Tissue Banking Overview: Washington University Medical Center
Tissue Banking Overview: Washington University Medical Center
Tissue Banking Overview: Washington University Medical Center
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Advantages of<br />
online system<br />
• Accessibility to research community – as a link on<br />
departmental website<br />
• Automatic capture of required information<br />
• Reliable documentation (what was requested, and who)<br />
• Tracking of stage within laboratory<br />
• Easier compliation of metrics related to requests<br />
• Possibility of additional levels of monitoring/ review if<br />
needed<br />
• Status communications to requestors – through the “back<br />
end” updating the “front end”<br />
ca<strong>Tissue</strong> Suite v1.2<br />
• Web-based application for biospecimen information management<br />
• Professional approach to software design<br />
• Open source / Open access (Free)<br />
• Iterative development cycle (Always improving)<br />
• Flexible to meet the needs of varying biobank environments<br />
• Multiple sources of electronic and human support<br />
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