{"id":105334,"date":"2021-02-18T16:57:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T21:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105334"},"modified":"2021-02-18T16:57:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T21:57:25","slug":"monoclonal-antibody-treatment-can-now-be-administered-at-gracedale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105334","title":{"rendered":"Monoclonal antibody treatment can now be administered at Gracedale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Lamont McClure and Gracedale Administrator Jennifer Stewart-King announce that Gracedale staff will be working in conjunction with St. Luke\u2019s and Advanced PICC Support to administer Bamlanivimab, a monoclonal antibody treatment, for residents affected by COVID-19.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cResidents of Long Term Care facilities have been hit the hardest by Coronavirus,\u201d says Lamont McClure. \u201cWe\u2019re very grateful we can now administer this life-saving therapy to our residents.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-made proteins which mimic the immune system\u2019s ability to fight off harmful viruses. Bamlanivimab is an authorized treatment for patients with positive results for SARS-CoV-2 who are at high risk for progressing to severe COVID-19 and\/or hospitalization. It is administered intravenously in a single dose.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBecky Bartlett<br \/>\nDeputy Director of Administration<br \/>\nNorthampton County Government Center<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Lamont McClure and Gracedale Administrator Jennifer Stewart-King announce that Gracedale staff will be working in conjunction with St. Luke\u2019s and Advanced PICC Support to administer Bamlanivimab, a monoclonal antibody &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105334\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monoclonal antibody treatment can now be administered at Gracedale<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,5738,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Gracedale-Nursing.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}