I agree, what a waste of time and money as well as
your other concerns.
We collect a small ammount of cord blood at each
birth. The reason given is so that we have some of baby's blood if s/he
should develop any infection or extreme jaundice, that it might be tested. It is
discarded after a few days. I have never actually known of this being used, but
I may be wrong.
Cord blood is taken for Rh-v as well but we do not
bleed the babies - surely that is not necessary.
We don't do routine cord blood cultures as part of
infection screens anymore, but the babies usually have CRP on day 1 & 2. Mec
liquor, PROM, GBS, unbooked clients and maternal fever are the ones who
have routine infection screen
Cord blood collection via private agencies is
coming in fast and I for one, find this worrying. Some hospitals routinely
clamp and cut a section of cord asap to check the Ph level.
Sounds like this needs to be
challenged
Good luck, Sue
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing"
Edmund Burke
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