The treatment of patients who are in critical condition with blood plasma from patients who have improved in the fight against the corona virus outbreak is officially initiated under the coordination of the Red Crescent. Speaking at the online press conference on the subject, Turkish Red Crescent President Dr. Kerem Kınık said, “We will start plasma purchases next week. “In the first place in Istanbul, plasma purchase will be started from volunteer donors at Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Zeynep Kamil, Kartal and Kızılay apheresis centers in Başakşehir.”
TO BE GIVEN TO PATIENTS WHO FALL CRITERIA
“When a foreign antigen or microorganism, virus enters our body, our body reacts to it. This is a reaction we call antibody generation. We heal in this way, so we fight microorganisms. ” Kınık continued as follows: “Many of our coronavirus patients are recovering by 98-99 percent. There are many warrior antibodies in metabolism that came out of this war after recovery. On the 14th day after recovery, these antibodies rise to the highest level in the body. That’s why our donors are so important to us on the 14th day after they’ve had the disease.
We are waiting for our healed citizens after 14 days to the blood centers of Red Crescent if they have blood donation conditions. We will already reach them. ” He stated that with the apheresis system called plasmapheresis, 400 ml of plasma will be taken from the blood. Kınık said, “This plasma will then be sent to hospitals for use in patients who meet the conditions specified by our Ministry of Health. We will receive plasma intake from our 18-65 years old citizens, who were diagnosed with Covid-19 by our Ministry of Health and who were later discharged and had the ability to give blood. ”
THE HIGHEST SAFE TRANSACTIONS WILL BE IN KIZILAY
Explaining that the Ministry of Health has opened this permission to all centers with apheresis license, Dr. Kınık said: “This permission was opened with one condition: Orchestrayson will be in Kızılay. each center who will make plasma treatment in Turkey, persuaded him healed when their patients can receive blood donations. However, they have to make a provision by reporting this to the Red Crescent. This provision will provide traceability and security at the national level. How many plasma were taken from how many patients, how many people were transferred, we will keep their records together with our Ministry of Health.
We will test again that there is no contagion such as hepatitis and HIV in these plasma. In this sense, unlike other centers of the Red Crescent, we have a system that detects patients in the window period and can only perform the nuclear antibody test in Red Crescent. Therefore, the highest safe plasma will be in Kızılay in this sense. ”
WILL BE SENT WITH JET PLANES IF IT NEEDS ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY
Kınık stated that this method will be used as a complementary method in patients who have intubated intensive care units and started lung tissue destruction in every point where there are pandemic hospitals in our country. A management that has been known for many years. The advantage is that for our patients with low immunity, who have not been able to stand up the defense system, these antibodies mean supportive force. This method is known to speed up the healing process.
We give this message to the recovered patient: You are a hero. You got sick but you healed. Now use this heroism for serious patients. I hope that with this beginning work, we will ensure that fewer people get rid of the pandemic by getting hurt. Red Crescent’s nationwide network can be used to distribute the plasma to the patients in need. with the necessary road, if necessary, airway with air ambulance or by helicopter transfer of blood which may be provided urgently needed in Turkey to all centers. “
DONATOR WILL PROVIDE THE COVID-19 TO THE TEST RESULT
Laboratory test result showing that people donating plasma had an infection; their clinical symptoms disappeared completely 14 days before donation; the test result with a nasal-throat (nasopharyngeal) swab sample, one or more times, or the molecular test result from the blood sample is “negaitf”; healed individuals must have the necessary conditions to be a blood donor in accordance with current legal legislation.
STEP BY STEP PLASMA TREATMENT PROCESS
Dr. Kerek Kınık gave the following information about the operation of the process:
It is determined by the tests that the person is infected with coronavirus. Treatment processes are applied to the patient. The person recovering after the treatment processes goes into the waiting period for 14 days before donating blood. A test is made before plasma donation.
With the report showing the negative result, the donor goes to the apheresis donation points of the Red Crescent. It is determined whether the donor is OK in giving blood. Declaration and consent form is taken. The plasma needed in the blood of the blood donor and the patient needs is separated in the apheresis device and the other components are returned to the blood donor. Standard tests are applied for the received plasma
Plasma tests are completed and delivered to the relevant hospitals for patients who are waiting for treatment. DHA