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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2011 Jun;13(6):569–575. doi: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e318211a9c2

Table 4.

Intentions to retain specimens

Web survey Follow-up Interviews
“We will destroy specimens at a specified time” 10 (12.99) 4 (33.33)
“We will return specimens to the organization from which we obtained them” 2 (2.60) 0 (0.00)
“We will keep specimens permanently” 17 (22.08) 3 (25.00)
“We will keep specimens, but have not decided for how long” 29 (37.66) 3 (25.00)
Not sure/do not know 11 (14.29) 1 (8.33)
Could not choose one categorya 8 (10.39) 1 (8.33)
Total 77 (100.00)b 12 (100.00)
a

Includes those who checked two categories (destroy and keep permanently [depends on consent addendum], destroy and keep but do not know how long) and those who provided text answers only.

b

Three web survey respondents did not answer this question.