Advancing Professionalization of Biobank Business Operations: Performance and Utilization.

Advancing Professionalization of Biobank Business Operations: Performance and Utilization. Biopreserv Biobank. 2019 Jun;17(3):213-218 Authors: Henderson MK, Goldring K, Simeon-Dubach D Abstract Biobanks are now in the spotlight as key enablers supporting preclinical, clinical, and environmental research. Awareness of their value has increased along with the need for these infrastructures to be sustained through business-focused practices. Following our 2017 pilot survey on biobank business planning, we initiated a more comprehensive 38-question multiple-language worldwide survey on biobank sustainability. Two hundred seventy-six biobanks of various sizes and stages of business planning (in place, in progress or none) responded. About two-thirds were established in the last 10 years. Survey results confirm our hypothesis that biobanks with business plans or preparing such plans are trending toward more professional structures. Specific survey data focusing on performance metrics and utilization, as related to sustainability, are presented. Biobanks most frequently measured basic performance metrics (sample utilization, samples collected, samples distributed, internal projects supported). Metrics less often reported included sample and data quality, cost recovery, citations, and publications, typically correlating with higher levels of biobank complexity and professionalism. Biobanks reported supporting projects for both internal and e...
Source: Biopreservation and Biobanking - Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Biopreserv Biobank Source Type: research