Hospital Santa Catalina, pioneer in the extraction of the umbilical cord in the Canary Islands.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2011 November- in recent years increasingly are most families who decide to conserve the stem cells from the umbilical cord of their children at birthboth in public banks as private, as a possibility of treatment if in future you develop a haematological disease. Around 25,000 families in Spain, decide each year conserve the stem cells from their babies.

To meet this demand and offer parents one choice more security for the future of his son, the Hospital Santa Catalina was proposed first, create working protocols for gynaecology and obstetrics service to ensure adequate levels of quality in the prior information and the collection of blood; and, secondly, close agreements with duly authorized banks. Hospital Santa Catalina is currently single motherhood private in the province of Las Palmas who is making the collection of the blood of the Umbilical cord.

Motherhood at this Hospital has all the necessary requirements to perform the removal procedure, both the facilities and technical training. The experience of the staff is a further guarantee for parents. Once parents have taken the decision to conserve the stem cells from umbilical cord, they receive the kit of extraction of the sample. On the delivery day deliver it to the medical team with obligatory documentation so that they can perform the removal, and subsequently sent to the laboratory of Cryopreserved processing unit of umbilical cord blood at-196 degrees at the destination Bank.

IVIDA, cord of the IVI group, leader in reproductive medicine, Bank has signed a collaboration agreement with Hospital Santa Catalina that soon will enter into force and will start with the collection for all families who decide to conserve the stem cells from their children born in the clinic Santa Catalina.

Benefits of preserving the stem cells from umbilical cord

During pregnancy, prospective parents must decide what to do with the umbilical cord blood of your baby, a decision which in many cases has been key to save the life of his son years later. There are already several studies which have shown that cord blood stem cell transplantation is as effective as the transplantation of bone marrow for diseases such as e.g. leukemia. A hopeful figure for many families who retain the development of your baby. IVIDA experts, Cryopreservation of stem cells found in the blood of the umbilical cord (development) is the best choice for the treatment of hematological diseases.

These stem cells can generate red blood cells (for transporting oxygen to the tissues), white (to defend ourselves against external aggressions) blood cells and platelets (which involved in coagulation and prevent bleeding), also have the ability to rebuild the bone marrow and the whole immune system when it is depressed, either by a disease of the bone marrow, or by a chemotherapy treatment (used as prior conditioning for the preparation of the patient that will be transplanted hematopoietic stem cells).

But how long can I keep the samples? Currently according to the studies made known that samples be can keep at least 20 years submerged in liquid nitrogen at – 196 ° C retains its properties.

About IVIDA

IVIDA is the Bank’s European umbilical lVI, leading cord in reproductive medicine with 22 clinics and presence in 8 countries. IVIDA offers a comprehensive service for preservation of umbilical cord, giving families retain the sample of the newborn in the public bank located at the headquarters in Madrid or in the private bank located at the headquarters of Lisbon. IVI, with more than 20 years in the service of the reproduction, IVIDA patients guarantees absolute control of the entire process, from the collection of the sample to the freezing of the same.