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Biospecimen Repository Core
CLINICAL AND RESEARCH MATERIALS STORAGE

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Services: 

Safe and secure storage and management for samples with a standardized, regulatory-compliant and privacy-protected repository for fluid and tissue biospecimens.

Pick-up and delivery services of samples in IATA-compliant cryogenic shipping containers and accessories.  All materials are transported under strict supervision by trained staff.  This process provides optimal access of all stored specimens. 

Management of samples governed by compliant Standard Operating Procedures and evidence-based biobanking   best practices.  The clinical inventory system with appropriate annotation of biospecimens is supported by NIH.

24-hour equipment monitoring with sophisticated online alarm system and on-call staff.

Equipment:

The facility's state-of-the-art equipment and loss-prevention systems include: 43 Thermo Scientific Revco Ultra-Low temperature upright freezers, with jacketed, built-in liquid nitrogen back-up systems; eight MVE - 150 liquid nitrogen high efficiency/vapor series tanks, with a capacity per tank of 31,200 cryovials (2 ml) in 100grid boxes; and emergency back-up gas generators.  Testing and validation records are available to users.


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