Building blocks for better biorepositories in Africa

Table 2 Documents developed by the H3Africa Biorepositories

Guidelines	Forms
Phlebotomy	Shipment notification and manifest
Biospecimen storage	Shipment query notification
Biospecimen shipping and transportation
Biospecimen deposit
Biospecimen and data access
Sample collection	Sample processing
Phlebotomy	Plasma and serum processing
PAXgene—DNA and RNA	PAXgene DNA and RNA isolation
Oragene saliva—DNA and RNA	Oragene saliva—DNA and RNA isolation
Tempus blood RNA	Tempus blood RNA isolation
PBMC	PBMC isolation
Urine collection and processing	DNA and RNA extraction from blood derivatives
	Destruction of human biospecimens
Sample quality control	Biospecimen transport
Acceptance and rejection criteria	Biospecimen submission
Nucleic acid quality assessment	Identification, labeling, and tracking
QC for plasma and serum	Biospecimen shipping and transportation
QC validation for plasma and serum	Material transfer agreement

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