In this free webinar, learn about the importance of maintaining quality in blood, urine and other specimen collections in decentralized trials and studies. Attendees will be able to identify important quality considerations — from collection and processing protocols to temperature requirements for transport — for the development of a mobile collections program for blood draws or other specimen collections. The featured speakers will also explore additional assessments and measurements, such as interviews and biometrics, which may be integrated with mobile collection and their quality considerations.

TORONTO, June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In this webinar, learn from experts with experience in leading mobile blood draws and specimen collections for a wide range of trials and studies.

Collecting specimens in a participant's home and transporting specimens to a laboratory present complexities that should be integrated into an overall quality program.

Pharmaceutical, life sciences, research and healthcare organizations that need laboratory testing to support studies and trials are likely to instinctively consider the importance of quality programs for blood, urine and other specimens once they arrive at the lab for testing.

What may be less common to consider — but plays a critical role in overall quality — is the protocol to ensure quality during each step of the process throughout specimen collection, processing, handling and transport that takes place prior to the specimen arriving at the lab.

The considerations grow for decentralized trials and studies where the collection of samples likely will not occur at clinics or hospitals. In fact, blood draws and specimen collection in a decentralized model often occur in the most convenient location possible for participants: their home.

The convenience offered by decentralized trials can boost accessibility and support adherence and retention. However, collecting specimens in a participant's home and transporting specimens to a laboratory present complexities that should be integrated into an overall quality program.

In this webinar, the speakers will focus on topics such as considerations around the sample type, centrifuging and aliquoting protocols, and maintaining specimens at the appropriate temperature (refrigerated, frozen or ambient). In fact, a range of quality considerations at each step in the collection process play an important role in the overall quality management. If additional assessments, such as a personal interview or biometric measurements, will be conducted along with the blood draw or other specimen collection, the quality considerations expand.

Register for this webinar today to learn practical strategies to ensure quality management for sample collection, which is central to the laboratory testing requirements for decentralized clinical trials.

Join Dr. Hope Karnes, MD, PhD, Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics, Gene Stegeman, Director, Mobile Services for Health & Life Sciences, ExamOne; and Julia Larsen, RN, Director, Clinical Development Programs, Quest Diagnostics, for the live webinar on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at 1pm EDT (10am PDT).

For more information, or to register for this event, visit Quality Considerations for Mobile Blood Draws and Specimen Collections: Supporting Decentralized Studies and Trials.

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