Public Cord Blood Donation

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  1. 4. Public banked cord blood stem cells are available to all _____ needing transplantation treatment,
  2. 6. A blood cancer that can be treated with stem cell transplantation,
  3. 9. Expecting parents must have no history of _____ to donate,
  4. 11. cord blood donation does not _____ with the birthing process,
  5. 13. Canadian Blood Services’ Cord Blood Bank is not a private but a _____ bank,
  6. 14. Mothers delivering at BC Women’s Hospital can _____ cord blood for public banking,
  7. 15. The cost to donate cord blood
  8. 16. Cord blood stem cells can be used to treat more than 80 conditions and ____,
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  1. 1. _____ registration @ www.blood.ca/cordblood is easy with the consent emailed directly to the mother and the cord blood bank,
  2. 2. cord blood donation is ____ for the baby and the mother,
  3. 3. If not donated or banked, it is _____,
  4. 5. Mothers can choose to delay cord _____ AND donate cord blood,
  5. 7. The mother must be of this age or older to donate cord blood,
  6. 8. Cord blood is collected from the placenta and the cord ____ its delivery,
  7. 10. The mother scans this code on the poster in the clinic to register online,
  8. 12. Every donation is a ____ to the patients and their family,