title: An international survey of unrelated umbilical cord blood banking.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate operational and technical practices within the field of cord blood banking.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cord blood banks world-wide were invited to participate in a survey of collection, processing and testing. The survey covered a 12-month period up to August 1998.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Replies were received from 18 cord blood banks. Analysis of the survey responses demonstrated wide variations in many aspects of cord blood banking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a need for standardization to ensure adoption of best practice.
authors.affiliation: London Cord Blod Bank, National Blood Service--North London Centre, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stanworth
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Warwick
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fehily
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Persaud
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Armitage
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Navarrete
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Contreras
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003625:Data Collection; D005312:Fetal Blood; D006801:Humans