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Preferred Collection Methods

Over 28,000 caregivers have collected cord blood for Cord Blood Registry in over 3,500 hospitals located in all 50 states and more than 70 countries.

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Preferred Collection Methods

Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Kit Cord Blood Registry is the only cord blood bank that offers caregivers a choice of either the syringe or bag collection method. Although we recommend the syringe, which generally provides an increased collection volume, we recognize that some physicians prefer the bag method.

Your patient will bring the cord blood collection kit to the hospital when it is time to deliver. The kit contains all the items you will need to collect the baby's cord blood.

After the baby has been born and the cord has been clamped and cut, the blood will be drawn from the umbilical cord into a syringe or blood bag. The procedure usually takes less than five minutes and can be performed in vaginal or cesarean deliveries and for multiple births. You should not alter normal birthing procedures for cord blood collection.

Cord Blood Registry has been the leader in developing optimal processing and banking techniques to ensure the highest quality stem cell storage available to your patients.

To learn more about our syringe collection method, please click here.

To learn more about our bag collection method, please click here.

Banking cord blood does not guarantee that the cells will provide a cure or be applicable for every situation. For inherited genetic conditions, the child will not be able to use his or her own stem cells. A matched sibling's stem cells would be the first choice. Ultimate use will be determined by the treating physician. Treatment for brain injury and juvenile diabetes is experimental and currently requires the use of your own cord blood. Medical treatments using family banked cord tissue are in early research and are not available today; there is no guarantee that therapies will be developed in the future.
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