TABLE 1.

Training topics to build knowledge and skills – Project A in Nigeria.

Attendee type (No.)	Total number of staff trained	Venue	Training type (date)	Topics covered
Laboratory technician (1)	1	I-HAB	Laboratory orientation (September 2013)	Quality management systems
				Safety
				Good laboratory practices
				SOP writing
				Documentation
				Inventory management
				Laboratory organisation
				Use and care of basic lab equipment
				Overview of HIV infection and testing according to national algorithm
			Customised training (January 2014)	Biospecimen collection
				Biospecimen processing
				Biospecimen storage
				Organise and document biospecimen storage
				Biospecimen acceptance or rejection
				Local specimen transport
				QC: Plasma and serum visual grading
				Temperature monitoring
				Standard preanalytical code
				Minimum information about biobank data sharing (MIABIS)
				Intro to computers: General operations, Microsoft Word and Excel
Data clerk (4) Laboratory staff (5) Nurse (2) Research coordinator (1)	12	I-HAB	Customised training (March 2015)	Good laboratory practices
				Pipetting techniques
				Biospecimen collection
				Biospecimen labelling and aliquoting
				Biospecimen reception and rejection
				Plasma and serum processing
				QC: Plasma and serum visual grading
				DNA extraction: Theory and SOP only (no practical)
				QC: DNA
				Biospecimen storage
				Biospecimen shipment
				IATA regulations
				Standard preanalytical code MIABIS†
				Documents, records and data management
				Temperature monitoring
				Workflow

I-HAB, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria H3Africa Biorepository; QC, quality control; SOP, standard operating procedures; IATA, International Air and Transport Association; MIABIS, Minimum information about biobank data sharing.

^†, A means to standardise data by defining minimal data elements that are common among biorepositories, such as data that describes samples.