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  • Home
  • Why store stem cells ?
    • What are stem cells used for?
    • What have stem cells done so far?
    • Diseases treatable by stem cells
    • Clinical trials and new developments in stem cell therapies
    • Sample releases by Cryo-Save
    • Why your baby’s stem cells should be stored
    • Who can use banked umbilical cord blood?
  • How it works
    • What is the procedure to store stem cells?
    • How are umbilical cord blood stem cells collected at birth?
    • What happens in the stem cell storage lab?
    • Take a look inside the Cryo-Save laboratory
  • Why Cryo-Save ?
    • The Cryo-Save difference
    • Highest quality standards and AABB-accreditation
    • Storage options and pricing
    • Cost-free donation programme
    • Sample releases by Cryo-Save
    • Terms and Conditions
  • FAQ
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Inform your healthcare professional
    • Difference between umbilical cord blood and cord tissue stem cells?
  • Blog
  • Contact Us

The Cryo-Save laboratory in Pretoria is the heart of our world-class cord blood and tissue stem cell services. The laboratory, which was opened on 31 January 2013, complies with the highest accreditation standards, including AABB accreditation (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks). The laboratory uses automated equipment for cell counts, stem cell analyses, blood-typing and sterility checks.

Processing takes place in clean rooms to reduce the contamination risk and stem cells are stored in special cryo-preservation bags which are overwrapped and placed, individually, in aluminium protective cases. Each sample is labelled with a unique identifying code and stored, in a cryo-preservation tank, in the vapour phase of liquid nitrogen (at approximately minus 180oC).

 

Security

Access to the Cryo-Save laboratory is controlled, with no unauthorised access to the building, laboratory, cryo-preservation tanks, or data.

 

Interested in a laboratory tour?

Contact us via email or on 087 8080 100 to arrange a tour of the Cryo-Save laboratory and a one-on-one information session with our cord blood specialists.

The collection kit

Processing at the Cryo-Save laboratory

Cord blood processing performed in processing facility

Sampling for sterility testing

Cord tissue processing

Cord tissue viability by fluorescence method

Controlled rate freezing

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Contact Info

  • Location

  • Ground Floor, Acacia House
    Green Hill Village Office Park
    Pretoria, 0001
  • Tel

  • +27 87 8080 170
  • Email

  • info@cryo-save.co.za
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Why store stem cells

  • What are stem cells used for?
  • What have stem cells done so far?
  • Diseases treatable by stem cells
  • Clinical trials and new developments
  • Sample releases by Cryo-Save
  • Why store cord blood stem cells?
  • Who can use cord blood stem cells?

How it works

  • What is the procedure to store stem cells?
  • How are umbilical cord blood stem cells collected?
  • What happens in the stem cell storage lab?
  • Take a look inside the CryoSave laboratory

Why Cryo-Save

  • The Cryo-Save difference
  • Highest quality standards and AABB-accreditation
  • Storage Options and Pricing
  • Cost-free donation programme
  • Sample releases by Cryo-Save

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  • Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood
  • Save The Cord Foundation
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