Denise, You will need to contact your Institute Biosafety Committee (IBC) before you can start working on human samples in your lab. They should have everything you'll need to do in order to become compliant with federal regulations involving the use of human materials. It takes a ton of paperwork and preparation on the part of the collaborator and the university. In addition, anybody handling the material will need to take training so they are aware of the ethical and biohazardous issues involved.
Good luck! Teri Johnson, HT(ASCP)QIHC Managing Director Histology Facility Stowers Institute for Medical Research 1000 E. 50th St. Kansas City, MO 64110 Message: 5 Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:42:52 -0400 From: Denise Crowley <dencr...@mit.edu> Subject: [Histonet] Human samples in university research lab To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Message-ID: <b5bfe03f-b706-4773-a776-e63d74ced...@mit.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi all, We are a research core facility processing animal tissues for cancer research. We have been approached by a collaborator about bringing human sample to us for processing, sectioning, and routine H&E staining, for use in research, not diagnosis. In the past, we have always encouraged these folks to have their slides cut at the clinical facility which is supplying the tissue. But we are getting more and more of these requests and I need to think about the changes we would need to make in our protocols, both in the processing schedules and safety issues. And I cannot even imagine the legal issues involved in transporting patient samples and informed consent. Can anyone give me some guidance here? Thanks, Denise Crowley Facility Manager Histology David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology 40 Ames St. E17-427 Cambridge MA 02139 617-258-8183 dencr...@mit.edu _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
