Upstate Cord Blood Bank

About

The Upstate Cord Blood Bank (UCBB) is located in Syracuse, NY and began receiving cord blood donations on February 9, 2017. UCBB is housed in a 20,000 sq. ft. facility that features a state-of-the-art processing laboratory and cryogenic storage containers that can store nearly 14,500 cord blood units. There are 20,000 births per year in central New York state. As of June 2020, mothers delivering at any hospital in Onondaga County had the opportunity to donate cord blood to UCBB. As of January 2023, donations were only collected at three hospitals in Syracuse. By 2024, the bank stopped accepting donations.