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  • Click on the 'View Request' button from the email sent by the system. 

  • On clicking 'View Request', the system will navigate you to the request's overview page.

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The "View Request" button appears in the following emails:

  • Emails were sent to the request managers.
  • Emails are sent to the requestor, who is also an OpenSpecimen user.


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  1. Due to human error, one can approve or reject a request by mistake. To undo it, the 'Reset to Pending' feature is useful. You can see the option to  'Reset to Pending' as shown in the below image, which will set the request as pending. From where you can again mark it as approved or rejected based on distribution.


    The request can be marked as pending only if the distribution of specimens is not done after request approval. 
  2. On reset, the researcher and request manager gets an email as below.

Updating specimen request

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If the user has 'Request Manager' access to the catalog, they can edit the researcher's request to add/remove specimens as it is in pending status.

To add specimens

  1. Navigate to the catalog → View request → Click on the pending request.
  2. Click on the Specimen tab → Click on the ‘Add Specimen’ button. 
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  3. User can either add specimen labels or scan barcodes to add specimens. If the user is scanning barcodes, ensure to check the ‘Use Barcode’ checkbox.
  4. If the same specimen label exists in two different protocols, and the catalog is not restricted to a single protocol. In that case, the user will receive a popup like the one below where you can select a protocol to which the specimen belongs.
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To remove specimens 

  1. Navigate to the catalog → View request → Click on the pending request.

  2. Click on the Specimen tab → Select the specimen you wish to remove → Remove.Image Added


Adding Requested Specimens to the Cart

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