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. 2020 Apr 9;18(2):122–135. doi: 10.1089/bio.2019.0092

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.