Cord Blood Solutions

By Cord Blood Advisor on June 28th, 2007

INTERNET: www.cordbloodsolutions.com

PHONE: 1-866-584-STEM (7836)

OFFICE: Alpharetta, GA

STORAGE: Community Blood Services, Allendale, NJ

Accreditation: AABB

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Founded by Dr. Alan Einstein, an Internal Medicine/Critical Care physician in Atlanta.
The Cord Blood laboratory at Community Blood Services handles all private Cord Blood units the same way, but each bank which stores at their lab has a separate freezer.
The transplant quota is from the public bank at Community Blood Services.
The Community Blood Services processing method (as of 1 Sept 2007) is the Sepax system from the Swiss company Biosafe.
Sepax is an automated cell separation system which relies on a laser beam to sense the density gradient between different cell layers after the blood has been spun in a centrifuge. The bag kit is sterile, functionally closed, and single-use. Because the anti-coagulant is already in the bag, the bag carries BLA licensure from the FDA.
On weekends, shipping costs an additional $90. First year of storage is included in the processing fee.

ADDITIONAL information: Cord Blood Solutions is participating in the multi-layer marketing system which is operated by Cord Plan Affiliates; the consumer website is www.cordplan.com .