**Possible coping strategies**


#### **Possible reasons**

• Invalidity of the informed consent cannot be detected when scanning

#### **Possible consequences**


• Staff training (personnel who is scanning ICs)

#### *4.2.2.13 Samples are not usable or inadequate*

#### **Possible reasons**

• Long ischemia time because of long waiting period in the surgery department

*4.2.2.15 External transport of samples to the biobank is too long and incorrect*

• Too long ischemia time because of long waiting periods in the operating

• Poor communication between biobanking staff and clinical partners

• Wrong allocation in the handheld devices (e.g., wrong location, wrong

*4.2.3.1 Security risks for staff (e.g., fire risks, personal damage because of samples (liquid*

*nitrogen), risk of infection, cutting damage, etc.)*

• Ignoring of safety regulations (usage of devices, chemicals, etc.)

**Possible reasons**

*Risk Management in Biobanks*

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diagnosis, etc.)

• Thawing of samples

**Possible consequences**

• Staff for the transport was informed too late

• Samples are not usable for projects

• Storage capacities are wasted

• Loss of value of samples

**Possible coping strategies**

• Rapid information transfer

*4.2.3 Personnel risks*

**Possible reasons**

• Careless handling

• Sick leave

• Staff training

• Safety notes

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• Security training

**Possible consequences**

• Lifelong handicap or invalidity

**Possible coping strategy**

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### **Possible consequences**


#### **Possible coping strategies**


### *4.2.2.14 Project requests or project-related data get lost*

#### **Possible reasons**


#### **Possible consequences**

• Difficulties in re-identification of samples and related clinical data

#### **Possible coping strategies**

