| Once your pregnancy is confirmed
all you need to do is contact LifeCell immediately and register your
details. We are accessible 24x7 through various channels like Toll Free
Calling Line, Helpline, SMS, E-mail and Website registration. LifeCell
contact points are provided at the end of this brochure. |
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| Ask for a presentation |
| On understanding your interest,
our tele-calling executive will get in touch with you and provide you
all required details on the concept, the process for enrollment along
with pricing options. You can also insist on a visit by a relationship
executive to your residence to elaborate the details in person to you
and your family members and provide all supportive materials. |
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| Enroll online instantaneously |
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| You can enroll online
instantaneously using your credit card, without going through the
process of manual cheque payments. Our tele-calling executive will guide
you through the process of online enrollment, which is simple, safe and
fast. |
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| Sign up for the service |
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Once you decide to preserve your
baby's cord blood stem cells you will be required to fill in the
enrollment and agreement forms and make necessary payment based on the
pricing plan you choose. The pricing options are listed in a separate
section in this brochure.
You will receive an official confirmation of the enrollment once the
payment and these forms reach our laboratory. |
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| Get prepared and await the
delivery date |
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Subsequently, you will receive a
cord blood collection kit, which contains a set of materials required
for collection of cord blood along with an instruction manual. Please
check the kit contents and read through the instruction manual
thoroughly.
Please ensure that you carry the kit, frozen gel packs and all related
documents to the hospital / nursing home while going to the hospital for
delivery. On reaching the hospital, place the gel packs in the deep
freezer immediately. |
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| Inform your Doctor |
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| Inform your doctor well in
advance about your decision to preserve your baby's cord blood stem
cells and take your doctor’s consent to collect the cord blood at the
time of delivery. In case your hospital / doctor is unable to perform
the collection please inform us at least a week in advance to enable us
to depute our paramedic staff. |
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| Cord blood & Cord Tissue
collection |
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| Contact our 24x7 Helpline while
you move towards the hospital for the delivery and provide them the
complete details - Name, CRM No., Contact No., Hospital and Doctor. The
executive will ensure that the paramedic staffs reaches on time in case
you have asked for the same earlier. They will guide you through the
collection, packing and dispatch process in case the hospital is
performing the collection. |
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| Documentation and dispatch |
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| Fill in all the documents of the
kit box and ensure all relevant information is provided. Please re-pack
the kit box as instructed and ensure that the frozen gel packs are put
back in the kit box while sending the collected sample to LifeCell
laboratory. Please call LifeCell’s courier service or the Helpline
service to pick-up the collected sample. |
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| Testing, Processing and
Storage |
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| On receipt of the sample at the
laboratory, the sample once found fit for processing is then subject to
a series of tests and subsequently processed for harvesting stem cells.
The extracted stem cells of the baby are preserved cryogenically at
-196°C in a high security, environment controlled, secluded area for
potential medical use in the future. |
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| Preservation confirmation |
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| You will receive the
preservation certificate from our laboratory confirming the storage of
the stem cells with a detailed lab report for your records. Preserve
this certificate safely and please ensure to quote your CRM No. in all
your future communication and updates. |
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