Harmonization of Biobank Education for Biobank Technicians: Identification of Learning Objectives.

ABSTRACT: The quality of biospecimens stored in a biobank depends tremendously on the technical personnel responsible for processing, storage, and release of biospecimens. Adequate training of these biobank employees would allow harmonization of correct sample handling and thus ensure a high and comparable quality of samples across biobank locations. However, in Germany there are no specific training opportunities for technical biobank staff. To understand the educational needs of the technical personnel a web-based survey was sent to all national biobanks via established e-mail registers. In total, 79 biobank employees completed the survey, including 43 technicians. The majority of the participating technical personnel stated that they had worked in a biobank for less than three years and had never

SUBMITTER: Hartung ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9336536 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature