Cord
blood preservation process is a specialized technique used in many
countries as a special means of supplying viable stem cells to the
required persons of the family.
The stem
cells need to be properly preserved before the transplant in the concerned
patients. If the preservation facilities are not ultra modern ones,
then the purpose of cord blood preservation process will loose its
own value and will not meet the required purposes of preservation.
Hence, utmost cautions are to be exercised in order to preserve the
umbilical cord collected. Cord
blood preservation process is given additional emphasis subsequent
to the cord blood collection from the concerned mother because any
mistake in the preservation processes has direct impact in the stem
cell based treatment regimen. Liquid
nitrogen freezer facility is the basic facility that is required for
cord blood preservation process. However, the preservation facilities
need to be monitored so meticulously because of the fact that the
continuous level of liquid nitrogen is a must for the maintenance
of viability in the stem cells of umbilical cord. If the
liquid nitrogen is not filled up properly in any of the container
due to the multiple reasons, the cord blood of the container will
not be used for the transplant purposes in the required patients.
The additional
infrastructures related with cord blood preservation process comprise
generator with powerful battery establishment. Further, the liquid
nitrogen level is maintained by some specific agency that is primarily
concerned to fill the cryo-containers in laboratories in specific
time. Frequently,
the top officials of the agency dealing with umbilical cord blood
preservation process will be cross checking the levels in liquid nitrogen
freezers and recordings of the level on daily or hourly basis will
be again meticulously scrutinized. Cord
blood preservation process usually includes large sized liquid nitrogen
containers that are procured from reputed freezer companies. Hence,
quality of the service in the preservation process is being maintained
at every step, starting from the collection process to the delivery
process. Most
of the times, many insurance firms are concerned due to the financial
involvement in this. Hence, substantial care is being given to the
preservation sectors, through out the world. Cord
blood preservation process is often controlled, automatically by means
of remote systems and recordings are carried out regularly on various
activities of the preservation centers. Cryo
protected blood bags are used rather than cryo vials to preserve the
cord blood. Many insurance related firms may also check up the cord
blood preservation process as a check on quality of cord blood.
Cord
blood preservation process techniques