Specimen Management and Storage

Trust Our Dedicated Specimen Management and Storage Team for Reliable Tracking and Storage of Your Study Samples

Quest Diagnostics Clinical Trials handles the incoming specimens and requisitions and processes the specimens upon receipt in the laboratory - seven days a week.

Samples are tracked until lab testing is completed or the sample has been assigned a permanent storage location.

Specimen Processing personnel routinely provide feedback to the project management team and notify them of any issues with sites' compliance with the completion of the requisition, specimen collection, and/or proper sample transportation.

Sample Storage: A dedicated team of Specimen Management and Storage (SMAS) personnel is responsible for a number of critical tasks.

1. Oversight of all storage sample handling, from receipt, to storage, to pull/discard
2. Compliance with security restrictions, to ensure that freezer rooms have limited access
3. Freezer monitoring, utilizing automated, calibrated systems with appropriate alarms/alarm escalation
4. Rapid response to any alarms to maintain sample integrity
5. Long-term storage can handle all sample types, including DNA/RNA samples, and tissue blocks and slides--with full tracking between blocks and slides