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The use of cord blood for transfusion purposes: current status
Vox Sanguinis, 10/15/09

Khodabux CM et al. – Although the use of umbilical cord blood (UCB) for transfusion purposes has been proposed decades ago, the employ is still limited. In this article the authors review studies evaluating UCB collection efficiency and sterility, examine processing and storage of UCB–derived red blood cells (RBC) and discuss clinical studies in which UCB was used for transfusion purposes. Although delayed cord clamping has shown to improve the iron status in full–term infants; for small–for–gestational–age infants this has not been demonstrated.

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