TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical biospecimens
T2 - Reference materials, certified for nominal properties?
AU - Betsou, Fay
PY - 2014/4/1
Y1 - 2014/4/1
N2 - This report makes the case for clinical biospecimens to be certified for nominal properties, in particular the diagnosis, and to attain the level of Reference Materials. Clinical certified biospecimens that are collected, processed, characterized, stored, and distributed by biobanks are urgently needed to facilitate diagnostic test development, evaluation, and quality assurance. Four examples are provided to illustrate this purpose and the certification approaches that could be applied are proposed.
AB - This report makes the case for clinical biospecimens to be certified for nominal properties, in particular the diagnosis, and to attain the level of Reference Materials. Clinical certified biospecimens that are collected, processed, characterized, stored, and distributed by biobanks are urgently needed to facilitate diagnostic test development, evaluation, and quality assurance. Four examples are provided to illustrate this purpose and the certification approaches that could be applied are proposed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84899089234&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1089/bio.2013.0086
DO - 10.1089/bio.2013.0086
M3 - Article
C2 - 24749878
AN - SCOPUS:84899089234
SN - 1947-5535
VL - 12
SP - 113
EP - 120
JO - Biopreservation and Biobanking
JF - Biopreservation and Biobanking
IS - 2
ER -