Choosing the Right Cord Bank

If you've made the decision to bank cord blood, you'll need to find the right establishment to handle your storage needs. The marketplace is crowding with new players in the umbilical cord blood business and there's no reason to believe that there will be a decrease in options any time soon.

So, if you're committed to banking, how can you find the right bank? An American Chronicle article attempts to provide an answer.

Excerpt: "While selecting a blood bank, narrow down your choices to those banks that have a dedicated infrastructure and personnel for umbilical cord blood processing and use ‘controlled rate’ freezing for safe processing of cells."

I've discussed my reservations about American Chronicle assessments before, but this article is worth reading because it does raise some interesting questions about bank selection.