Blood sample transportation from north being looked into.THE HEALTH Ministry is set to examine how best to handle the transportation and collection of umbilical cord blood umbilical cord blood Transplantation A source of primitive and stem cells that can be used to reconstitute BM destroyed by aplastic anemia or by RT or chemotherapy for CA, lymphoproliferative malignancies. See Bone marrow transplantation, Stem cell therapy. after a Turkish Cypriot woman was stopped at the Ledra Palace checkpoint carrying a frozen sample. The incident occurred midweek and has had health officials in a conundrum ever since. Sources said the issue would be examined at the start of next week. Unconfirmed reports said the Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs will also sit in on the meeting. "It is not so much a question of stopping the transportation of umbilical cord blood but more of how it is collected, whether there is parental consent, whether a registered doctor is collecting the sample and what safety measures safety measures, n.pl actions (e.g., use of glasses, face masks) taken to protect patients and office personnel from such known hazards as particles and aerosols from high-speed rotary instruments, mercury vapor, radiation exposure, anesthetic and are in place when the blood is collected," he said. The source said there were certain controls and protocols that had to be in place, which the government was not at present in a position to know if they were. "Certain details need to be ironed out. It's an issue that has to be handled delicately. It's not about the umbilical cord's transportation; it's about patient safety, which comes first, and ensuring there is no exploitation. This is what concerns the Health Ministry." According to Phileleftheros the Turkish Cypriot woman was transporting the blood from the occupied areas to the free areas on behalf of a Greek Cypriot man who co-operates with a Cord Blood Bank A cord blood bank is a facility which stores umbilical cord blood for future use. Cord blood, a precious resource physiologically tranfused from the placenta through the umbilical cord to the neonate for stabilization upon birth, is not recommended to be harvested for the vast in Belgium. The Greek Cypriot told authorities he had crossed the checkpoint over a dozen times to bring across samples of the cord blood cord blood n. Blood present in the umbilical vessels at the time of delivery. . In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile the man had allegedly already applied to the Health Ministry for permission to transport cord blood to the Belgian blood bank. A cord blood bank may be a private commercial enterprise or public medical resource, used to store umbilical cord blood for future use. Cord blood stem cells cord blood stem cells Umbilical cord blood Hematology A therapeutic 'agent' containing concentrated hematopoietic stem cells for Pts with BM depleted–'wiped out' by disease; they are transfused into HLA-identical siblings and used to reconstitute the BM of are currently used in the treatment of several life-threatening diseases, and play an important role in the treatment of blood and immune system immune system Cells, cell products, organs, and structures of the body involved in the detection and destruction of foreign invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells. Immunity is based on the system's ability to launch a defense against such invaders. related genetic diseases, cancers, and blood disorders. Blood collected this way takes up to 180ml from the neonate neonate /neo·nate/ (ne´o-nat) newborn infant. ne·o·nate n. A neonatal infant. neonate a newborn animal. . Public cord blood banks store cord blood for the benefit of the general public while private cord blood banks are for-profit organizations that store cord blood for the exclusive use of the donor or donor's relatives. Copyright Cyprus Mail 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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