We at CryoBanks India are dedicated to providing you the best possible cord blood banking services. We follow Processes in accordance with international standards and have ensured that we follow the best practices every step of the way. Our banking services starts even before you sign up. If you are interested in stem cells & umbilical cord blood banking and would like to know more, we are happy to give you a presentation, at any time convenient for you.
The Registration Process
This is a simple process. You are required to complete and sign an enrollment form that includes mother-to-be's health history form and a client agreement form. Once the paperwork and payments are done, we send you a cord blood collection kit that is be used to collect the umbilical cord blood after the delivery of your baby.
We send all our customers our specialized cord blood collection kit which contains everything your doctor needs, including instructions, to collect the cord blood. Most doctors do not have a problem performing this simple procedure. However, it is essential that you discuss your decision to bank your baby's cord blood and check with your doctor prior to collection whether they will perform the procedure.
On The Way To The Hospital
Make a phone call to let us know that you are about to deliver your baby and we will immediately dispatch a courier to your hospital who will then pick up the cord blood once it is collected, packed and ready to be shipped.
Your doctor or midwife in charge performs the collection process. The collection of the cord blood is done immediately after your baby is born when the umbilical cord is clamped and cut to stop the outflow of the blood present in the cord. As collection can be performed in-utero or ex-utero, this choice is left to your doctor who is the best judge of the situation. Depending on whether the birth is a vaginal delivery or a caesarean section, your doctor can make a decision on collecting before or after the delivery of the placenta. The collection of the cord blood is a simple and short procedure that does not take more than 10 minutes. After the baby is born, the doctor will clean and sterilize the umbilical cord with the iodine and alcohol swabs provided in our kit. Once cleaned, the sterile needle, with one end attached to the blood collection bag, is inserted into the maternal side of the cord. The blood is allowed to flow by gravity into the bag. This usually takes 3-5 minutes and when there is no more blood left, the needle is taken out and reinserted into the umbilical cord, closer to the placenta. This allows some remaining blood to be collected, thus increasing the total volume of blood collected. After collection of the blood, the needle and connecting tube is cut and removed, and the tubing emerging from the bag is stripped, clamped and knotted twice. This prevents the leakage of any blood.
The blood bag is carefully placed in a plastic bag and the bag sealed. The cord blood bag is packed in between the two gel packs which are placed on either side of the bag to maintain the temperature.
The bag is then sealed in the box provided in the kit and a customer information card is filled out and placed along with the box in a kit container, which is then handed over to the courier.
When you register with us, we help in arranging for a suitable courier who will transport the cord blood to us, safely. The best suitable logistics plan is offered to our customers and we bear the courier charges. Once you leave for the hospital, call us so that we are able contact the courier on your behalf. The courier collects and safely transports the cord blood to our lab in Gurgaon within 24 hours.
As soon as we receive the cord blood, we inform parents of the safe arrival of the sample. The maternal and cord blood sample is tested for bacterial and viral infections when it arrives at the CryoBanks India lab. This testing is necessary to check the status of the sample and to see if any infection is present in the blood. This is a mandatory requirement as per the cord blood banking regulations.
All the results of tests performed on maternal and cord blood are documented and a report is prepared and sent to all our customers. If samples test positive for any
transfusion transmissible infections (TTIs), the parents are duly informed. The cord blood may either have to be quarantined or discarded. In such cases we discuss the issue with parents before any further steps are taken.
Storage Of cord blood Stem Cells
If the cord blood is found fit for storage after processing, we store the cord blood in cryo-bags by controlled rate freezers, cooled by Liquid Nitrogen (which takes the temperature of the cord blood from
4o Celsius to -196o Celsius in an hours time).
Your baby's cord blood sample is stored in a set that constitutes a 20ml main Cryo-storage bag + 5ml satellite Cryo-storage bag.
This provides the family a significant benefit in the future, since the cells may be used for more than one treatment.
Each cryo-storage bag is bar coded and clearly marked with Cord Blood Identifying Number, Account Number, Date of Processing and Contents. Each cryo-storage bag is individually wrapped using a cryo-sheath to protect against any contamination
We do not allow access to the stem cells without a written request from the customer. The request must have an attached doctor's report that states the nature of the disease, the need for the stem cells and details of the transplant that is to occur. You are also required to sign a form that releases us from liability after the stem cells leave our lab. Should you ever need your baby's stem cells for a transplant; we do everything we can to make this process simple for the customer.
We are equipped to transport the stem cells to wherever you may require in India and GCC. We ship the stem cells in a 'cryo shipper' that can maintain a temperature of
-196o C up to 14 days. The stem cells should not be x-rayed and should be handled with utmost care and so we also arrange with the Civil Aviation Ministry to give a clearance for the stem cells to be transported.
