North America Cord Blood Donation Sites
Baptist East Hospital Montgomery: 
LifeCord public cord blood bank is a program of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, developed in cooperation with the University of Florida College of Medicine and the Shands at UF Stem Cell Laboratory. The medical director of LifeCord is Dr. John Wingard, director of the stem cell transplant program at Shands.
Baptist South Hospital Montgomery:
LifeCord public cord blood bank is a program of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, developed in cooperation with the University of Florida College of Medicine and the Shands at UF Stem Cell Laboratory. The medical director of LifeCord is Dr. John Wingard, director of the stem cell transplant program at Shands.
East Alabama Medical Center:
LifeCord public cord blood bank is a program of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, developed in cooperation with the University of Florida College of Medicine and the Shands at UF Stem Cell Laboratory. The medical director of LifeCord is Dr. John Wingard, director of the stem cell transplant program at Shands.
Jackson Hospital:
LifeCord public cord blood bank is a program of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, developed in cooperation with the University of Florida College of Medicine and the Shands at UF Stem Cell Laboratory. The medical director of LifeCord is Dr. John Wingard, director of the stem cell transplant program at Shands.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) :
The Cord Blood Bank of Arkansas plans to launch operations in June 2011, providing both public donation and family banking services. They hope to collect donations statewide.
Arrowhead Hospital:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Banner Baywood Hospital:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Banner Desert Medical Center:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Banner Estrella Medical Center:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Banner Gateway Medical Center:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Banner Ironwood:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Banner Thunderbird:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Casa Grande Regional Medical Center:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Chandler Regional Hospital:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Maricopa Medical Center:
The Arizona Biomedical Research Commission is collecting cord blood donations at 3 Phoenix area hospitals. The cord blood is shipped to the University of Colorado Cord Blood Bank that is operated by ClinImmune Labs in Aurora CO. This bank participates in the NMDP national registry that serves transplant patients. The web site of the AZ Dept. of Health Services states that the cord blood collection program is funded for 3 years by state lottery money and a HRSA grant.
Maryvale Hospital:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Mountain Vista Hospital:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Paradise Valley:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Phoenix Baptist Hospital:
The Arizona Biomedical Research Commission is collecting cord blood donations at 3 Phoenix area hospitals. The cord blood is shipped to the University of Colorado Cord Blood Bank that is operated by ClinImmune Labs in Aurora CO. This bank participates in the NMDP national registry that serves transplant patients. The web site of the AZ Dept. of Health Services states that the cord blood collection program is funded for 3 years by state lottery money and a HRSA grant.
Scottsdale Healthcare Osborne:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Scottsdale Healthcare Shea:
CORD:USE offers both public donation and family storage of cord blood. They launched their collection program at Scotttsdale Shea with a visit by NBA Legend Dr. J. Cord blood donations via CORD:USE are sent to the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke University Medical Center, under medical director Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg. CORD:USE was founded by some of the leading doctors in cord blood transplantation.
Shea Medical Center:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
St. Joseph's Hospital Phoenix:
The Arizona Biomedical Research Commission is collecting cord blood donations at 3 Phoenix area hospitals. The cord blood is shipped to the University of Colorado Cord Blood Bank that is operated by ClinImmune Labs in Aurora CO. This bank participates in the NMDP national registry that serves transplant patients. The web site of the AZ Dept. of Health Services states that the cord blood collection program is funded for 3 years by state lottery money and a HRSA grant.
University of Arizona Medical Center:
The University of Arizona has been collecting cord blood donations purely for research from the University of Arizona Medical Center since the 1990's. Researchers at the U. of Arizona seek to develop regenerative medicine therapies that rely upon the stem cells in cord blood.
West Valley Hospital:
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre (CSCC) can accept cord blood donations from mothers who have registered in advance and received a collection kit. CSCC is funded by private philanthropy.
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center:
StemCyte is a global cord blood therapeutics company. The StemCyte laboratory and repository in Southern California is accredited under the international FACT/Netcord standards, and provides both public donation and family storage for US parents.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital :
The cord blood donation program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford launched in fall 2011. It is a joint effort with MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, which provides a bank that accepts mail-in cord blood donations. Start-up funds have been provided by Packard Children's and a grant from the Joanne Pang Foundation, a San Francisco charity founded in memory of a child who died waiting for a stem cell donor. Packard Children's is currently the only hospital in Northern California with an in-house collection system that can enroll any eligible donor mother when she comes to the hospital in active labor.
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital:
StemCyte is a global cord blood therapeutics company. The StemCyte laboratory and repository in Southern California is accredited under the international FACT/Netcord standards, and provides both public donation and family storage for US parents.
St. Joseph's Hospital of Orange:
Children's Hospital of Oakland is famous for offering the nation's first Sibling Donor cord blood program, where families with a child needing transplant could receive free cord blood banking for a new baby.
White Memorial Hospital:
StemCyte is a global cord blood therapeutics company. The StemCyte laboratory and repository in Southern California is accredited under the international FACT/Netcord standards, and provides both public donation and family storage for US parents.
Denver Health Medical Center:
The University of Colorado Cord Blood Bank (UCCBB) is operated by ClinImmune Labs, an academic-based biotechnology company.
Exempla St. Joseph Hospital:
The University of Colorado Cord Blood Bank (UCCBB) is operated by ClinImmune Labs, an academic-based biotechnology company.
St. Francis Hospital:
This hospital has on-site staff that enable donors to sign up without prior registration. The Brady Kohn Foundation operates this cord blood donation program in partnership with Community Blood Services public bank in New Jersey. Like the Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation, the Brady Kohn Foundation was established as a public service in memory of a child who died of a blood disease. At age two and a half, Brady Kohn acquired a virus which destroyed his immune system and gave him aplastic anemia. He underwent a cord blood transplant with his own blood that had been saved at birth, but died of complications. The Brady Kohn Foundation registered in 2003 as a 501(c)3 human health and welfare nonprofit organization. The mission of The Brady Kohn Foundation is funding umbilical cord blood banking, research, and education.
Lifeforce Cryobanks:
In 2003 Lifeforce Cryobanks became the first public bank enrolling mothers to mail in donations. Those donations that cannot be accepted for unrelated transplants are either sold for research or discarded. Parent enthusiasm for this program has always exceeded the company's ability to accept donations.
Memorial Hospital West:
Cord blood donations via CORD:USE are sent to the Carolinas Cord Blood
Bank at Duke University Medical Center, under medical director Dr.
Joanne Kurtzberg. CORD:USE was founded by some of the leading doctors in
cord blood
transplantation. They offer both public donation and family storage of
cord blood.
North Florida Regional Medical Center:
LifeCord public cord blood bank is a program of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, developed in cooperation with the University of Florida College of Medicine and the Shands at UF Stem Cell Laboratory. The medical director of LifeCord is Dr. John Wingard, director of the stem cell transplant program at Shands.
Saneron CCEL:
This mail-in donation program does require advance registration, but it can take place after 35 weeks and almost up to the time of birth, so long as the application is processed in time. The donated cord blood is used in animals for disease research. Parents can earmark their cord blood to be used towards a particular Saneron CCEL research program that they wish to support.
Shands Hospital at Univ. Florida:
LifeCord public cord blood bank is a program of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, developed in cooperation with the University of Florida College of Medicine and the Shands at UF Stem Cell Laboratory. The medical director of LifeCord is Dr. John Wingard, director of the stem cell transplant program at Shands.
South Miami Hospital:
Cord blood donations via CORD:USE are sent to the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke University Medical Center, under medical director Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg. CORD:USE was founded by some of the leading doctors in cord blood transplantation. They offer both public donation and family storage of cord blood.
Winnie Palmer Hosp. for Women and Babies:
Cord blood donations via CORD:USE are sent to the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke University Medical Center, under medical director Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg. CORD:USE was founded by some of the leading doctors in cord blood transplantation. They offer both public donation and family storage of cord blood.
DeKalb Med. Ctr. Central Campus:
Collection hospitals for the NY Blood Center do NOT require advance registration: mothers can give a partial consent to collect the cord blood during labor, and only if the collected cord blood is suitable for transplantation will the mothers will be given additional education and asked for a final banking consent post-delivery.
North East Georgia Medical Center:
LifeCord public cord blood bank is a program of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, developed in cooperation with the University of Florida College of Medicine and the Shands at UF Stem Cell Laboratory. The medical director of LifeCord is Dr. John Wingard, director of the stem cell transplant program at Shands.
Piedmont Atlanta Hospital :
Piedmont Hospital sends donations to the Cleveland Cord Blood Center.
Castle Medical Center:
The Hawaii Cord Blood Bank sends donations to the laboratory of the Puget Sound Blood Center in Seattle, Washington. The hospitals participating in the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank deliver approximately 75% of the babies born on the island of Oahu, which has 75% of the State's population. This community based approach, and Hawaii's unique racial demographics, make Hawaii Cord Blood Bank an important resource of ethnically diverse cord blood units.
Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center:
The Hawaii Cord Blood Bank sends donations to the laboratory of the Puget Sound Blood Center in Seattle, Washington. The hospitals participating in the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank deliver approximately 75% of the babies born on the island of Oahu, which has 75% of the State's population. This community based approach, and Hawaii's unique racial demographics, make Hawaii Cord Blood Bank an important resource of ethnically diverse cord blood units.
Kapi'olani Medical Center:
The Hawaii Cord Blood Bank sends donations to the laboratory of the Puget Sound Blood Center in Seattle, Washington. The hospitals participating in the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank deliver approximately 75% of the babies born on the island of Oahu, which has 75% of the State's population. This community based approach, and Hawaii's unique racial demographics, make Hawaii Cord Blood Bank an important resource of ethnically diverse cord blood units.
Queen's Medical Center:
The Hawaii Cord Blood Bank sends donations to the laboratory of the Puget Sound Blood Center in Seattle, Washington. The hospitals participating in the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank deliver approximately 75% of the babies born on the island of Oahu, which has 75% of the State's population. This community based approach, and Hawaii's unique racial demographics, make Hawaii Cord Blood Bank an important resource of ethnically diverse cord blood units.
Tripler Army Medical Center:
The Hawaii Cord Blood Bank sends donations to the laboratory of the Puget Sound Blood Center in Seattle, Washington. The hospitals participating in the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank deliver approximately 75% of the babies born on the island of Oahu, which has 75% of the State's population. This community based approach, and Hawaii's unique racial demographics, make Hawaii Cord Blood Bank an important resource of ethnically diverse cord blood units.
University of Iowa Maternity Ctr:
The University of Iowa collects cord blood donations specifically for disease research, not transplants.
Advocate Christ Medical Center:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Advocate Hinsdale Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Alexian Brothers Medical Center:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Alton Memorial:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Anderson Hospital:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Blessing Hospital:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Gateway Regional Medical Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Good Samaritan Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
John Stroger of Cook County Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Loyola University Medical Center:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Memorial Hospital:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Mercy Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Missouri Baptist Medical Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Northshore UHS - Evanston Hosp.:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Northshore UHS - Highland Park Hosp.:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Northwest Community Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Prentice Women's Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Rush University Medical Center:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Sara Bush Lincoln Health Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
St. Anthony's Health Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
St. Elizabeth's Hospital:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
St. Joseph Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
St. Joseph's Hospital - Breese:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Swedish Covenant Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
Univ. of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
University of Chicago Hospital:
The Institute For Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including two programs collecting cord blood donations from the states IL and PA.
DeKalb Memorial Hospital:
Hospitals that work with Donor Services of Indiana are color-coded primarily as a research donation because they ask all mothers to consent to donate perinatal tissue, while only a small fraction of the births are eligible to donate cord blood to a transplant program. Expectant mothers are approached for consent when they are admitted for labor.
DuPont Hospital:
Hospitals that work with Donor Services of Indiana are color-coded primarily as a research donation because they ask all mothers to consent to donate perinatal tissue, while only a small fraction of the births are eligible to donate cord blood to a transplant program. Expectant mothers are approached for consent when they are admitted for labor.
Franciscan St. Elizabeth East Women's Center:
This hospital was profiled on local TV 23 May 2011. Hospitals that work with Donor Services of Indiana are color-coded
primarily as a research donation because they ask all mothers to consent
to donate perinatal tissue, while only a small fraction of the births
are eligible to donate cord blood to a transplant program. Expectant
mothers are approached for consent when they are admitted for labor.
Memorial Hospital - South Bend:
Hospitals that work with Donor Services of Indiana are color-coded primarily as a research donation because they ask all mothers to consent to donate perinatal tissue, while only a small fraction of the births are eligible to donate cord blood to a transplant program. Expectant mothers are approached for consent when they are admitted for labor.
Parkview Hosp. (Main) - Fort Wayne:
Hospitals that work with Donor Services of Indiana are color-coded primarily as a research donation because they ask all mothers to consent to donate perinatal tissue, while only a small fraction of the births are eligible to donate cord blood to a transplant program. Expectant mothers are approached for consent when they are admitted for labor.
Parkview Hosp. North - Fort Wayne:
Hospitals that work with Donor Services of Indiana are color-coded primarily as a research donation because they ask all mothers to consent to donate perinatal tissue, while only a small fraction of the births are eligible to donate cord blood to a transplant program. Expectant mothers are approached for consent when they are admitted for labor.
Parkview Huntington Hospital :
Hospitals that work with Donor Services of Indiana are color-coded primarily as a research donation because they ask all mothers to consent to donate perinatal tissue, while only a small fraction of the births are eligible to donate cord blood to a transplant program. Expectant mothers are approached for consent when they are admitted for labor.
St. Anthony Medical Center - Crown Point:
Hospitals that work with Donor Services of Indiana are color-coded primarily as a research donation because they ask all mothers to consent to donate perinatal tissue, while only a small fraction of the births are eligible to donate cord blood to a transplant program. Expectant mothers are approached for consent when they are admitted for labor.
Brigham and Women's Hospital :
The Brigham and Women's cord blood donation program does NOT require advance registration, although they would appreciate a heads-up when a mother who would like to donate is admitted. Their staff are available to counsel mothers and obtain Informed Consent between 8AM and 8PM Monday through Friday. Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute jointly oversee the Cord Blood Donation Program to provide hope to all patients in need of a life-saving stem cell transplant.
UMass Memorial Medical Center:
Lifeforce Cryobanks was known as Cryobanks International prior to June 2010. They started as a family cord blood bank in 1994, and still provide that service, but became famous since 2003 for enrolling mothers to mail in donations.
Mercy Medical Center:
Lifeforce Cryobanks in Florida accepts cord blood donations from selected hospitals in several states as well as through a mail-in donation program.
Munson Medical Center :
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
Borgess Medical Center:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
Bronson Methodist Hospital:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
Covenant Medical Center - Harrison Campus:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
Henry Ford Hospital:
The J.P. McCarthy cord blood bank was founded in memory of a morning radio show host in Detroit. It is run by the Karmanos Cancer Institute.
Henry Ford Hospital:
The J.P. McCarthy cord blood bank was founded in memory of a morning radio show host in Detroit. It is run by the Karmanos Cancer Institute.
Holland Hospital:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
Lakeland Community Hospital - Niles:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
Lakeland Reg. Med. Ctr. - St. Joseph:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
Mercy Health Partners - Hackley:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
Metro Health Hospital:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
Mid-Michigan Medical Center - Midland:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
North Ottawa Community Hospital:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
Oakwood Hospital:
Cord blood donations via CORD:USE are sent to the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke University Medical Center, under medical director Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg. CORD:USE was founded by some of the leading doctors in cord blood
transplantation. They offer both public donation and family storage of
cord blood.
Providence Park Hospital:
The J.P. McCarthy cord blood bank was founded in memory of a morning radio show host in Detroit. It is run by the Karmanos Cancer Institute.
Sinai-Grace Hospital:
The J.P. McCarthy cord blood bank was founded in memory of a morning radio show host in Detroit. It is run by the Karmanos Cancer Institute. The collection program at Sinai-Grace Hospital was described in a press report.
Spectrum Health – Gerber Hospital:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank will mail a collection kit to a qualifying
donor if you register ahead of your due date and will be delivering at
one of the hospitals in the state at which Michigan Community Blood
Services operates a blood bank.
Spectrum Health-Butterworth:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
St. John Providence Hospital and Medical Center:
StemCyte is a global cord blood therapeutics company. The StemCyte laboratory and repository in Southern California is accredited under the international FACT/Netcord standards, and provides both public donation and family storage for US parents.
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital:
The J.P. McCarthy cord blood bank was founded in memory of a morning radio show host in Detroit. It is run by the Karmanos Cancer Institute.
St. Mary's Health Care:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
Zeeland Community Hospital:
Michigan Cord Blood Bank mails the donation kit to the expectant mother but only accepts collections from deliveries at selected hospitals.
Barnes-Jewish Hospital:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Jefferson Memorial Hospital:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Mineral Area Regional Medical Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Missouri Baptist Medical Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Parkland Health Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Perry County Memorial Hospital:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Progress West HealthCare Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Southeast Missouri Hospital:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
SSM DePaul Health Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
SSM St. Clare Health Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
SSM St. Joseph's Health Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
SSM St. Joseph's Hospital West:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
SSM St. Mary's Health Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
St. Anthony's Medical Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
St. Francis Medical Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
St. John's Mercy Hospital:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
St. John's Mercy Medical Center:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
St. Luke's Hospital:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
St. Luke's Hospital - Plaza:
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank accepts cord blood donations from hospitals within a 150 mile radius, in both Missouri and Illinois.
Beartooth Hospital:
Lifeforce Cryobanks was known as Cryobanks International prior to June 2010. They started as a family cord blood bank in 1994, and still provide that service, but became famous since 2003 for enrolling mothers to mail in donations. Those donations that cannot be accepted for unrelated transplants are either sold for research or discarded.
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank :
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank is 1 of 4 NMDP banks that accept MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening. Call the CCBB Public Collection Kit program at 919-668-2071.
Carolinas Medical Center NE:
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening. Call the CCBB Public Collection Kit program at 919-668-2071.
Duke University Hospital:
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening. Call the CCBB Public Collection Kit program at 919-668-2071.
Durham Regional Hospital:
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening. Call the CCBB Public Collection Kit program at 919-668-2071.
Moses Cone Women's Hospital:
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening. Call the CCBB Public Collection Kit program at 919-668-2071.
Rex Hospital:
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening. Call the CCBB Public Collection Kit program at 919-668-2071.
UNC Women's Hospital:
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening. Call the CCBB Public Collection Kit program at 919-668-2071.
Womack Army Medical Center:
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening. Call the CCBB Public Collection Kit program at 919-668-2071.
Holy Name Hospital:
This hospitals has on-site staff that enable donors to sign up without pre-registration.
LifebankUSA:
This mail-in donation program requires registration at least 4 weeks prior to delivery and mothers must pass a health screening. LifebankUSA and its parent, Celgene Cellular Therapeutics, seek mothers who will donate both cord blood and their placenta. There is an URGENT NEED NOW for donors to supply a clinical trial that benefits patients with blood disorders.
New Jersey Cord Blood Bank:
New Jersey Cord Blood Bank can accept donations without pre-registration at participating hospitals that have on-site staff. Donations are also accepted from certain hospitals via partnerships with local charities.
Newark Beth Israel Med. Ctr.:
This hospitals has on-site staff that enable donors to sign up without pre-registration.
St. Joseph's Regional Med. Ctr.:
This hospitals has on-site staff that enable donors to sign up without pre-registration.
Long Island Jewish Medical Center:
Collection hospitals for the NY Blood Center do NOT require advance registration: mothers can give a partial consent to collect the cord blood during labor, and only if the collected cord blood is suitable for transplantation will the mothers will be given additional education and asked for a final banking consent post-delivery.
Maimonides Medical Center:
Gift of Life is a non-profit charity that seeks to help Jewish patients find a transplant match. They recruit bone marrow donors and cord blood donations, with their efforts focused on locations with large Jewish populations. Gift of Life operates their own accredited cord blood laboratory that participates in the national cord blood inventory maintained by NMDP. In order for their cord blood donations to be listed on the NMDP network, obstetricians who collect for Gift of Life must undergo training and regular proficiency testing.
Montefiore Medical Center:
Collection hospitals for the NY Blood Center do NOT require advance registration: mothers can give a partial consent to collect the cord blood during labor, and only if the collected cord blood is suitable for transplantation will the mothers will be given additional education and asked for a final banking consent post-delivery.
New York Presbyterian Hospital:
Collection hospitals for the NY Blood Center do NOT require advance registration: mothers can give a partial consent to collect the cord blood during labor, and only if the collected cord blood is suitable for transplantation will the mothers will be given additional education and asked for a final banking consent post-delivery.
Fairview Hospital:
Cleveland Cord Blood Center collects donations from two hospitals in the Cleveland area. Advanced registration is not required. The program operates 24/7, but the lab is not open on Saturday. In addition to the US donation inventory maintained by NMDP, Cleveland CBC also participates in the BMDW international registry of cord blood donations.
Hillcrest Hospital:
Cleveland Cord Blood Center collects donations from two hospitals in the Cleveland area. Advanced registration is not required. The program operates 24/7, but the lab is not open on Saturday. In addition to the US donation inventory maintained by NMDP, Cleveland CBC also participates in the BMDW international registry of cord blood donations.
Trinity Health System:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
University Hospitals of Cleveland:
Collection hospitals for the NY Blood Center do NOT require advance registration: mothers can give a partial consent to collect the cord blood during labor, and only if the collected cord blood is suitable for transplantation will the mothers will be given additional education and asked for a final banking consent post-delivery.
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU):
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon, has started a public donation program that sends cord blood collections to the Puget Sound Blood Center in Seattle, WA.
Indiana Regional Medical Center:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood
program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is
a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the
public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their
family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund
the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
Jameson Memorial Hospital:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
Main Line Health - Lankenau Medical Center:
Mason Shaffer survived a very rare genetic disorder thanks to a cord blood transplant from an unrelated donor. His parents have started the Mason Shaffer Foundation so that more parents in their community can donate cord blood.
Sharon Regional Health System:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
St. Clair Hospital:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
St. Vincent Medical Center:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
The Midwife Center:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
UPMC Hamot Medical Center:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
UPMC Horizon-Shenango Valley:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood
program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is
a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the
public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their
family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund
the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
UPMC Mercy:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
UPMC Northwest:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood
program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is
a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the
public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their
family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund
the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
West Penn Hospital:
The Dan Berger Cord Blood program was founded in memory of Pittsburgh native Dan Berger. It is a combined public/private program: Cord blood donations for the public are sent to the bank ITxM. Parents who wish to bank for their family are encouraged to use 1 of the 3 private banks that help fund the program: CBR, CorCell, and ViaCord.
Women & Infants Hospital:
Women & Infants Hospital of Providence, Rhode Island, delivers 9,000 babies per year. They began a pilot project collecting cord blood donations in May 2009. The collections are first shipped to the Rhode Island Blood Center. Those collections that pass the volume threshold for public storage are sent to Community Blood Services for storage.
Ben Taub General Hospital:
M.D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
M. D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank:
M.D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank is 1 of 4 NMDP banks that accept MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Expectant mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Medical Center of Plano:
Nuva Cord is a hospital-based cord blood broker: Parents who are delivering at a participating hospital have the choice between cord blood donation or family storage via banks that participate with Nuva Cord. At present the only participating bank is Community Blood Services.
Medical City Hospital:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Memorial Herman Southwest:
M.D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Methodist Hospital Women's Pavilion:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Metropolitan Methodist Hospital:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Mission Trail Baptist Hospital:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
North Central Baptist Hospital:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Providence Health Center:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
St. David's Medical Center:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
St. Joseph Medical Center:
M.D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Texas Children's Hospital:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Texas Cord Blood Bank:
Texas Cord Blood Bank at the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center is 1 of 4 NMDP banks that accept MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Expectant mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
The Woman's Hospital of Texas:
M.D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
University Hospital:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Valley Baptist Medical Center:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Valley Baptist Medical Center:
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
Women's Hospital at Renaissance :
Texas Cord Blood Bank accepts MAIL-IN DONATIONS. Eligible mothers must register by the 34th week of pregnancy and pass a health screening.
INOVA Fairfax Hospital:
Collection hospitals for the NY Blood Center do NOT require advance registration: mothers can give a partial consent to collect the cord blood during labor, and only if the collected cord blood is suitable for transplantation will the mothers will be given additional education and asked for a final banking consent post-delivery.
Evergreen Hospital:
The Puget Sound Blood Center (PSBC) collects cord blood donations directly in Washington state, and also receives donations from collection programs in Oregon and Hawaii.
Madigan Army Medical Center:
The Puget Sound Blood Center (PSBC) collects cord blood donations directly in Washington state, and also receives donations from collection programs in Oregon and Hawaii.
Overlake Hospital Medical Center:
The Puget Sound Blood Center (PSBC) collects cord blood donations directly in Washington state, and also receives donations from collection programs in Oregon and Hawaii.
Swedish Medical Center Hospitals - Ballard:
The Puget Sound Blood Center (PSBC) collects cord blood donations directly in Washington state, and also receives donations from collection programs in Oregon and Hawaii.
Swedish Medical Center Hospitals - First Hill:
The Puget Sound Blood Center (PSBC) collects cord blood donations directly in Washington state, and also receives donations from collection programs in Oregon and Hawaii.
University of Washington Medical Center:
The Puget Sound Blood Center (PSBC) collects cord blood donations directly in Washington state, and also receives donations from collection programs in Oregon and Hawaii.
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital:
The Puget Sound Blood Center (PSBC) collects cord blood donations directly in Washington state, and also receives donations from collection programs in Oregon and Hawaii.
University of Alberta Hospital:
Alberta Cord Blood Bank was Canada's first public cord blood bank, founded in 1996. It is now part of the OneMatch network operated by Canadian Blood Services.
Clinica de Especialidades de la Mujer, Hospital Central Militar:
CNTS "Banco de Células Progenitoras del Centro Nacional de la Transfusión Sanguínea" is a public cord blood bank operated by the Ministry of Health that collects donations in Mexico City D.F. The donations are available to patients throughout Mexico.
Hospital De Ginecologia Y Obstetricia:
IMSS "Banco de Células Progenitoras Hematopoyéticas de Sangre de Cordón Umbilical del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social" is a public cord blood bank operated by the Mexican Institute of Social Security that collects donations in Mexico City D.F. The donations are available to IMSS patients throughout Mexico.
Hospital Medica Lomas:
BACECU "Banco Altruista Mexicano de Células Progenitoras de Cordón Umbilical" (BACECU) is a public cord blood bank operated by the charity Fundacion Comparte Vida. They operate in a Ministry of Health building but are supported by private funds. Cord blood donations are collected in Mexico City.
Instituto Nacional de Perinatologia:
CNTS "Banco de Células Progenitoras del Centro Nacional de la Transfusión Sanguínea" is a public cord blood bank operated by the Ministry of Health that collects donations in Mexico City D.F. The donations are available to patients throughout Mexico.
Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González :
UANL "Banco de Células de Cordón Umbilical del Servicio de Hematología del Hospital Universitario de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León" is a public cord blood bank operated by the hospital of the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon in Monterrey that collects donations in Monterrey. The donations are available to patients at the University Hospital.
Markham Stouffville Hospital:
Victoria Angel Registry of Hope is a charitable foundation associated with Cells for Life family cord blood bank since 2005. They accept cord blood donations from over 30 hospitals in southern Ontario (as of Mar. 2013). VAR has applied to list their donations on the international BMDW registry.
Ottawa General Hospital:
Launching in spring 2013, "OneMatch" will provide a national cord blood donation registry managed by the Canadian Blood Services.
Centre Hospitalier De St-Mary:
Héma-Québec in Montréal has been collecting cord blood donations since 2004 and currently has over half a dozen partner hospitals within the province of Québec.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine:
Héma-Québec in Montréal has been collecting cord blood donations since 2004 and currently has over half a dozen partner hospitals within the province of Québec.
Centre Mère-Énfant, CHUL:
Héma-Québec in Montréal has been collecting cord blood donations since 2004 and currently has over half a dozen partner hospitals within the province of Québec.
Hôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé:
Héma-Québec in Montréal has been collecting cord blood donations since 2004 and currently has over half a dozen partner hospitals within the province of Québec.
Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur De Montréal:
Héma-Québec in Montréal has been collecting cord blood donations since 2004 and currently has over half a dozen partner hospitals within the province of Québec.
Hôpital général du Lakeshore:
Héma-Québec in Montréal has been collecting cord blood donations since 2004 and currently has over half a dozen partner hospitals within the province of Québec.
Hopital Lasalle:
Héma-Québec in Montréal has been collecting cord blood donations since 2004 and currently has over half a dozen partner hospitals within the province of Québec.
Hôpital Royal Victoria:
Héma-Québec in Montréal has been collecting cord blood donations since 2004 and currently has over half a dozen partner hospitals within the province of Québec.
Public cord blood banks accept cord blood donations for free.
Most require the mother to register by the 34th week of pregnancy,
and she must pass medical eligibility guidelines.
If the donation meets the size threshold for transplant use, it is saved
and listed on a registry that can be searched by patients.
The goal is for your donation to
Be The Match
that saves a life.
There are two ways to donate your baby's cord blood to a public bank:
- Find a donation site: (this page) A limited number of large birthing hospitals in the USA accept donations.
- Send your baby's cord blood to a mail-in donation program.
Need help?
- Who is able to donate cord blood?
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In theory, any expectant mother who passes the medical screening is eligible to donate. In practice, the biggest hurdle faced by families who wish to donate is finding a bank to accept their donation. There are only about 200 hospitals in the US that collect cord blood donations from births, and most of them require you to register for donation weeks ahead of the birth. The handful of programs that accept mail-in donations are opening this opportunity to the rest of the American public.
- How does the Institute of Medicine influence cord blood education?
- Congress commissioned an Institute of Medicine study on the ideal structure of a national cord blood
program. Based on the IoM report, Congress passed the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 that was signed into law 20 Dec. 2005. The key language regarding education is the requirement: Information provided to the maternal donor regard(s) all of her medically appropriate cord blood options. ie: Education of expectant parents and Informed Consent of maternal donors should cover all options, not just donation.
Regulations
- Ohio
- Ohio has state legislation around cord blood education that follows the Institute of Medicine guidelines and mandates/encourages physicians to educate expectant parents about ALL forms of cord blood banking. The Ohio Dept. of Health has officially adopted the educational materials from Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation. The Ohio bill was enacted 31 Mar. 2010 and became effective 1 July 2010.
- California
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California is launching a state wide program of cord blood donation for the public benefit by raising the cost of birth certificate copies $2 apiece. The program was authorized 30 Sept. 2010 by Assembly Bill 52 and may begin operating at the University of California at Davis as early as the summer of 2011.
- New York
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New York has state legislation around cord blood education that follows the Institute of Medicine guidelines and asks (but does not mandate) physicians to educate expectant parents about ALL forms of cord blood banking. The New York bill was enacted 7 Aug. 2007 and became effective 7 Feb. 2008.
