Safetycord

By Cord Blood Advisor on June 28th, 2007

Safetycord, Inc.

PHONE: +1 305 432 2673

OFFICE: Puerto Rico

STORAGE: Community Blood Services, Allendale, NJ Accreditation: AABB

COMMENT: Website in Spanish only. Safetycord operates primarily in Puerto Rico, which is a United States protectorate, hence they are listed as a USA bank. They also ship some Cord Blood from Spain.

SERVICES & DISCOUNT OPTIONS:

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.