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Table 2 Knowledge about biobanking

From: Assessment of knowledge about biobanking among healthcare students and their willingness to donate biospecimens

Knowledge of Biobanking

N

%

Aware of the "Human Genome Project"

257

44

Aware of the term "Biobank"

157

27

The purpose of biobank is to collect & store biospecimens for diagnosis, treatment and research purposes

339

59

According to modern biobanking, biospecimens are samples and/or biomolecules with annotated clinical, socioeconomic and lifestyle data

173

30

Donating a biospecimen to a biobank requires signing a consent form

448

78

There is a standard operating procedure (SOP) for biobanks to collect, process, store and release biospecimens

373

65

Biospecimen annotated data will be kept be confidential and anonymous

325

57

Biobanking knowledge score (mean ± SD)

3.2 ± 1.6