Standard operating procedures
Documentation describing Sheffield Biorepository operations and regulatory compliance are available under the categories below.
All SOPs are Portable Document Format (pdf) and can be viewed with freely available software, such as Adobe Reader, or by using your browsers built-in viewer.
For a copy of our HTA licence see the downloads section.
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- Current Standard Operating Procedures
- Audit forms
- Facilities
- Disposal
- Risk Assessments (Human Tissue)
- Management and Consent Policies
- Health & Safety
- Downloads
- Departmental LN2 Samples
Current Standard Operating Procedures
- Security & Access
- Freezer Store Maintenance
- Freezer Store Emergencies Breakdowns
- Storage Distribution
- Accident Reporting
- Tissue Sample Disposal
- Courier Shipping
- Use of Compressed Gas
- Class 2 Safety Cabinet
- O2 Depletion Monitor Activation
- Transport of Samples from NGH-RHH
- Autodialer Programming
- Quality Management Policy
- Change Control
- Filling Liquid Nitrogen Vessels
- Transport of Formalin Fixed Tissue in the UK & EU
- Destruction of Donor Records
- Existing Collections and Quarantine
- Security & Access LN2
- Quarantine of Tissues
- LN2 Store Lab80K Usage
- Tutela
- Adverse Incident Reporting Human Tissue
- Human Tissue Related Incidents in Research
- Uploading Samples to Biotracer
- Removing Samples from Biotracer
- CloudLIMS Downtime Contingency Procedure
- Access to Biorepository Files on X-Drive and Unidrive
- Receipt and Storage of Samples in the Biorepository Holding Freezer
- Consent Procedure
- Audit Procedure
- Material Transfer
- Human Tissue Project Registration
- Induction and Training
Audit forms
Facilities
- Autodialer Programming
- Class 2 Safety Cabinet
- Courier Shipping BIO SOP
- Filling Liquid Nitrogen Vessels
- Freezer Store Emergency Breakdowns
- Freezer Store Maintenance
- Freezer Store Power Summary
- LN2 Store_Lab80K Usage
- Maintenance & Servicing Policy
- Oxygen Depletion Monitor Activation
- RHH Freezer store O&M
- RHH Liquid Nitrogen Store
- Security and Access LN2 Store
- Tutela
- Use of Compressed Gas
Disposal
Risk Assessments (Human Tissue)
- Incorrect Procurement of Sample
- Loss of Donor Confidentiality
- Loss of Traceability
- Transport of Human Samples
- Unauthorised Access to Human Tissue Samples
- Consent Withdrawal
- Incomplete Consent Forms
Management and Consent Policies
Health & Safety
- Biorepository Location Suitability
- Biorepository Data Management
- RA Compressed Gas
- RA Dry Ice
- RA Freezer room RHH
- RA Fumigation TC Hood
- RA Human Tissue
- RA LN2
- RA RHH LN2 store
- RA Room EU17
- RA Sample Handling
- RA Scalpel
- RA Solid CO2
- RA Transport NGH-RHH
- RA Pathology Freezing
- COSHH For Collection of Blood & Urine
- COSHH Form Fixation of tissues
- COSHH form Fumigation of Class 2 Fume Hood
- COSHH form Tissue Collection for Tissue Bank
- RA Formalin
- Safe Use of Human Tissues