Current status of umbilical cord blood storage and provision to private biobanks by institutions handling childbirth in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Act Regarding the Promotion of the Appropriate Supply of Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Transplant regulates only how public banks store and provide umbilical cord blood (UCB) for research or transplantation. Japan had no laws to regulate how the private banks manage the procedures, harvesting, preparation, and storage of such blood. As a result, the status of UCB distribution remains unknown. We conducted a survey to investigate the current status of UCB storage and provision to private biobanks by Japanese institutions that handle childbirth.

Methods

Questionnaire forms were mailed to 3,277 facilities handling childbirth that were registered in the Japan Council for Quality Health Care website.

Results

Of the 1,192 institutions handling childbirth that

SUBMITTER: Murata M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9465943 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature