Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS) Procedure Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
BRD ID: 2,484
Source: CHAMPS Tier: SOP Number of times downloaded: 1625
Description
This document describes procedures for the collection and preservation of cerebrospinal fluid; whole blood; feces; nasopharyngeal swab specimens; needle biopsies of liver, kidney, spleen, lung, and brain; skin lesions; bone marrow; and placenta (from stillbirths) at autopsy from children between 28 days and 59 months of age, neonates ≤28 days old, and stillborns with no signs of life at or after 28 weeks. It is a product of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) and is available for download at https://champshealth.org/resources/protocols/.
Documents for Download
CHAMPS_MITS_Spec_SOP_v2.pdf [Size: 4455 KB]Biospecimens
- Cell - Bone Marrow
- Cell - Nasal cavity
- Fluid - Blood
- Fluid - Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Fluid - Feces
- Tissue - Brain
- Tissue - Liver
- Tissue - Lung
- Tissue - Kidney
- Tissue - Skin
- Tissue - Spleen
- Tissue - Placenta
Diagnoses
- Autopsy
Topics
- Biospecimen Acquisition
- Biospecimen Preservation
Associated SOP Compendiums
- Biospecimen Acquisition
- Biospecimen Preservation