Abstract
Cord blood banking is a sequential process including a number of steps starting from donor informed consent and donor selection, followed by collection of maternal and paternal medical history, cord blood collection, unit transportation from the delivery room to the bank, cord blood unit processing, characterization and cryopreservation, unit release for transplantation, and ending with the evaluation of clinical outcome.Cord blood banking requires a carefully designed quality system. Of the different models available, we based the initial development of our quality system on the ISO 9000 standard. After ISO 9000 certification, we started the process of accreditation by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), which was obtained in 2004. The accreditation process includes submission of documentation in English to demonstrate compliance with the NetCord/FACT International Standards for Cord Blood Collection, Processing, Testing, Selection and Release, now available in its third edition, which is followed by an on‐site inspection. Other organizations such as the AABB and the National Marrow Donor Program have developed other cord blood banking accreditation and cooperative programmes.Based on the expectation of a more widespread clinical use of cord blood, efforts should be developed to harmonize national and international cord blood banking accreditation schemes.
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