Blood sample storage

Lifelines blood samples collected at 1A Visit 2 and 2A visit 2 are stored at the Lifestore Lifelines location in Eemspoort, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Whole blood samples are stored at Lifestore Eemspoort Groningen.

Blood samples are first stored in Sanyo Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers at −80 °C until transport to Hamilton BIOS.
Sanyo Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers are ideally suited for ultra low storage solutions for biosafety, security, access ability and performance, long-term preservation of biologics. Sanyo represents the industry’s most innovative combination of cabinet design, electronics, refrigeration and critical components for enhanced security, better performance. Its preservation systems employ advanced technology to insure a high precision temperature environment.

The Hamilton BIOS automated storage system stores biomaterials at -80°C and keeps samples close to -80°C throughout their entire life inside the system—while introducing and sorting samples, managing the inventory, and processing and delivering orders. In addition, BiOS records a full audit trail and temperature log for all samples managed in the system. Its modular and scalable design allows storage over 5 million samples. It seamlessly interfaces with IT infrastructure and LIMS by providing the BiOS application programming interface and remote monitoring options.
Lifelines owns and operates two Hamilton BIOS units in the Lifestore.