Cord blood is collected from the umbilical cord after the birth of the baby. After the blood has been collected, the blood is placed in the temperature controlled shipping container provided by Cryosite. As soon as possible after the birth of your child, you or your partner must contact Cryosite’s nominated courier service to advise that there is a sample awaiting collection. The courier must be contacted in sufficient time to enable the delivery of the collected blood to our laboratory in Sydney within 36 hours of the birth of your child. The courier is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to pick up your baby’s cord blood sample. Your baby’s cord blood sample will then be shipped to our processing laboratory in Sydney for processing, pathology testing and freezing at the cryogenic temperature required for the long-term storage of the cord blood.