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what the risks are cord blood, sample of blood collected, umbilical cord, time of birth, immediately, birth of baby, umbilical cord is clamped, cord blood, drawn, another clamp, 8 to 10 inches away, isolated section is cut, a blood sample is collected into a specimen tube, no special preparation is necessary, not feel beyond the normal birthing process, cord blood testing is performed to assess the following, blood gases, to evaluate the oxygen, carbon dioxide, ph levels, blood type, rh, respiratory status, complete blood count, cbc, platelet count, hemoglobin levels, hgb, hematocrit, hct, bilirubin levels, glucose, blood culture, an infection is suspected, normal values indicate that all items evaluated, normal range, a low ph, less than 7.2, indicates high levels of acids, in the baby's blood, might occur, the baby, does not get enough oxygen, labor, one reason, could be that the umbilical cord was compressed, delivery, a blood culture that is positive, bacteria indicates septicemia, elevated levels of glucose, in the cord blood found mother has diabetes, newborn, watched, rebound hypoglycemia after delivery, elevate bilirubin could indicate, maternal jaundice, maternal ingestion of sulfa drugs, pregnancy, rh incompatibility, dubin-johnson syndrome, congenital toxoplasmosis, congenital rubella, congenital hepatitis, congenital cmv, no risks, beyond those, experienced by the mother, child, time of birth, most hospitals routinely collect cord blood at birth, it is relatively convenient, birth, time it is possible to, parents choose to have cord blood banked, used later child has a condition that would, require a bone marrow transplant, cord blood, re-constitute the immune system in place of a transplant, doesn't, require a search, compatible donor, child has a normal, uneventful birth, choose to run selected tests on the sample, not bank the sample.