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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
The Bristol Cord Blood Bank was established as a pilot project within existing health services to establish cost-effective recruitment, collection and processing suitable for use in the NHS should cord blood become a routine source of haemopoietic stem cells for transplantation in the UK. An important aim of the project was to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a midwifery-based collection network, thus utilising expertise already in place. Collection was performed on the delivery suite immediately after the placenta was delivered. The clinical experience of the midwife collector/counsellors allowed rapid pre-collection assessment of the condition of the cord and placenta. This prevented collection attempts from diseased or otherwise damaged placentas, leading to conservation of resources by preventing collection of most small volume donations. The bank was established within the National Blood Service, Bristol Centre to achieve Good Manufacturing Practice standards and ensure that processing was subject to the same stringency required for other sources of haemopoietic stem cells. Cord blood is an expensive resource. By utilising existing expertise in district Obstetric and National Blood Services, the Bristol Cord Blood Bank may serve as a model for health economic evaluation of cord blood banking of volunteer donations within the NHS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0268-3369
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
899-905
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Blood Banks, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Blood Preservation, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Costs and Cost Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Counseling, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Cryopreservation, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Delivery, Obstetric, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Family Health, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Fetal Blood, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Forecasting, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Great Britain, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Health Manpower, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Midwifery, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-National Health Programs, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Pilot Projects, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Placenta, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Quality Control, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Specimen Handling, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10808213-Tissue Donors
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Development of a district Cord Blood Bank: a model for cord blood banking in the National Health Service.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Bristol Division of Transplantation Sciences, Bristol, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't