Melbourne based White Owl Wellness, offers professional cord blood banking service with Cryosite Stem Cell Collection Company.
We are the only nursing service to offer cord blood banking in public hospitals with Cryosite LTD.
Our Service to you as parents:
• A single private individual cord blood banking at your choice of public hospital
• In addition to your cord blood collection we offer fantastic birthing support services with our nurses and doula team,
• White Owl Wellness professional nursing services are committed to the highest practice standards set out by Cryosite LTD and the accreditation Therapeutic Goods Administration and the Nursing Registration Boards.
White Owl Wellness Cord Blood Banking
After you have booked your personal cord blood collection, you will meet your collector from White Owl Wellness. We feel that your baby’s birth is special and it is a privilege to attend your birthing experience. You and your partner will receive education about the cord blood banking process prior to birthing form your personal collector who will also answer any questions and concerns you have.
• Professional supportive 24 hours 7 days’ cord blood collection service on call in your region of Victoria, Australia.
• Information evenings are available online and in your area throughout the year.
What is Cord blood Banking?
Banking your child’s cord blood stem cells is like an insurance policy for your child’s future health.
Cord blood Stem cells are found in the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta following the birth of your child.
Unlike adults; where the stem cells that form our blood are found only in the bone marrow, new born children’s blood stem cells are still circulating in the placenta and umbilical cord. This means that when your child is born you have a once in a lifetime opportunity to harvest these stem cells with a White Owl Wellness Cord Blood Collection. Traditionally these valuable stem cells are discarded as clinical waste.
Cord Blood Banking from the umbilical cord is totally painless and takes only around 5 minutes. After the baby has been delivered and the cord clamped, a section of the cord is sterilized and the blood is collected in a special cord blood collection bag.
The cord blood is then transported to the Cryosite Cord Blood Banking facilities where the cord blood stem cells are extracted and stored for your child. Since the cord blood collection contains your child’s own stem cells, these are a perfect match for the child and are available if they are ever needed.
The banked Cord Blood is routinely used to restore stem cells after chemotherapy has been used to treat cancers such as leukaemia and is considered to be better than bone marrow, as the stem cells in cord blood are naïve (i.e. have not been exposed to toxins and diseases as the stem cells found in bone marrow have)
Cord blood banking is the subject of significant research in not only within Australia but also internationally and is widely considered ‘Liquid Medical Gold’. There are thousands of clinical trials taking place that are exploring the use of cord blood stem cells to treat a wide variety of diseases including – cerebral palsy, heart disease, stroke and many different types of cancer.
Laboratory research has shown that the stem cells found in cord blood can form almost all the cell types in the human body such as blood cells, heart tissue, liver tissue, pancreas tissue, nerves, retina tissue and spinal tissue.
As the stem cells in cord blood are your child’s own cells, they are a type of ‘adult’ stem cell, so there is absolutely no ethical dilemmas in their use.
Cryosite is different. It was Australia’s first private cord blood banking facility and has always been the leader in cord blood banking and stem cell therapy
An example of their corporate strength is that Cryosite was chosen by the Australian Government to administer the distribution for the equine influenza vaccine.
Cryosite holds TGA licenses for all of its activities and is licensed by the national laboratory accrediting agency, is ISO accredited under two standards and is an Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service Approved Premises.
Cord Blood Banking: Benefits to parents and your baby
Benefits to parents wishing to collect store and potentially use this cord blood for future use
• Cryosite is licensed to collect your babies cord blood private and is accredited by the TGA every year
• Cryosite is licensed to process and store your babies blood in their own state of the Art laboratory in Sydney
• Cryosite is licensed to dispatch your babies cord blood on medical request to you as parents.
• N.A.T.A licensing process and accredited laboratory.
• Cryosite has recently built two band new state of the art stem cell laboratories and employs a team of stem cell scientists who have banked cord blood for more than seven thousand families.
Compare this to all the other Australian companies, who only market cord blood banking services, and then outsource the processing and storage of the stem cells to third party laboratories and storage facilities. Cryosite is roughly the same size as all the other companies put together.
So you can see that they really are head and shoulders above their competitors and because of their size and corporate strength Cryosite is able to offer their comprehensive cord blood banking service around 10% less than any of their competitors.
Contact White Owl Birthing today to discuss your Requirements by using one of the following options:
T: 03 9723 6747
M: 0408 390 113
Related:
Parents Guide to Cord Blood - Parents Guide to Cord Blood Foundation
Cord Blood Collection – Cryosite
Cord Blood Collection – Medical Liquid Gold – Catalyst (ABC)
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