More potential lapses found at Cordlife; Ministry sets end-May deadline to rectify issues


Cord blood units have to be stored at temperatures below minus 150 deg C, or they could thaw and be damaged. - ST

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has found more potential lapses such as ineffective incident reporting frameworks and inadequate training and competence of staff at private cord blood bank Cordlife amid investigations, and has given the company till the end of May to rectify the issues.

In a regulatory filing on Jan 23, Cordlife said it received a letter from MOH with a list of the “potential areas of non-compliance” with health regulations that the ministry has identified based on its inspections. These also include inappropriate storage of cord blood units.

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