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TheCanadian BioSample Repository (CBSR) hasprocessed and stored biospecimens since 2000. In 2008, CBSR begandeveloping a comprehensive client-server Java application, namedBioBank, to be used by nurses, lab technicians, researchers, and labadministrators. Biobank allows multiple users, operating at differentcomputers and different locations, to simultaneously process and logthousands of specimens daily. Nurses can enter specimens into thesystem, technicians can process and transfer specimens, researcherscan request specimens and view inventory information, andadministrators can create comprehensive queries and manage users.Biobank is open source and free software, modelled oncaTissue from theNational Cancer Institute.

Biobank is part of a larger effort by the CBSR to create a network forresearch collaboration, to facilitate standardization, and to providehelp with lab setup, configuration, and training. The system isflexible and can be adapted for almost any storage application,whether it uses handwritten labels, barcodes, test tubes, cryovials,or glass slides to label and store specimens.

Currently, CBSR uses Biobank to manage upwards of 480,000 biospecimensand 14,000 patients across 27 studies in dozens of clinics andprocessing centres around the world (Canada, the United States, andEurope).

For further information or to request a demonstration of the softwareyou may email CBSR athelp@biosample.ca. You may also like to visitthe web site at:

• http://biosample.ca/

Please see the Wiki for this project for more documentation.