Your birth tissue donation will help patients suffering with chronic and surgical wounds.
Mothers Healing Others — Sinai Health’s Placenta Donation Program — offers you the opportunity to donate your birth tissue to create dressings for patients suffering from chronic and surgical wounds.
During your pregnancy, your body creates a placenta and other birth tissue to nourish and protect your baby. These tissues are often discarded after birth. They have therapeutic properties that aid in restorative healing.
Placental tissue has been used for more than 100 years to treat hard-to-heal wounds. Products made from placental tissue are scientifically and medically proven to protect the wound from infection, reduce inflammation around the wound and diminish scar tissue. Placental tissue dressings are used to treat burns, leg ulcers, and wounds resulting from surgery.
DONOR ELIGIBILITY
You may be eligible to donate if you have:
A planned Caesarean birth
No disqualifying medical conditions
Participation in the Placenta Donation Program is completely voluntary. Your medical care will not be affected, whether or not you decide to donate. Donation of your placenta presents no side effects or risks to you or your baby.
Placental tissue is used to heal patients everyday. Don’t let yours go to waste.
PARTICIPATION STEPS
STEP 1
Contact our Donation Coordinator at: email: MothersHealingOthers@sinaihealth.ca call: 416-586-4800,
extension 7814 or speak with your health care provider during your next appointment.
STEP 2
A member of the Sinai Health team will ask you to provide written consent to donate your placenta and
related birth tissue and permission for your medical chart to be reviewed.
STEP 3
A member of the Sinai Health team will ask you to complete a brief medical questionnaire.
STEP 4
A member of the Sinai Health team will do a physical examination and take a blood sample.
ON THE DAY OF YOUR CAESAREAN BIRTH
A member of the Sinai Health team will collect your placenta and related birth tissue.
The collection process will not change the delivery process.
ABOUT US
Mothers Healing Others is a program developed by Mount Sinai Allograft Technologies (MSAT). MSAT has been a leader in advanced tissue innovations since 1972 and holds various accreditations including Health Canada Registration and the American Association of Tissue Banks. It strictly follows the guidelines of these organizations to ensure that all donations are carried out with the utmost care and respect.
Proceeds from the donation program are used to help fund patient care and research at Sinai Health.
If you are having a Caesarean birth, we hope you will consider this program.
Contact our Donation Coordinator at:
MothersHealingOthers@sinaihealth.ca or 416-586-4800, ext. 7814 or speak with your health care provider during your next appointment.