How is your biobank handling disaster recovery efforts?
Recent years have seen a great many natural disasters-superstorms, droughts, earthquakes, among others-as well as, in the biobanking world, the constant threat of man-made disaster with everything from freezer malfunctions to theft. To help inform the increasingly important issue of protection from, and recovery after, disasters, Biopreservation and Biobanking put forth the question to our community of experts: How is your biobank handling disaster recovery efforts? Following is a selection of responses. Additionally, please see the Supplementary Information for contingency planning recommendations for biobanks and a threats assessment checklist from Intelsius ( supplementary material can be accessed from the online article at www.liebertpub.com/bio ).
Philip M
PM
Baird
Francine M
FM
Benes
Chun-Hung
CH
Chan
Chon Boon
CB
Eng
Kathleen H
KH
Groover
Zdenka
Z
Prodanovic
Melissa
M
Rawley-Payne
Rosie
R
Kizza
Chris
C
Hia
Amer
A
Abouhamze
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