Establishing an academic biobank in a resource-challenged environment

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 486-492

  Soo, Cassandra Claire ^a   Mukomana, Freedom ^a   Hazelhurst, Scott ^a,b   Ramsay, Michele ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Best practice; Biobanking; Biomedical research; LIMS; Sample management

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BUILDING; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SECURITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ETHICS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM; POWER SUPPLY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESSING; QUALITY CONTROL; SHIPPING; STAFF; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ACCREDITATION; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 85019743603     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: 20785135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i6.12099     Document Type: Article

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