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Hospitals Need COVID-19 Survivors To Help Treat Current Patients

Northside Hospital and Atlanta Blood Services urgently need recovered COVID-19 patients to donate plasma for COVID-19 treatment.

GEORGIA — Northside Hospital and Atlanta Blood Services urgently need recovered COVID-19 patients to donate plasma for COVID-19 treatment. Known as “convalescent plasma,” it has been used for over 100 years to treat people with infectious diseases.
Qualified plasma donors must:

  • Be over the age of 18
  • Have previously tested positive for COVID-19, or had a positive COVID-19 antibody test
  • Have been symptom free for at least 14 days
  • Successfully screen as a blood donor per blood donation guidelines

For more information or to schedule an appointment to donate your plasma, call 404-477-1299 or visit atlantabloodservices.com.

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