Our process
Well before the expected date of delivery:
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| Parents |
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Contact Cryo-Save office and state that you are interested in banking the umbilical cord blood stem cells.
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| Parents |
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Complete the registration form/agreement and payment formalities as advised by the Cryo-save office.
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| Cryo-Save |
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Will send a complete collection kit box with all necessary instructions and a client ID number will be allocated.
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| Parents |
4. |
Take the collection kit box along with you to the nursing home/hospital and hand over the kit box to the personnel carrying out the collection.
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Birth
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Obstetrician/
Paramedics
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5. |
Collection of the Umbilical cord blood.
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Immediately after birth
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Obstetrician/
Paramedics
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6. |
Stick the barcode label on the blood bag, complete the identification form and prepare the kit box for dispatch.
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Parents/
Paramedic
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7. |
Contact the courier company according to the enclosed sending procedure. The courier will pick up the blood and take it to the laboratory.
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Parents/
Paramedic
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8. |
Inform Cryo-Save that the courier has been sent.
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| Cryo-Save |
9. |
Testing and processing of the umbilical cord blood, followed by the cryo-preservation of stem cells in the laboratory.
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| Cryo-Save |
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You will receive a telephonic confirmation followed by email on the status of the sample within 48 hours.
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After 4 weeks
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| Cryo-Save |
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When all costs have been paid, you will receive a certificate concerning the storage of the stem cells of your child.
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After 21 years
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| Child |
12. |
After the agreed storage period, your (now grown up) child may extend the agreement themselves. |
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