Table 2.
Documents developed by the H3Africa Biorepositories
| Guidelines | Forms |
|---|---|
| Phlebotomy | Shipment notification and manifest |
| Biospecimen storage | Shipment query notification |
| Biospecimen shipping and transportation | |
| Biospecimen deposit | |
| Biospecimen and data access | |
| Sample collection | Sample processing |
| Phlebotomy | Plasma and serum processing |
| PAXgene—DNA and RNA | PAXgene DNA and RNA isolation |
| Oragene saliva—DNA and RNA | Oragene saliva—DNA and RNA isolation |
| Tempus blood RNA | Tempus blood RNA isolation |
| PBMC | PBMC isolation |
| Urine collection and processing | DNA and RNA extraction from blood derivatives |
| Destruction of human biospecimens | |
| Sample quality control | Biospecimen transport |
| Acceptance and rejection criteria | Biospecimen submission |
| Nucleic acid quality assessment | Identification, labeling, and tracking |
| QC for plasma and serum | Biospecimen shipping and transportation |
| QC validation for plasma and serum | Material transfer agreement |