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Carolinas Cord Blood Bank 
The Carolinas Cord Blood Bank is a not-for-profit public cord blood bank that collects umbilical cord blood from women, delivering a healthy baby after an uncomplicated term delivery at one of our participating hospitals, who wish to donate their baby's cord blood for public use in unrelated donor blood and marrow transplantation. Donation is voluntary, confidential and there is no cost to donors. Donating cord blood is a safe procedure that will not harm the donor or her baby in any way. Our team of collection specialists collects the cord blood from the cord and placenta after the mother delivers her baby and the cord blood is then tested, frozen/stored and made available through the National Marrow Donor Program registry for patients in need of a life saving blood or marrow transplant. General Information The Carolinas Cord Blood Bank opened in January 1998 with the support of the National Institute of Health (NIH)/ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) sponsored Cord Blood Transplantation Study. In 2006, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank a contract to participate in the National Cord Blood Inventory (NCBI) of the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program. Current Carolinas Cord Blood Bank collection hospitals include:
We collect umbilical cord blood at these hospitals then process and store (bank) the cord blood units at Duke until they are needed for transplant. Cord blood transplantation is a type of bone marrow transplant. The goals of the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke are:
To Request More Information About the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank, please contact:
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