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Title
Biobanking in the COVID-19 era and beyond, part 2 : a set of tool implementation case studies
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Abstract
The COVID-19 era has brought about a number of novel challenges for the global biobanking community. An array of diverse tools (e.g., standards, best practices, and plans) exists to support quality and fitness-for-purpose in biobank operations. The International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) COVID-19 Response Task Force has set out to identify needs and gaps in these tools and make recommendations for the next generation of available tools, having closely examined the COVID-19-related challenges. While conducting this work to examine the relationships between tools and biobank adaptability, a subgroup of the task force conducted a parallel effort to develop and describe individual COVID-19 era case studies based on a number of operating biobanks. Each case study presents a different combination of implemented tools. Observations and lessons learned from these case studies are provided, and experiences with tool implementation are discussed. This information is supplemented by data relating to tool usefulness that was obtained through an ISBER survey discussed in a companion article. The knowledge gained from this study will be combined with other task force efforts to make recommendations to better position the biobanking community in their response to future emergencies.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Biopreservation and biobanking. - New Rochelle, N.Y.
Publication
New Rochelle, N.Y. : 2020
ISSN
1947-5535 [online]
1947-5543 [print]
DOI
10.1089/BIO.2020.0083
Volume/pages
18 :6 (2020) , p. 547-560
ISI
000592477600001
Pubmed ID
33226280
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Last edited 17.12.2024
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