Regeneron Monoclonal Antibody Clinic Opens At Broward Health’s Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Broward Health’s Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital has opened a monoclonal antibody session for COVID-19 pediatric patients.

Monoclonal antibodies are man-made proteins that enactment similar quality antibodies successful the immune strategy to combat disconnected harmful pathogens specified arsenic viruses.

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They are utilizing the Regeneron cocktail connected COVID-19 pediatric patients to assistance forestall them from perchance getting precise sick and requiring hospitalization.

Patients indispensable beryllium 12 years of property and older weighing astatine slightest 88 lbs. with confirmed COVID-19 and different high-risk factors. The outpatient session volition beryllium unfastened 7 days a week and the attraction volition beryllium administered arsenic an intravenous infusion.

The infirmary presently has 5 patients admitted into the pediatric intensive attraction unit. In the period of August, they admitted 18 patients truthful far, up from 5 patients admitted during the period of July.

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Broward Health opened a monoclonal antibody infusion session successful aboriginal August.

Regeneron has been shown to trim hospitalizations and hazard of decease by 70%. It besides reduces household interaction to COVID by 82%.

Regeneron is what is being utilized successful the Florida monoclonal antibody attraction centers opening up crossed the state.

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CBSMiami.com Team