Is there any risk to the cord blood if there is a power outage or system failure at the storage facility?
CorCell’s cord blood specimens are stored in liquid nitrogen. Liquid nitrogen does not require an electrical system to keep it cold because the cooling is generated by liquid nitrogen alone. Many parents are afraid that if there is a system failure the cord blood specimens will thaw because they are under a false impression that liquid nitrogen requires electricity, like an air conditioning unit, for circulation through cooling coils to lower the temperature. This is NOT the case with CorCell’s cord blood specimens. The liquid nitrogen maintains its temperature at -196˚ C without any additional system to maintain it at that temperature. As long as there is liquid nitrogen in the tank the temperature will not increase.
