How to Donate Cord Blood ? | Bedomaich Chayi

1. Download the consent form and sign it. Be sure to file the signed form together with the things you'll be taking along with you to the hospital.

2. When you arrive at the hospital to give birth, be sure to notify the delivery room staff of your intention to donate cord blood to the Bedomaich Chayi cord blood bank. They will take care of everything.

3. A certified cord blood collector or a midwife from the hospital's team will open a collection kit and draw a few vials of your blood for various tests. The full tubes are returned to the kit which remains with you until after you've given birth and the cord blood was collected.

4. You must hand over the consent form that you brought from home to the collector or midwife. They, too, must sign the form and place it in the collection kit. It is not necessary to also sign the forms which are included in the kit.

5. After birth and the cutting of the umbilical cord, the usual procedure is that the collector or midwife collects the blood remaining in the cord in a sterile bag provided in the kit. Identifying details are noted on the bag, and the bag is then placed in a sealed bag inside the kit.

6. The kit is then placed in a cooler and transferred to the lab for processing, checking and freezing.

7.  One of Bedomaich Chayi's staff members will contact you to fill out a medical form and donation agreement.

After filling out the forms and checking the samples to ensure they're free of infectious diseases, information regarding the blood’s classification will be sent to the international bank. Once filed, the information is available to searches by transplant units in Israel and throughout the world. All identifying details are saved by the cord blood bank only. They are not transferred to any data banks or other parties.
 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

• All personal and identifying information regarding you and your baby is removed from the cord blood vials and saved with full medical discretion. Personal details are used only for identifying the donations by the cord-blood bank and to contact you for the purpose of clarifying medical details.
• No pain, danger or discomfort whatsoever is involved in cord blood collection. Collection takes place only after birth and the cutting of the umbilical cord and in accordance with the strict, accepted procedures of the hospital.
• Collection of cord blood and its donation to the public cord blood bank will only be made if it poses no danger to the welfare of the mother and her baby, and in accordance with all international safety standards for both the donor and the recipient.
• Samples of the mother's blood and/or the cord blood will be checked to ensure the absence of any transmittable illnesses, such as hepatitis B and C, HIV, HTLV, syphilis and CMV.
• Cord blood samples are tested for blood type, tissue classification and stem-cell characterization, as well as being cultured to check for bacterial and fungal infections.
• Samples of the mother's blood and the cord blood are saved in case additional tests are necessary in the future. All samples are identified by barcode only.
• If you didn't register in advance, you can still donate the cord blood in participating hospitals by asking the midwife.
• In accordance with the law and medical ethics, one cannot sign on cord blood donation during active labor and therefore it is important to register in advance.