Your donated cord blood can help patients in need of a life-saving transplant.
Cord blood provides a rich source of stem cells that would otherwise be thrown away as medical waste.
Why Donate to a Public Bank?
- There is NO COST to donate.
- There is NO PAIN to you or your baby at the time of donation.
- Your identity is kept CONFIDENTIAL and stored securely within our facility.
- Safe for mother and baby to donate cord blood.
- Cord blood does not come from the baby — it is collected after birth.
- No pain to mother or baby during cord blood collection.
- Free — no cost to donate cord blood.
- Donated cord blood is processed and frozen in Syracuse.
- Donated cord blood can be used to save lives.
- If not donated, cord blood will be thrown away
Cord blood provides a source of
STEM CELLS for those patients who are difficult to match.
Donate The gift
of cord blood
Public Banks such as the Upstate Cord Blood Bank, collect qualifying cord blood donations from healthy pregnancies and save them in case one of them will be the match needed to save the life of any patient who requires a bone marrow transplant.
Interested in learning more about how you and your baby can save lives with cord blood? We would love to talk with you about how to make that possible. If you are an expectant mother looking to donate, please call the Upstate Cord Blood Bank at (315) 492-2600.
Why Donate Cord Blood?
Don't wait to make the important decision to donate your cord blood!
A Cord Blood Donation Guide will be included in your 28-36 week prenatal packet. Although your OB Provider may not have time to speak with you about cord blood donation, you can call Upstate CBB at 315-492-2600. Our staff is happy to answer any questions you may have about cord blood donation and assist you with the forms that need to be completed prior to delivery.
