Mayo Clinic's approach
Collaboration
Mayo Clinic joined with medical centers across the U.S. to collect plasma from people who had recovered from COVID-19. Mayo Clinic coordinated this government-sponsored program.
Team approach
Mayo doctors from many areas work together to study potential treatments for COVID-19. Team member specialties include:
- Infectious diseases.
- Laboratory medicine and pathology.
- Blood collection and testing (transfusion medicine).
- Pharmacy.
- Virus studies (virology).
- Cardiovascular diseases.
- Primary Care.
- Department of Nursing.
- Department of Pharmacy.
- Infusion Therapy Centers.
Research
Mayo Clinic researchers are studying the virus that causes COVID-19 and how it affects the immune system. They're studying drugs and treatments for COVID-19 as well as working on diagnostic and antibody tests. Researchers are active in clinical trials for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.