Dear
all
So far as I am aware
the situation is as follows:
1)
Serum
does not count as a tissue, and therefore no HTA license is required for long
term storage.
2)
You will require
ethics committee approval and research governance approval. If long term
storage of serum is desired, with potential future use for multiple purposes,
then the best process may be to seek NRES approval to establish a research
tissue bank (a process which can also be used to establish a serum
bank). You can get guidance on this procedure at
www.nres.npsa.nhs.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=4792
Best
wishes
Ian
Young
IS
Young
Professor of
Medicine, Queen's University Belfast
Associate Medical
Director (Research and Development) and Consultant Chemical Pathologist,
Belfast Health
and Social Care Trust,
Top Floor ICS A
Block
Mulhouse Building
Royal Victoria Hospital
Grosvenor
Road
Belfast
BT12
6BJ
UK
tel: +44 2890
632743
fax: +44 2890
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