AWHONN Convention
 

Sessions

Best Practices in Public Banking of Umbilical Cord Blood: Keep Calm and Donate Cord Blood

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Title: Best Practices in Public Banking of Umbilical Cord Blood: Keep Calm and Donate Cord Blood

Longhorn Hall D (Gaylord Grapevine)
Mandy R. Williams, BSN, RNC-Inpatient OB , Labor and Delivery, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Karen M. O'Donnell, BS in Microbiology , Stem Cell Program, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA

Discipline: Obstetric (OB), Neonatal (N)

Learning Objectives:
  • Learner will state why obstetric nurses need to be aware of public cord blood banking programs
  • Learner will describe the steps necessary to start a public banking program at their site.
  • Learner will list the benefits to society at large of a public cord blood bank

    • Submission Description:
    The University of California Davis Health System developed an innovative program to address a deficiency in ethnically diverse cord blood units listed in the National Marrow Donor Program’s searchable inventory for non-donor related transplants. The Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program (UCBCP) is a state funded initiative established in 2010 by the California State Assembly to collect California’s diverse genetic population’s cord blood. A multidisciplinary approach was used to increase physician, nurse and ancillary staff participation.

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