Procedure for Cord Blood Donation
1. Contact your local cord blood preservation organization before delivery.
2. You can sign the Informed Consent for Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donation after passing the physical examination and evaluation. And you will receive a set of cord blood collection set (relevant paraphernalia for cord blood collection).
3. Take care of the cord blood collection kit and give it to the midwife when you are admitted to the hospital for delivery. Before delivery, do not forget to remind the doctor to assist in drawing maternal blood and collecting cord blood, and ask the doctor to fill out the cord blood collection form completely.
4. Immediately after admission and delivery, the mother will call the relevant consultant of the cord blood bank, and the bank will then arrange for a blood collection truck with constant temperature equipment to go to the birthing hospital to collect the blood within 18 hours, so as to ensure the activity of the cord blood stem cells.
5. After the laboratory testing and processing procedures, it will take about 60 working days to confirm whether the cord blood meets the storage criteria.
6. If you are a donor, no matter what the test result is, you will receive a certificate of honor issued by the Red Cross in recognition of your love.
Cord blood preservation institutions:
Cord blood preservation institutions are required to pass the national audit, without the national audit and endorsement of the institutions can not carry out cord blood hematopoietic stem cell business. At present, there are 10 organizations approved by the Ministry of Health, which are located in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shandong, Sichuan and Xi'an. Cross-regional collection is also not allowed at present.
Conditions for cord blood donation:
Mothers between the ages of 18 and 35 years old, with normal checkups during pregnancy, no complications during pregnancy, and qualified indicators on the health form can donate.