Email Newsletters. By Karen Price. Dan Fisher has led the Pitt women's volleyball team to a 44-20 record in his two seasons as coach, and beginning Thursday, he will try to lead the USA to a gold medal in the Pan American Games in Toronto.
Reflex/confirmation testing not performed. Meconium or umbilical cord tissue are preferred over urine for testing of infants Urine testing indicates drug use over the previous 1â10 days, depending on the drug. Meconium may be contaminated by urine; umbilical cord tissue may be contaminated by maternal blood.
Through two arteries and a vein in the cord, nourishment and oxygen pass from the blood vessels in the placenta to the fetus, and waste products pass from the fetus to the placenta. Soon after birth, the umbilical cord is clamped or tied and then cut.The part that is attached to the placenta, still in the uterus, is expelled with the placenta. The stump that remains attached to the baby's abdomen is about 2 inches (5 cm) long.After a few days it falls off naturally. Clamping the umbilical cord.he part that is attached to the placenta, still in the uterus, is expelled with the placenta. The stump that remains attached to the baby's abdomen is about 2 inches (5 cm) long. After a few days it falls off naturally. Clamping the umbilical cord.