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Private Umbilibal Cord Blood CollectionFrom: Diana Saari MD (guto0002@tc.umn.edu)Sun May 25 20:49:08 2003
A warning about California Cryobank's collection equipment. I was asked by a repeat C/S patient - whom I had just met as a FP consult - to do collection with the kit. I've done this for other patients and have not had trouble, but not through this particular company. I could not get the needle cover off the collection tubing. It was not at all like a normal needle cover - more like a ribbed rubber material that you might find around electric wiring. I finally yanked it off with a Kelly, in the process driving the end beneath the nail bed of my left hand. I collected with the needle anyway - it's not an interchangable system, and told the couple it might not be suitable for storage since the babie's blood was contaminated with my own. I called the company later in the day to ask if the stem cells could still be recovered - the guy at the other end, after several transfers, having no idea, said he would ask the medical director. No word for over a month. I wrote to the company to say that I would refuse any other patient's request to collect with their equipment unless the needlecover was re-designed. No response. I did advise the couple NOT to pay fees if the blood was deemed un-storable.
-- Diana Saari MD guto0002@tc.umn.edu University Specialists in Women's Health Minneapolis, MN
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