**Possible reasons**

**Possible coping strategies**

*Risk Management and Assessment*

**Possible reasons**

department

• Staff training (personnel who is scanning ICs)

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

*4.2.2.13 Samples are not usable or inadequate*

• Poor communication by biobank staff

• Wrong allocation in handhelds

• Samples are not usable for projects

• Current communication with cooperating partners

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

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

• Storage capacities are wasted

**Possible coping strategies**

• Precise working

• Staff training

**Possible reasons**

• Hardware/software problems

**Possible consequences**

**Possible coping strategies**

• Staff training

• Data backup

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• Accidental deletion of project data

• "Four-eye principle"

• Thawing of samples

**Possible consequences**


### **Possible consequences**


#### **Possible coping strategies**

• Rapid information transfer

#### *4.2.3 Personnel risks*

*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.)*

### **Possible reasons**


### **Possible consequences**


#### **Possible coping strategy**


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*Risk Management in Biobanks*

**Possible reasons**

• Natural disasters

• Functioning stop!

**Possible coping strategy**

• Budgeted backup funds

• New political orientation

• Country budget struggling

• No successful applications

• No written agreements

**Possible consequences**

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• No budget for new investments

• No money for running costs and essentials (consumable, personnel, etc.)

**Possible reasons**

• Insurance with reliable coverage

• Supply chain damage

**Possible consequences**

• Lab books with errors and error handling

• Replacement of old equipment in time

• Budgeting of backup funds for contingency

• Regular training of new and skilled personnel on correct usage of equipment

• Regular maintenance of infrastructure with professional staff

*4.2.4.2 Financial damage caused by loss of samples (natural disasters)*

• Loss of samples and data, e.g., loss of money and time

• Possible: obligation to pay out partners (storage services)

• No new projects—no third-party money

• Extramural backup for samples and data

*4.2.4.3 Deficiency or shortage of expected financing*
