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ABN Protocol Guidelines

The ABN have developed extensive guidelines for biorepository protocols. It is intented that this document will provide best practice principles for existing tissue banks, as well as recommended protocols for newly established biorepositories to refer to. Topics covered include ethics, biospecimen collection, processing and storage, DNA/RNA extraction, and access policies. The fourth revision is now available.

To access these protocols, please click on the link below.

Australasian Biospecimen Network Biorepository Protocols - Revision 4 (March 2007)

Protocols from the ABN-Oncology member banks are also listed below:

Children's Hospital at Westmead Tumour Bank	Sample Collection and Processing Collection into RNA Later
kConFab	Procedures Manual
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Tissue Bank	Blood Protocol Tissue Collection Protocol Fresh Tissue Protocol OCT Embedding Protocol Formalin Fixation Protocol Bone Marrow Protocol Pleural Effusion Protocol
Western Australia Research Tissue Network	Laboratory Manual
Westmead Gynaecological Oncology Tissue Bank	Biospecimen Processing Manual

Other useful documents:

Case Studies of Existing Human Tissue Repositories	A report by the RAND Corporation looking 'Best Practice' principles in US biorepositories.
Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia (ALRC 96)	A report by the Australian Law Reform Commission and the Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) containing recommendations on the protection of human genetic information, including that collected by tissue banks.