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Table 2 Management of umbilical cord blood at institutions that currently handle childbirth n(%)

From: Current status of umbilical cord blood storage and provision to private biobanks by institutions handling childbirth in Japan

 

Currently do

Done in the past, but not now

Never

No answer

Provide to a public blood bank

66(6.1)

87(8.0)

879(81.1)

52(4.8)

Provide to a private blood bank

373(34.4)

175(16.1)

503(46.4)

33(3.0)

Provide to a medical treatment facility

13(1.2)

15(1.4)

1001(92.3)

55(5.1)

Provide to a research institution

25(2.3)

39(3.6)

967(89.2)

53(4.9)

Provide to a company

17(1.6)

6(0.6)

1007(92.9)

54(5.0)

Provide to a foreign medical treatment facility, research institution, or company

2(0.2)

1(0.1)

1026(94.6)

55(5.1)

Store at own facility for medical treatment purposes

10(0.9)

15(1.4)

1005(92.7)

54(5.0)

Store at own facility for research purposes

19(1.8)

15(1.4)

994(91.7)

56(5.2)

Other measures

32(2.7)

9(0.8)

664(55.7)

379(31.8)