Guidance on HIPAA and Contacting Former COVID-19 Patients about Blood and Plasma Donation | NLM

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Guidance on HIPAA and Contacting Former COVID-19 Patients about Blood and Plasma Donation

06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Published: 6/2020. This two-page document details how a covered health care provider may use protected health information to identify patients who have recovered from COVID-19 to provide them with information about how they can donate their blood and plasma containing antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19, to help treat other patients with COVID-19. (PDF)