BBMRI.QM Working Groups

WG QMS

The Working Group QMS (WG QMS) brings together the expertise and experience of participating biobankers, biomedical researchers, QM experts and auditors from all BBMRI member and observer countries to discuss community-relevant QM topics. This in-depth exchange results in action points and tasks that we work on together and then implement in the biobank operations to enable their further development and continuous improvement. An overarching goal is to make the achievements of the WG QMS publicly available in the form of harmonised and standardised templates, guidelines and/or publications.

If you have any questions about the WG QMS, please contact Stella Antoniou: stella.antoniou@bbmri-eric.eu.

WG QMS meetings in 2024:

23 January, 5 March, 4 June, 10 September, 10 December

WG QMS_20387

The Working Group QMS_20387 primarily focuses on the biobanking standard ISO 20387 and supports the preparation of biobanks for the BBMRI-ERIC Quality Label and ISO 20387 accreditation. In the Working Group meetings we are reading and reviewing the standard and discuss which documents and information a biobank should have in place. The exchange of experience and information should support biobankers in implementing the requirements of the biobanking standard in their daily work.

The WG QMS_20387 works closely with the general WG QMS to work specifically on harmonised and standardised templates, guidelines and/or publications.

If you have any questions about the WG QMS_20387, please contact Andrea Wutte: andrea.wutte@bbmri-eric.eu.

WG QMS_20387 meetings in 2024:

22 May, 19 November

WG Data Quality

The Working Group Data Quality is aimed to be an overarching working group combining quality and IT perspectives in the effort to help the biobanks to verify and monitor the quality of the data hosted in their databases. Here in this group we focus foremost on the data quality requirement set in the framework of the biobanking standard ISO 20387, and exchange information and experiences on processes, protocols, and documentation applied in the biobank operations. For details, we are to look into data quality guidelines, standards, and data models to enhance the biobanking data quality.

WG Data Quality is a complementary working group to WG QMS and WG QMS_20387 to specifically collaborate on topics in data quality to support data management processes and protocols, such as producing joint guidelines, harmonised data quality report templates and/or publications.

If you have any questions about the WG Data Quality, please contact Niina Eklund: niina.eklund@bbmri-eric.eu.

WG Data Quality meetings in 2024:

1 October, 26 November

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