Table 2.

General information for each biospecimen to be stored in a biobank

Preliminary Information
Patient Information	Name	Date of Birth
	Medical record number	Diagnosis
	Research consent	Date of specimen release
Research Identifier
Biologic Type	Solid Biologics	Fluid Biologics
	Tissue	Blood
	Organ	Cerebrospinal fluid
	Other solid	Other bodily fluid
Quality Control
Biobank Specimen Information
Storage	History of custody	Current location
	Current method of storage	Storage conditions
Genealogy	Derivatives (Materials derived from the biospecimen)	Aliquots (Smaller samples of the original biospecimen, e.g. A 5 ml tube of blood may be aliquoted into five 1 ml cryovials)
	FFPE blocks and slides
	DNA, RNA, protein, cell lines
Experimental History	Proposed research study	Grant funding
	IRB approval	Experimental procedures
	Data obtained	Results
	Publication history	Trials supported
Shipping	Hazard classifications	Destination
	Courier service	Tracking number