Quality Considerations for Mobile Blood Draws and Specimen Collections: Supporting Decentralized Studies and Trials

Desription: 

In this webinar, learn from experts with experience in leading mobile blood draws and specimen collections for a wide range of trials and studies.

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 specimen collections 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 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.

Attendees will learn about:

 - Significant applications of mobile collection to support decentralized trials and studies

 - Identifying 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

 - Additional assessments and measurements, such as interviews and biometrics, which

   may be integrated with mobile collection and their quality consideration

Presenters:

  - Dr. Hope Karnes, MD, PhD, Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics

  - Gene Stegeman, Director, Mobile Services for Health & Life Sciences, ExamOne

  - Julia Larsen, RN, Director, Clinical Development Programs, Quest Diagnostics

Time of talk:  58 minutes

Live webinar: July 17, 2024

Posted as on-demand webinar: August 12, 2024

Disclosure: The views and opinions are those of the presenter. The content was current as of the time of recording in 2024.