Table 6.
Data Management
| |
What data management system for documentation of withdrawal/adding of samples do you use? |
|
|---|---|---|
| Q1—SC | HBM4EU (n = 36) | ESBB (n = 28) |
| Homemade solution (e.g., Excel sheets) | 19/35 (54%) | 7/28 (25%) |
| Database and respective management software | 12/35 (34%) | 21/28 (75%) |
| No data management system | 4/35 (11%) | 0/28 (0%) |
| No answer | 1 | 0 |
| |
What information about a stored samples history do you record? |
|
|---|---|---|
| Q2—MR | HBM4EU (n = 36) | ESBB (n = 28) |
| No information |
1/35 (3%) |
0/28 (0%) |
| Source of the sample |
27/35 (77%) |
24/28 (86%) |
| Date of sample receipt at the repository |
29/35 (83%) |
28/28 (100%) |
| Date of sample shipment from the repository |
16/35 (46%) |
24/28 (86%) |
| Total storage duration |
18/35 (51%) |
22/28 (79%) |
| Sampling year/sampling period |
31/35 (89%) |
22/28 (79%) |
| Person in charge |
20/35 (57%) |
18/28 (64%) |
| Storage temperature |
25/35 (71%) |
26/28 (93%) |
| Thaw and refreezing cycles |
8/35 (23%) |
20/28 (71%) |
| Subaliquots |
15/35 (43%) |
21/28 (75%) |
| Deviations (e.g., interruption of cooling chain) |
11/35 (31%) |
18/28 (64%) |
| Other |
2/35 (6%) |
4/28 (14%) |
| No answer | 1 | 0 |
Presented are the type of question (SC; MR), the total number of survey participants, as well as ratio and percentage (in brackets) of survey participants choosing a given answer. The number of survey participants not providing an answer is noted under “no answer.”
The information marked in bold is the most relevant result.