We followed the law of Human Biobank Management Act to set up the Biobank of Taipei Veterans General Hospital since 2013/07/25. Our sample collections from several departments including Internal medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oral Medicine, Neurology Center, Urology, and Head and Neck Surgery…etc. These samples were collected in a centralized bank according to standard operating procedures of collection, preservation and application. The establishment of Sample Tracking System (STS) helps tracking sample location. It is expected that the established biobank will provide invaluable contributions for the study of targeted diseases or populations.
※Biospecimen Collection and Storage
It has two -20℃ freezers, twelve -80℃ freezers and six large liquid nitrogen freezers. All freezers are on backup emergency power and are monitored their temperature.
To protect patient privacy, all specimens received by the bank are immediately de-identified by our biobank staffs and the linkage codes are maintained solely by the VGHTPE Biobank in the isolation room without internet connection.
※Monitoring Equipment
Access control & Monitor, O2 detector, Temperature monitoring
--Storage equipment is checked and monitored daily.
--Monitoring data is collected and saved every month.
--Real-time monitoring system will alert staffs to the out of range temperature by mobile phone.
※Biobanking Inventory System
1.Personally Identifiable Information(PII) System
-- A software to automatically create a de-identified code by patient’s medical record number (MRN). The software not only creates a unique code for each patient but also uploads specimen information (physician, division/department, specimen type: tumor/normal) to STS.
2.Sample Tracking System(STS) System
-- STS tracks sample localization with the identifier of freezer, rack, and box number.