Hema-Quebec
Hema-Quebec and the Center hospitalier universitaire mire-enfant Sainte-Justine has a public umbilical cord blood bank program in Quebec.
The goal of the program is to provide Quebec children, including those from various ethnic populations with increased accessibility to cord blood. According to the web site, this is the first and only public umbilical cord blood bank in Quebec.
Hema-Quebec’s mission is to efficiently provide adequate quantities of safe, optimal blood components, substitutes and human tissues to meet the needs of all Quebeckers; provide and develop expertise and services, along with specialized and innovative products in the fields of transfusion medicine and human tissue transplantation.
The program was launched in 2003. Cord blood is collected at Sainte-Justine and St. Mary’s Hospitals, with the consent of mothers who give birth at either of the two institutions, then tested at Hema-Quebec for its safety and quality. If the cord blood sample meets standards, Hema-Quebec freezes it.
Cord blood will therefore become available, on demand, for potential cord blood transplant candidates at Sainte-Justine. Samples that are not acceptable for a transplant will be stored at Sainte-Justine for research purposes.
Hema-Quebec and the Center hospitalier universitaire mire-enfant Sainte-Justine
4045 C™te Vertu Boulevard
Saint-Laurent (Quebec)
H4R 2W7
(514) 832-5000
888 666-4362
fax (514) 832-1025
Their address in Quebec City:
1009 Du Vallon Street
Sainte-Foy (Quebec)
G1V 5C3
(418) 780-4362
800 267-9711
