RFID as a new ICT tool to monitor specimen life cycle and quality control in a biobank

International Journal of Biological Markers

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-135

  Nanni, Umberto ^a   Spila, Antonella ^b   Riondino, Silvia ^b   Valente, Maria Giovanna ^b   Somma, Paolo ^b   Iacoboni, Mauro ^b   Alessandroni, Jhessica ^b   Papa, Veronica ^b,c   Della Morte, David ^b,d   Palmirotta, Raffaele ^b   Ferroni, Patrizia ^b   Roselli, Mario ^e   Guadagni, Fiorella ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biobank; Radio frequency identification (rfid); Specimen collection; Specimen retrieval

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE CYCLE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79959299056     PISSN: 03936155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JBM.2011.8323     Document Type: Article

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