Article ; Online: Is Your Biobank Up to Standards? A Review of the National Canadian Tissue Repository Network Required Operational Practice Standards and the Controlled Documents of a Certified Biobank.
Biopreservation and biobanking
2017 Volume 16, Issue 1, Page(s) 36–41
Abstract: Ongoing quality management is an essential part of biobank operations and the creation of high quality biospecimen resources. Adhering to the standards of a national biobanking network is a way to reduce variability between individual biobank processes, ... ...
| Abstract | Ongoing quality management is an essential part of biobank operations and the creation of high quality biospecimen resources. Adhering to the standards of a national biobanking network is a way to reduce variability between individual biobank processes, resulting in cross biobank compatibility and more consistent support for health researchers. The Canadian Tissue Repository Network (CTRNet) implemented a set of required operational practices (ROPs) in 2011 and these serve as the standards and basis for the CTRNet biobank certification program. A review of these 13 ROPs covering 314 directives was conducted after 5 years to identify areas for revision and update, leading to changes to 7/314 directives (2.3%). A review of all internal controlled documents (including policies, standard operating procedures and guides, and forms for actions and processes) used by the BC Cancer Agency's Tumor Tissue Repository (BCCA-TTR) to conform to these ROPs was then conducted. Changes were made to 20/106 (19%) of BCCA-TTR documents. We conclude that a substantial fraction of internal controlled documents require updates at regular intervals to accommodate changes in best practices. Reviewing documentation is an essential aspect of keeping up to date with best practices and ensuring the quality of biospecimens and data managed by biobanks. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Canada ; Certification/standards ; Documentation/standards ; Guideline Adherence ; Humans ; Specimen Handling/standards ; Tissue Banks/standards |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2017-11-17 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2593993-2 |
| ISSN | 1947-5543 ; 1947-5535 |
| ISSN (online) | 1947-5543 |
| ISSN | 1947-5535 |
| DOI | 10.1089/bio.2017.0065 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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