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  • Updated evidence-based guidelines for optimal selection of unrelated donors and cord blood units for HCT

    September 2019

  • Expert Panel Issues Practical “How To” Guide on Optimal Cord Blood Transplantation

    August 2017

  • Is Cord Blood the Best Alternative Graft Source for Patients with Minimal Residual Disease?

    October 2016

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Why Collect Cord Blood?

Umbilical cord blood can be used to treat more than 80 diseases, including blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma. Obstetricians and other delivery team members are essential in helping these patients get the lifesaving transplant they need through donated cord blood. Research shows that OBGYNs play a significant role in educating and encouraging mothers about cord blood donation.

Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Training for Public Donation  

Demonstration of training is required to collect cord blood for donation to a public cord blood bank.  This course may be one way a cord blood bank documents that training.

  • Training for Collection of Cord Blood for Public Donation: Includes instruction on proper cord blood collection procedures and a post-training assessment.

Cord Blood Collection Best Practices

Collection methods differ for public banking and can make all the difference in producing a bankable unit. You play a key role in collecting high quality cord blood units that are free of contamination and rich in total nucleated cell count. Learn more below:

  • Quick Guide to Collecting Cord Blood for Public Donation (PDF) : Contains key elements necessary for high-quality cord blood unit collection. Contact your local public cord blood bank to request copies.
  • Enduring Activity: Obstetrician's Role in Increasing Patient's Access to Cord Blood: learn how cord blood is used in transplantation, tools for helping parents decide to donate, and information on the proper collection procedures and process.
  • Public Cord Blood Collection: Background and Technique video: reviews best practices for public cord blood collection. This video is not considered training.

Cord Blood Use in Transplantation 

Donated cord blood is being increasingly used as a source of hematopoietic stem cells in allogeneic transplantation. View cord blood transplant outcomes and trends data .

Physicians may consider umbilical cord blood for patients who need an unrelated donor and have an uncommon HLA type (making it difficult to identify a full match), or are in urgent need of a transplant. Umbilical cord blood transplants are used more often for pediatric patients, but cord blood use has grown in both adult and pediatric populations. Learn more about the expanding use of cord blood in transplant .

How We Help

We have 19 public cord blood banks in our network that work with hospitals across the United States to collect umbilical cord blood for donation and for listing on Be The Match Registry. We partner with these banks to help educate parents, provide education to medical professionals, and also to facilitate the cord blood transplants.  Visit BeTheMatch.org  to find a list of hospitals that collect cord blood for public donation, and the banks that work with these hospitals.

Cord Blood Banking Options

Expectant parents have many cord blood banking options including donating to a public cord blood bank, storing cord blood in a family cord blood bank or saving cord blood for a sibling who has a medical need. Several medical societies and agencies have issued statements on cord blood banking options:

  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee Opinion on Umbilical Cord Blood Banking, Committee Opinion on Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping After Birth and FAQs about cord blood donation.
  • American Medical Association ethical guidelines for physicians  about umbilical cord blood
  • American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation position statement and committee report on cord blood collection and preservation and a guide for parents
  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Cord Blood Information

Resources for Expectant Parents

As you discuss cord blood donation with your patients, please feel free to use any of the resources we offer:

  • Visit BeTheMatch.org/cord  for patient-friendly information on cord blood donation  
  • Share this video  explaining cord blood collection for public donation
  • Visit Parent's Guide to Cord Blood  website for additional information 
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