Cord Blood Banking: Antenatal Care Provider's Roles and Responsibilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB) banking done either for private storage or for donation to public cord blood banks involves active participation of obstetricians. Counseling the expectant parents, providing them with unbiased and balanced information, and collecting the UCB with diligence confer a lot of social as well as moral responsibility upon obstetricians. This makes it even more important that the obstetricians in current practice stay well-informed and updated with UCB collection and its storage guidelines. The present study was conducted to assess the current status of obstetricians about UCB banking in terms of their awareness, attitude, and expectations from it.

Materials and methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted across three hospitals. A self-admini

SUBMITTER: Gupta V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6431514 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature