CBR

Experience

100

^{Year of CBR establisment}

¹⁹⁹²

200

^{T or F} 

^{CBR owns its own facility} 

^{What is YES}

300

^{Amount of samples stored at CBR}

^{What is clsoe to 1 million}

Piece of Mind

100

^{How many days a week are the samples monitored?} 

^{What is 24/7}

200

^{How often does CBR conduct a temperature and environment check on the cryopreserved dewars?}

^{What is every 1.6 seconds} 

300

^{What’s the size is CBR’s generator?}

^{What is 750 KW}

400

^{How many liquid nitrogen tanks does CBR have and how big are they?}

^{What is 2 tanks @9,000 Gallons each} 

500

What accreditations does CBR hold?  (*bonus: why doesn’t CBR have the FACT accreditation?)

What is AABB, FDA-registered, CLIA 

(What is FACT accreditation is voluntary, and, in the US, has typically been pursued by banks that preserve cord blood units for unrelated donor use (public bank or hybrid banks) or those that are closely associated with hospitals and clinical facilities)

Expertise

100

^{Around how many Genetic Counselors and NSCEs does CBR have?}

^{What is 6 GCs and 37 NSCEs}

200

^{How many families have utilized their CB samples?}

^{What is over 700}

Quality

100

^{How many hours on average does it take to get the kit at the lab from the hospital and are the kits electronically tracked and are they temperature protected?}

^{What is 19-24, YES and YES}

200

^{How many clinical trials has CBR invested in and for what conditions?}

^{What is 5 trials for Autism, CP, Acuired hearing loss, Pediatic stroke and T1D}

300

What % of releases from CBR are for regen med?

What is 84%

400

^{What is CBR’s processing system called and is it automatic or manual?}

^{What is AXP (AutoExpressProcessing) and it's automatic}

500

^{What quality metrics is measured for each sample that comes to CBR’s lab, what is the CB cell recovery rate and why does CBR choose to preserve the whole cord?} 

^{What is} 

^{CB- viability, Sterlity and total nucleated cell count.   CT-  metabolic health of the cells (Acitve Cord) and sterility [we also test maternal blood for infectious disease markers (IDM), which is related to quality for CB and CT]. Recovery Rate is more than 95%}  

^{Whole cord: to help ensure the family has the most options science has to offer in the future. The research indicates that the MSCs isolated from cryopreserved cord tissue have the special properties needed for future clinical use}

Community

100

^{Is CBR the only company that sends out a monthly email blog to CBR families and physicians?}

What is YES

200

What does CBR do for baby’s 1st bday?

What is send a baby book

300

^{Describe CBRs referral program?}

^{What is refer a friend (that enrolls) and get a free year of CB storage. Refer 2 friends and get 100 GC+ free CB…….}

400

^{Why is Family Health Registry an added benefit of choosing CBR?} 

^{What is CBR is the only bank that offers this program. This database of health histories identifies conditions that are common among CBR families and helps match families with researchers conducting clinical trials.}

500

^{What 3 categories do we include in the NPP? and of the 3 arms, which ones are only offered CBR?} 

^{What is designated treatment protocol, prenatal diagnosis protocol, low apgar protocol} 

^{What is prenatal diagnosis and *low apgar  *CC also offers low apgar since 2019}