Cord Blood Registry Provides Regulation Notes
This piece, which is actually a press release (I think) disguised as a news item does provide an overview of federal cord blood regulation.
A company known as Cord Blood Registry seems to have provided the information.
Excerpt:
"First proposed in 1997, the FDA rules require cord blood banks to take specific steps to prevent contamination throughout the collection, processing, labeling, and distribution aspects of the service. The only current industry oversight is offered by the AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks), which established voluntary accreditation guidelines for cord blood banks. Leading the industry, CBR also worked with the AABB and became the first family cord blood bank to achieve accreditation in 1998."
The article, not surprisingly, discusses the company/author's ability to comply with federal mandates and raises the spectre of less financially-secure cord blood banking operations to comply with the regulations regarind cord blood regulations.
You can read it here.
A company known as Cord Blood Registry seems to have provided the information.
Excerpt:
"First proposed in 1997, the FDA rules require cord blood banks to take specific steps to prevent contamination throughout the collection, processing, labeling, and distribution aspects of the service. The only current industry oversight is offered by the AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks), which established voluntary accreditation guidelines for cord blood banks. Leading the industry, CBR also worked with the AABB and became the first family cord blood bank to achieve accreditation in 1998."
The article, not surprisingly, discusses the company/author's ability to comply with federal mandates and raises the spectre of less financially-secure cord blood banking operations to comply with the regulations regarind cord blood regulations.
You can read it here.
posted by Resident Expert @ 9/27/2005 01:09:00 PM
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