Anti-body screening offered to all blood donors

Starting today, the Blood Connection offers COVID-19 anti-body screening to all blood donors.  The screening test a donor’s blood to see if contains antibodies from the COVID vaccine or antibodies from expose to the virus, or both.  This testing is offered for a limited time.  Donors with a positive antibody test result may be eligible to donate convalescent plasma.  As hospitals face the Delta variant surge, the demand for convalescent plasma has increased.  The blood product, known as convalescent plasma has helped many COVID patients by lessening the severity and potentially shortening the length of illness.