Table 1.

Personnel and Training

Biorepository personnel to support unique TCCP operations.

Position	Role
Biorepository Research Specialists	Intake & Acquisition Responsible for the collection, initial annotation and de-identification of TCCP biospecimens. They quickly transport tumor specimens from the operating room to the hospital’s anatomic pathology grossing lab. Processing SOPs require tumors to be snap frozen within 15 minutes of surgical extirpation.
Biorepository Research Specialists	Histotechnologist Experienced histotechnologists, often state licensed, that support all histology related biospecimen processing including but not limited to macrodissection, biospecimen weighing, aliquoting and sample prep for shipping and storage.
Consortium Site Staff	Each site is staffed by key members that fill roles identified during site assessment and initiation. Depending on the site, representatives from existing research operations, pathology, laboratory and nursing can all become a dedicated part of that site’s TCCP Team. Phased implementation ensures that the departments and staff responsible for each step of the process are comfortable with their specific role before the consenting of patients and collection of tissues is attempted. A number of “dry runs” are performed with Moffitt TCCP oversight during this site initiation.
Biorepository Pathologists	Moffitt has several pathologists committed to the evaluation, annotation and selection of tissues for research activities. Slides are evaluated and marked, with quality annotation data entered directly into the biospecimen system of record.