Vitalant Clinical Services

About

Vitalant Clinical Services is the merger, since Sept 2018, of cord blood blood donation programs previously operated by Community Blood Services in New Jersey and the Institute for Transfusion Medicine (ITxM) in Pennsylvania. All donations are now sent to the Vitalant laboratory in New Jersey.

As of December 2024, these are the participating hospitals in NJ:

1. Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, NJ
2. St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ

These Pennsylvania collection sites are supported by the Dan Berger Cord Blood program: 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 are sent to the public bank at Vitalant, whereas parents who wish to bank for their family are encouraged to use one of the private banks that help fund the program.

Participating PA hospitals, as of December 2024:

1. Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
2. St. Clair Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
3. West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
4. Jefferson Regional Hospital, Jefferson Hills, PA
5. Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, PA
6. Forbes Regional Hospital, Monroeville, PA