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Collection
After
Registering, a Collection Kit will be sent to you.
Collection begins after the umbilical cord
has been cut and clamped.
Your
newborn is completely safe and out-of-the-way during this process.
Your health professional will insert the needle of the collection bag into the vein
of the umbilical cord
Collection
takes only 5-10 minutes to complete. Approximately 1-2 cups of Cord Blood will
be obtained.
After the collection process has been completed, you will place the pre-paid and
pre-addressed shipping label on the transportation box. You will call the toll
free number listed. A courier will come to your room to pick-up the kit. The
cost of transportation is included in our service.
Cord
Blood must always be kept at ROOM TEMPERATURE. It is surprisingly stable and can
remain in the collection device up to 72 hours prior to processing at the lab.
Storage
Once
the cord blood bag arrive the lab, it will be processed an cryopreserved. In
very slow rate induction of cells into the freezing process, the stem cell are
gradually go from temperature to –190 C°.
Transportation
When you
receive the cord blood from the healthcare personnel after the birth,
You put
the pre-paid label on the box,
You will
call the toll free number listed
The
courier will come to your hospital room to pick – up the kit
Cord
Blood must always be kept at ROOM TEMPERATURE. It is surprisingly stable and can
remain in the collection device up to 72 hours prior to processing at the lab.
Processing
Processing
of the cord blood sample takes up to 4 hours and must be completed within 48
hours of collection, so it is important that the cord blood sample be shipped to
our laboratory within 24-36 hours of collection.
During
processing, the red cell component of the umbilical cord blood is reduced. This
isolates the plasma, which is the source of your child’s cord blood stem
cells. The cord blood sample is tested for sterility, viability and stem cell
count. The results of these tests are available upon request.
Analysis
ABO Typing Cord Blood
Rh Typing Cord Blood
All Blood sub group Typing
Infectious
Disease Testing
Anti-HIV 1
/ 2
NAT HIV
Anti-HTLV I / II
HBsAg
Anti-HBc
Anti-HCV
NAT HCV
Syphilis
CMV
NAT West Nile
T.cruzi
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