Selecting a Laboratory Information Management System for Biorepositories in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The H3Africa Experience and Lessons Learned

作者：Kyobe Samuel^*; Musinguzi Henry; Lwanga Newton; Kezimbira Dafala; Kigozi Edgar; Katabazi Fred Ashaba; Wayengera Misaki; Joloba Moses Lutaakome; Abayomi Emmanuel Akin; Swanepoel Carmen; Abimiku Alash'le; Croxton Talishiea; Ozumba Petronilla; Thankgod Anazodo; Christoffels Alan; van Zyl Lizelle; Mayne Elizabeth Sarah; Kader Mukthar; Swartz Garth

来源：Biopreservation and Biobanking, 2017, 15(2): 112-115.

DOI：10.1089/bio.2017.0006

• H3Africa Consortium
• LIMS
• biorepository
• biospecimens
• ISBER
• genomics

Biorepositories in Africa need significant infrastructural support to meet International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) Best Practices to support population-based genomics research. ISBER recommends a biorepository information management system which can manage workflows from biospecimen receipt to distribution. The H3Africa Initiative set out to develop regional African biorepositories where Uganda, Nigeria, and South Africa were successfully awarded grants to develop the state-of-the-art biorepositories. The biorepositories carried out an elaborate process to evaluate and choose a laboratory information management system (LIMS) with the aim of integrating the three geographically distinct sites. In this article, we review the processes, African experience, lessons learned, and make recommendations for choosing a biorepository LIMS in the African context.

• 出版日期2017-4