The i+12 Biobank was authorized by the Regional Ministry of Health of the Spanish Autonomous Region of Madrid in 2013, and was registered in the National Registry of Biobanks, belonging to the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), with No. B.0000657, as required by Spanish Royal Decree 1716/2011 governing the basic requirements for the authorization and operation of Biobanks for biomedical research purposes, and the treatment of human samples. In addition, our biobank is a member of the Spanish National Biobank Network Platform at the request of the ISCIII (PT17/0015/001).
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The i+12 Biobank is based in the Pathological Anatomy Service and spans a surface of 96 m2 divided into two areas: the reception and laboratory area, and the cryopreservation area.
The samples and associated data enter and exit through the reception and laboratory areas, the latter of which features two work stations for the biobank technicians, each equipped with two computers, two printers, one label reader and the sample and data management application to ensure their traceability. This area also contains the technical coordination office and the sample processing and aliquoting laboratory where, in addition to the processing of samples, the extraction of nucleic acids is performed along with the necessary controls to guarantee the samples’ quality. The processing laboratory is equipped with a refrigerator that reaches -20 oC, a laminar flow hood, two centrifuges, a thermoblock, a nucleic acid extractor, a nanodrop, a bioanalyzer, a cryotome, a thermal cycler and a microscope.
On the other hand, the cryopreservation area holds the frozen sample preservation unit comprised by a total of 12 ultra-freezers that reach a temperature of -80 oC and are equipped with CO2 cartridges, a nitrogen storage container, a central alarm system and a temperature monitoring control system.
[/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Staff and contact information” tab_id=”1526896086280-77994a0a-b9e1″]Ownership: Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre.
The party responsible for data processing: Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre.
Scientific Management: Dr. José Luis Rodríguez Peralto.
Biobank Technical Coordinator: Dr. Alicia Maroto Pérez.
i+12 Biobank contact information:
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Informed consent of the i+12 Biobank
Code of Good Practices applicable to Spanish Biomedical Research Biobanks
Access to the Spanish Platform of Biobanks
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