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Courier delivery from the tissue archive

Dear Patient,

Here you will find step-by-step instructions on how to secure your tumor sample and arrange for its transport to the IOZK.

This is about you. You are the key player in our joint effort. You decide on your treatment and how your tumor tissue will be used! Stay in control so that everything goes smoothly.

Important Information on the Transport of Tumor Specimens

Shipping is handled by World Courier in coordination with the IOZK Logistics Department.

Please notify the IOZK Logistics Department about the tissue bank. We need the exact pickup location and the contact information for a designated contact personat the tissue bank.

The IOZK then ensures that World Courier provides a shipping container filled with dry ice and carries out the shipment in a standardized manner.

Immediately after removal, the tumor material was packed in a sterile container labeled with the patient's name and date of birth and either frozen at -80°C or stored on dry ice. No liquids were added!

No liquids, such as formalin or DMSO

Storage in a sterile container

Temperature
– 80°C

The person in charge hands the labeled container with the tumor tissue, the signed training sheet, and the completed fact sheet to the courier.

Please follow these steps:

1. Coordinate transportation

2. Fill out the consent form

3. Coordination with the tissue bank

4. Submission of the documents to the tissue archive

1. Coordinate transportation

Send an email to the IOZK Logistics Department and work with us to arrange the transport of your tumor samples.

Required information:
– Address of the tissue bank
– Pickup location within the building (department, floor, etc.)
– Person in charge at the tissue bank
– Phone number and email address of the person in charge
– Pickup date and time (if known)

These details are essential to ensure reliable transportation.

Send an email to:
IOZK Logistics

IOZK LOGISTICS

2. Fill out the consent form

Please sign the consent form authorizing the provision and shipment of your tumor tissue. By signing, you give the tissue bank permission to send your tumor tissue to the IOZK.

Download and fill out

Declaration of Consent - German

Consent Form - English

3. Coordination with the tissue bank

Explain to the person in charge of the tissue bank just how important their cooperation is to you!
Let them know that it is your wish for the existing, cryopreserved tumor material to be made available to the IOZK.
It is very important that the tumor material be shipped in a standardized manner and strictly in accordance with the IOZK’s guidelines.

Please explain that World Courier will handle the shipment.

Unless the material is shipped in accordance with IOZK specifications, it cannot be used in the manufacture of your drug!

Notify the tissue bank

4. Submission of the documents to the tissue archive

Information Sheet with All Steps to Follow

[1] Training Worksheet

[2] Fact Sheet

Your signed consent form

Please inform the facility that the fact sheet must be completed, the training sheet signed, and both sent to the IOZK along with the tumor specimen.
Your consent form will remain with the tissue bank.

Download and submit:

All Documents - German

All Documents - English

Thank you very much!

If you have any questions or encounter any difficulties, please feel free to contact the IOZK Logistics Department.

We wish you all the best and look forward to working with you!

Thank you very much!
The IOZK Team

Do you have any questions?

IOZK LOGISTICS

+49 221 42039925

Courier delivery from the tissue archive