Preferred Collection Methods

Cord Blood Registry is the only cord blood bank that offers caregivers a choice of either the syringe or bag collection method. Although we recommend the syringe, which generally provides an increased collection volume, we recognize that some physicians prefer the bag method.

Your patient will bring the cord blood collection kit to the hospital when it is time to deliver. The kit contains all the items you will need to collect the baby's cord blood.

After the baby has been born and the cord has been clamped and cut, the blood will be drawn from the umbilical cord into a syringe or blood bag. The procedure usually takes less than five minutes and can be performed in vaginal or cesarean deliveries and for multiple births. You should not alter normal birthing procedures for cord blood collection.

Cord Blood Registry has been the leader in developing optimal processing and banking techniques to ensure the highest quality stem cell storage available to your patients.

To learn more about our syringe collection method, please click here.

To learn more about our bag collection method, please click here.