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Before the mother's delivery date and if she passes a series of tests to become a qualified donor, she'll need to sign up for an agreement either to donate or to preserve the baby's umbilical cord.
On the day of her delivery, the assigned doctor will immediately remove the umbilical cord as soon as the baby is delivered. The blood inside the cord is drawn out using a syringe then the blood is kept inside a special-made container.
This cord blood is brought to laboratory for series of screenings. When the cord blood is confirmed safe, it's delivered to the cord bank, in which it is stored in a nitrogen-filled freezer.
What else can I help you with?
How do they store umbilical cord blood and how long is it good for?
Storing umbilical cord blood is called cord blood banking. This process includes collection of the blood, processing, and storing the blood frozen to be used in the future. By using this method, umbilical cord blood is supposed to remain good indefinitely.
What is the process I would go about to save cord blood?
You would need to contact one of the companies who handles cord blood collections, and they will send you information as well as the supplies you will need in order to be able to do this. One such example is located at http://cryo-cell.com/services/how_the_process_works.asp. The first most important part for the process of saving cord blood would be to find a cord blood bank that you will want to use. Once you have found one that you like, they will walk you through the rest of the process.
What is the meaning of a cord blood transplants?
Cord blood is a sample of blood taken from a newborn baby's umbilical cord. The meaning of a cord blood transplant is saving the cord blood for later use.
How is the cord blood stored in an umbilical cord blood bank?
Cord blood kept in a cord blood bank is cryopreserved, meaning it is frozen to -196 degrees Celsius using liquid nitrogen. Before freezing, certain chemicals are added to the cord blood in order to preserve it so it will still be viable during and after freezing. It is also frozen slowly so as to keep the cells alive as long as possible during the freezing process.
What does Cord Blood America do with cord blood?
"Cord Blood America collects, tests, processes, and preserves umbilical cord blood. They do this in order to provide families with a place to store this precious cord blood for future use."
What is done with the cord blood afterbirth?
The cord blood is either donated in the public cord blood bank or stored in a family cord blood bank. Storing cord blood in a family blood bank requires you to pay annual storage fee.
Are all cord blood banks expensive?
Watch the video by clicking on the link I added to the related links section below, and get answers to these questions about cord blood banking:What is cord blood?What does cord blood banking cost?Is cord blood banking worth the cost?Why is cord blood banking so expensive?Are all cord blood banks expensive?
Who is in charge of cord blood america?
Matthew Schissler is the CEO of Cord Blood America. You can go to the Cord Blood America website and get more information about Mattew Schissler and about Cord Blood America.
What is umbilical cord blood?
A cord blood donation is an act of giving your newborn's umbilical cord to a public cord blood bank. The donated cord blood will be stored in a nitrogen-filled freezer until a recipient orders one.
What is a blood cord used for?
A blood cord is a reference to the umbilical cord. It is called this because blood builds up in the cord and the term is generally used by medical professionals.
What is umbilical cord blood donations?
A cord blood donation is an act of giving your newborn's umbilical cord to a public cord blood bank. The donated cord blood will be stored in a nitrogen-filled freezer until a recipient orders one.
When and where did the first cord blood bank open in Canada?
The Alberta Cord Blood Bank is Canada's first public cord blood bank and it was founded in 1996. Here, you can only donate cord blood.
