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StudyTRAX does not a have formal Tissue Banking component. Instead, sample tracking is managed in a similar fashion as all other clinical data. What matches well is the ability to custom create annotated forms to capture tissue This works well in some cases and not in others. In sum, you can create forms to capture any desired tissue sample characteristics and link the internal / external ID for each sample. What does NOT fit well is the ability to automatically generate a unique barcode ID and easily query IDs within StudyTRAX. How the solution for this would look and feel within StudyTRAX:form to an externally generated ID (i.e., using pre-bar coded labels). The main limitations are StudyTRAX does NOT automatically generate a sample ID and the bar code ID field is not indexed (making frequent sample look-up inpartical).
Will It Work For Me?
| Number of Sample Per Patient | Sample Look-up, updating, etc. |
|---|---|---|
What works well | Low | Low Demand |
What does NOT work well | High | High Demand |
How It Would Look And Feel In StudyTRAX
- A tissue sample form would be created that captures desired sample characteristics, and importantly a field for the internal and external ID
- Each tissue sample would be captured either within a central patient registry, or as part of the data for a specific study.
- A unique barcode ID would be created using a separate software package, and the generated ID would be scanned (or less likely typed) into StudyTRAX. It would also contain a field for the externally generated barcode ID
- A pre-labeled barcode sticker would be afixed to each sample, the form data would be completed, and the barcode ID would be scanned into the appropriate field.
- A dataset would be created of all tissue samples, and queries for a specific sample for specific samples would be handled through a filter in StudyTRAX or exported to Excel
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- exported and done via Excel
Pre-Labeled Barcode Stickers
Cost and functionality of separate barcode software / scanner
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