April 2020, more than 400 registered recovered patients were available, but only 152 of them were able to donate 446 plasma bags. Enough to have 383 bags, which have been carried out are

1. Prepared as plasma COVID-19 (CCP), ready to be used as a supplement to the treatment of 342 doses, which have been used by five hospitals, used to supplement the treatment, 9 patients can go home, 6 deaths, and still be treated. 2 people

2. 160 bags of CCP were used to produce 700 vials of COVID-19 Intramuscular Immunoglobulin (CIMIG) serum. The stability and safety of the serum is currently being studied.

Professor Dr. Yong Phu Worawan, M.D. Head of Center of Specialization in Clinical Virology Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University said that over a year found outbreaks of COVID-19, which to fight this epidemic. The hope of having a vaccine against COVID-19 in Thailand is a good sign. Another treatment option is to use the cured plasma of COVID-19 patients to treat the patient. In this trial, one patient with COVID-19 in an Alternative State Quarantine was a Swiss citizen with severe pneumonia. But after giving CCP plasma immediately after being hospitalized for the last 2 times, the patient’s symptoms improved. It can reduce oxygen consumption. This patient is believed to benefit from relatively rapid plasma delivery.

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