The RSPSL operates under good clinical laboratory practices (GCLP) and has experience with processing specimens for NIH-funded clinical trials (NIAID, DMID, NICHD) as well as trials conducted through industry (PPD, Q2 Solutions/IQVIA, COVANCE, ICON) and internal grants and collaborations with diagnostic companies (Abbott). For NIAID-funded studies and internal studies, specimen management is done using the web-based laboratory data management software (Frontier Science, Buffalo, NY, WEB LDMS). The WEB LDMS is a comprehensive computerized specimen management system designed to provide bar-code labeling, optical archiving, and electronic inventory, retrieval, and shipping of specimens.
Services
Specific services include the following:
- Specimen processing including plasma, serum, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and other bodily fluids and specimen types
- Shipment of biospecimens, including dangerous goods (IATA-certified)
- Long and short-term specimen storage
Pricing
The RSPSL has established pricing for specimen processing, shipping, and storage.
View pricing information in the Research Specimen Processing and Shipping Laboratory price list.
Prices are subject to change. Please contact senior manager of laboratory operations Cheryl Jennings, BS, at Cheryl_Jennings@rush.edu for the most up-to-date pricing, or any additional information.