Donor placenta

Donor placenta is obtained after elective cesarean, and with informed maternal consent. Maternal donors are screened at deUvery usually by physical exam, reviewing medical history and standard questionnaire to assess the possibility of transmittable diseases. Suitability for transplant is determined by the absence of any infectious, malignant, neurological and autoimmune diseases and other exposures or social habits deemed improper to transplantation. Donors are screened for transmittable diseases such as HIV, HCV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and syphilis. These screening takes place predonation and bmonths after donation. No harm to either the newborn or maternal donor is encountered during the procurement process. - ... 

Transplant with umbilical cord blood (UCB) offers an alternative stem cell source to patients who do not have an acceptable matched related or unrelated donor. When allogeneic hematopoietic cells are obtained from UCB, the cord blood is obtained from a consenting donor in the delivery room after birth and delivery of the placenta.32 The cord blood then is processed, a sample is sent for HLA typing, and the cord blood... 

Normal immunoglobulins (often termed immune globulins in the USA) represent antibody preparations purified from the plasma, serum or placentas of normal, healthy donors. Blood obtained from such individuals will contain a wide range of antibody specificities. The range of specificities were produced over many years, as the individual s immune system came into contact with various antigens, either naturally (infections) or artificially (by vaccination). 

Albumin human (USP 28) Albumin human is a sterile non-pyrogenic preparation of serum albumin that is obtained by fractionating material (source blood, plasma, serum, or placentas) from healthy human donors. The source material is tested for the absence of hepatitis B surface antigen. It is made by a process that yields a product safe for intravenous... 

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