Banner Health is offering monoclonal antibody infusions in our outpatient infusion centers for patients who are eligible for treatment. View our outpatient infusion referral orders and contact information. These antibody treatments have not been approved, but have been authorized for emergency use by the FDA, to treat mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age or older, weighing at least 40 kg) with positive results of SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, and who are at high risk for progressing to severe COVID-19 and/or hospitalization. This authorization is only for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of the emergency use of these antibodies under Section 564(b)(1) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(b)(1), unless the authorization is terminated or revoked sooner.
You can refer a patient by following these steps, which does include completing the outpatient infusion referral order and faxing to an outpatient infusion center currently offering this treatment, along with these documents, which must be completed and signed by a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
Information regarding the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization for bamlanivimab and casirivimab/imdevimab can be found on the FDA’s website.
To refer an eligible patient for monoclonal antibody treatment, you must have: