Disclaimer
- 1. Purpose of this website is to help communicate patients, donors, physicians, researchers,
hospitals, blood banks and other concerned individuals to donate or request for Convalescent
Plasma (plasma) and to facilitate research.
- 2. This website is designed for those patients who were officially prescribed for Convalescent
Plasma by their physicians treating COVID-19 illness and to help find plasma donors.
- 3. This website is designed mainly for Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19 illness. So, the term
plasma in this website refers to Convalescent Plasma.
- 4. The website does not contain any medical, legal, health or professional advice. This information
is for education purpose only and this platform is created to help patients, families, and
researchers etc. We do not recommend any actions based on this website content. Please do
your own research or contact your physician, blood bank, hospital etc. for additional
information.
- 5. We will recommend using this website only if no official or alternate website available in your
area or country. For example, it is not recommended to use in United States of America where
there are more effective, official, and alternate sources are available. This website is mean to
patients belonging to regions where no clear system is available to find plasma donors.
- 6. Please use this website as an alternate source to find plasma, while continue effort find donors
by other means like and not limited hospital sites, voluntary organizations, blood banks
interested to help finding plasm donors etc.
- 7. Enrollment in the website does not guarantee plasma donor or seeker. Please continue to look
through other ways to find plasma, as described above.
- 8. Different countries and regions have different recommendations, rules, and regulations, please
make sure you are following recommendations of respective country or region before donating,
requesting, and administering plasma. We are providing a social platform to find donors but not
mean to recommend or help you follow local rules and regulations.
- 9. Convalescent plasma is not the treatment of choice for COVID-19 illness, used only as possible
last option of treatment or in addition to other modalities of COVID-19 treatments, in severe
life-threatening illness.
- 10. Final decision of plasma administration is solely based on physicians' recommendations treating
the COVID-19 Patients, patients and or family's decision up on understanding risks and benefits.
- 11. Recently there is increasing use of convalescent plasma in COVID-19 illness and there is question
of its effectiveness. Evidence suggests sufficient levels are antibody titers are needed for its
effectiveness. So, checking antibody titers in donors is suggested.
- 12. This website is only meant for voluntary donation only not meant for commercial purpose,
which is not encouraged in any way.
- 13. Convalescent plasma may not benefit everybody who receive it. Effectiveness depends up on
several factors including but not limited to antibody titers in donor blood, presence of
antibodies to non-local strains of coronavirus, timing of administration from onset of illness,
concomitant use of other medications. We would recommend doing your own research on this.
- 14. There is new news, evidence, resource, policy updates are coming every day. so, we request
website visitors and users to use updated information from other sources, before using this
website, in any way including donating and using plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 illness. This
website may not be updated on regular basis.
- 15. It is the responsibility of plasma seekers and donors to choose authorized blood bank and or
health care setting for official screening of donors, for final decision of eligibility and plasma
donation.
- 16. We recommend arrange meeting of donors and plasma seekers either at the blood bank located
in the hospital where the patient is admitted or at local authorized blood bank where they
process plasma.
- 17. We strongly recommend not to meet any other places to avoid fraud and for the safety of both
donors and seekers.
- 18. Website is not responsible if there is any miscommunication between users or if any delay in
communication. It is sole responsibility of users to communicate effectively.
- 19. Website is not responsible if there is any miscommunication between users or if any delay in
communication. It is sole responsibility of users to communicate effectively.
- 20. Please contact us for any suggestions, errors, feedback etc. We will get back to you as soon as
possible. Time of response depends on volume of queries we are getting. As this is voluntary
and noncommercial website and no dedicated person is available all the time, please expect
more than usual time to reply.
- 21. We may not update website regularly for any information, please check other sources for any
latest updates before using this website.