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DOC 9.0.1.105.9.SA V1 Effective date: 5 May 2017
How is it collected?
Collecting stem cells from umbilical cord blood is QUICK, PAINLESS and
NON-INVASIVE – posing no medical risk to mother or baby.
Once a baby is born, the umbilical cord is clamped and cut as per normal in any birth. It is only after this
that the blood and tissue are collected from the umbilical cord for stem cell processing, so cord blood and
tissue collection poses no medical risk to the newborn baby or mother.
The umbilical cord stem cells are collected from what
is usually discarded as medical waste after the
birth of a baby.
10
m i n
Umbilical
cord blood
collection
The average
labour for a
first time mom
is about 12-18
hours.
Cord blood and
tissue collection is
usually done within
10 MINUTES of
giving birth
- 3 -
COURIER
The sample is secured
in a collection kit and
retrieved by a medical
courier.
- 2 -
COLLECT
The cord is drawn
into a collection bag.
The tissue is cut and
saved.
- 1 -
CLAMP & CUT
The umbilical cord is
clamped and detached
from the baby. Then it
is cleaned.
Can successfully
be combined
with delayed
cord clamping
