A common question that many parents expect to have the cord blood is how the cord blood collection process is actually done. The process is always fast, safe and painless medical experts maintain strict protocol to ensure the umbilical cord blood of a baby is stored effectively.
The collection process begins the same way as any other birth with your doctor and tighten cutting the umbilical cord. But rather than have the umbilical cord as is done in years past, doctors disinfect the area around the clamp to prepare for the collection of cord blood. A needle attached to a blood bag is inserted into the umbilical vein, and draws blood. Once the blood flows, the process usually takes less than five minutes.
Use of the blood bag is considered one of the safest and effective methods to collect the cord blood. It is easy to use, and is recommended for all doctors, nurses and midwives successfully to harvest stem cells from cord blood. In addition, the method of the blood bag is considered by health professionals as the optimum method to collect a sufficient amount of cord blood for the benefit of the child later in life, should the need arise.
The blood bag is marked with the name of the doctor of delivery, the name of the mother, and the hospital address. The sample is then collected by mail and delivered to the hospital storage facilities
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