Research Site Profile

Research Site Introduction:

Access Clinical is the market leader in the collection and distribution of Human-Based Biological products. The market we support are in-vitro diagnostic manufacturing, bio pharmaceutical research and diagnostic development of new test kits.

Research Site Description:

In order to complete laboratory testing to FDA standards, a quality control group is required with each test to ensure diagnostic integrity. The human sera used to create quality control groups can only be obtained from consenting adult plasma donors. Access Biologicals works directly with patients, healthcare providers, and laboratories to identify individuals who have received positive diagnoses for certain acute, autoimmune, and polyclonal antibody conditions. A conscious effort to identify consenting adult plasma donors with various conditions allows for a continuous supply of FDA required quality controls, preventing the possibility of backorders for various tests.

Patient Demographics:

The importance of these donor programs cannot be stressed enough. There is no alternative to human volunteers as a source of these vital materials. Plasma, collected through a process called plasmapherisis, contains the antibodies that are used to make positive controls in diagnostic test kits.

Without human volunteer donors, these critical diagnostic test kits will not be available to patients seeking quick and accurate diagnoses

Additional Information:

Access Biologicals’ Plasma Donation Program educates and recruits patients who have been diagnosed with certain illnesses. Specifically, we look for patients who have either been diagnosed with an infectious disease in the past 2-3 weeks or who have ever been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease or who carry rare, polyclonal antibodies.

Your plasma will be collected via a process called plasmapheresis. This procedure is similar to donating whole blood (i.e. Red Cross). In the plasmapheresis process your plasma is gently separated from your red blood cells. The process allows for the collection of blood plasma only and returning your blood cells back to you. This process typically leaves you without the blood donation side effects of being dizzy or weak. Your body will regenerate plasma collected by the donor centers within 24 hours. The FDA allows a patient to donate up to twice in a seven day period of time.

Contact Information:

 

800-510-4003  Robert Pyrtle  Director of Diagnostic Collections