Advancing Professionalization of Biobank Business Operations: A Worldwide Survey.

ABSTRACT: Quality specimens from biobanks are key resources to support reproducible research. Sustaining biobanks requires robust management. We recently published a pilot survey that indicated that over half the participating biobanks had business plans in place and another third were working on business planning. While the results provided a clue to the status of business planning in biobanking, it was concluded that a longer and more in-depth survey and analysis were required. In April 2017, an extended survey was distributed worldwide in English, French, Chinese, German, and Spanish, through multiple channels. The survey was built using the Survey Monkey tool. Our hypothesis was that those biobanks that already have a business plan also have a more professional management structure. The question

SUBMITTER: Henderson MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6389761 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature