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With 10,000 babies born every day, how do hospitals dispose of all the umbilical chords? Where do they go?

The afterbirth is likely considered bio-hazardous material but that seems to be an exceptional amount. How is all of that disposed of properly?
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chrisfarley | 3 years, 5 months ago
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It is considered biohazardous material. Like most surgical waste, it is carried away by disposal companies. The material is either sterilized and disposed of in a landfill or incinerated.

Recently, umbilical cords have been used in stem cell research. The stem cells in the umbilical cord may be as helpful as embryonic stem cells.

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budgallant | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

Good answer. I worked at a hospital where biological waste (which includes excess material from surgeries), and at that particular place, things were stored in pathology and then shipped for incineration.

You are quite right.

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spudrph | 3 years, 5 months ago
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I would have to assume they are medical waste, if they are not preserved in a cord blood registry of some sort.

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mrhelmsc | 3 years, 5 months ago
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The Umbilical Chords are stored with the skinned that's taken from the circumsisions (Reffered to as schmuck). Regardless of what anyone else tells you, this usually ends up in either the hospital's chili, or in the mac and cheese.

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