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CCTG 2024 Holiday Closures

Central Office, Tumour Tissue Data Repository and Bay Area Logistics
CCTG Holiday Closures

CCTG central office holiday season hours of operation.

  • Tuesday December 24th, limited coverage 9am – 12pm
  • Wednesday December 25th, closed, no coverage
  • Thursday December 26th, closed, no coverage
  • Friday December 27th, limited coverage 9am – 5pm
  • Monday December 30th, limited overage 9am – 5pm
  • Tuesday December 31st, limited coverage 9am – 12pm
  • Wednesday January 1st, closed, no coverage

The central office will be re-open January 2nd, 2025 at 8:30 am 

Shipment of specimens for banking + kit supply

To all centres participating on trials where frozen fluids (blood, serum, plasma, urine, etc.) and formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissues (FFPE tumour blocks, slides, etc.) are collected and banked at the CCTG Tissue Bank:

  • Please do not ship any frozen specimens or FFPE tissues between December 17, 2024 and January 6, 2025 inclusive, as our tissue bank and all its affiliated laboratory facilities will be suspending their activity and will not be able to receive or process any specimens.
  • Please store specimens at the appropriate temperatures until you may resume your regular shipping schedule on January 6, 2025.

To all centres participating on trials where circulating tumour cells (CTC) (Strek Tubes) and other ambient specimens are collected for immediate processing:

  • Please note that laboratories analyzing these specimens will be closed between December 19, 2024 and January 2, 2025 inclusive.
  • Any CTC or other ambient specimen sampling that would normally be scheduled during this period should instead be performed up to 2 weeks before or after the planned date (i.e. at a convenient time for patient and clinical team).

If this is not possible, collect the blood in Streck tubes as close to Jan 2, 2025 as possible and ship out on Jan 2, 2025.  If you require a waybill for the Jan 2nd shipment please request a waybill before Dec. 21, 2024 or on Jan. 2, 2025.

To all centres requiring kits:

  • Any urgent orders for blood collection kit resupply should be placed prior to December 17, 2024 with ordering commencing on January 2, 2025.
  • Please order kits ONLY if your inventory is low and/or if your kits are expiring during this time period, to avoid overstocking and therefore helping to reduce wastage.

Bay Area Logistics

BARL operating holiday hours for 2024