On the safe side

A courier brings the umbilical cord blood to the stem cell bank of the University Hospital Erlangen. There, it is immediately separated. Then, the precious stem cells are frozen at minus 175° Celsius in two separate nitrogen tanks. This procedure increases the safety and offers the possibility to only use half of the stored material (for regenerative medicine) and to keep the other half for later treatments. The material is stored according to state of the art technology and according to highest security standards.

During the separation of the umbilical cord blood, little samples are collected. These tiny samples are then examined by extensive laboratory scans. Thereby, the vitality of the cells is checked and also the material is scanned for probable infections. These scans are carried out according to highest quality standards. 

After storing the umbilical cord blood stem cells of your child you receive an official certificate from the Transfusion medical and haemostaseologic department of the University Hospital Erlangen. This certificate contains all crucial information which is necessary for its later use. If one day your child should need this stem cell material, then please hand in this written certificate to eticur) or to the  die Transfusion medical and haemostaseologic department of the University Hospital Erlangen.