Cord Blood Banking Case Study

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Cord Blood Banking: Public versus Private Those who are expecting a child may have questions surrounding cord blood banking as it is becoming a more popular practice since the 1970’s (Devi, 2016). One may not know that there are different options when deciding how and where to bank cord blood; it can be done publicly or privately (Devi, 2016). The purpose of this assignment is to tackle the question of whether or not it would be more beneficial to utilize public cord blood banking or private cord blood banking. Initially, a description of what cord blood is and what it can be used for will be provided. There are ethical issues surrounding the use of cord blood and some information involving this will be provided as well. A more in depth discussion …show more content…
A physician or other qualified health care worker can then withdraw blood from the vein in the umbilical cord via needle and syringe or blood bag (Davidson et al., 2016). Pre-registration for cord blood banking is required and therefore the parent or parents will have a specific container previously given to them by the Cord Blood Registry; the blood is deposited into this container (Davidson et al., 2016). Generally between 30 and 150 milliliters are extracted from the vein of the umbilical cord (Devi, 2016). The parents will have been informed of any instructions for storage or care; afterwards a courier arrives to take the cord blood to the cord blood blank (Devi, 2016). At the cord blood bank, the cord blood receives its own unique identifying number and is then tested for infection or other genetic disorders; the stem cells are separated from the blood and then stowed away in a frozen liquid nitrogen or cryogenic state (Devi, 2016). Since stem cell storage is a fairly new process, the exact expiration date is not known, however, stem cells have been successfully utilized for up to ten years after being stored (Devi, …show more content…
This means that stem cells have the potential to repair certain tissues, organs, or even aid in curing diseases (Devi, 2016). It is important to note that bone marrow also contains stem cells that can be harvested, however there are certain benefits to using stem cells extracted from cord blood over stem cells extracted from bone marrow (Davidson et al., 2016). Some benefits of cord blood include that extracting cord blood is low risk, it does not cause pain for the mother or baby, and it does not always have to be used for someone who matches perfectly (Davidson et al., 2016). Unfortunately, while all tissues in our body contain stem cells, the only areas rich enough in supply to be harvested include the umbilical cord blood and bone marrow (Devi,
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