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‘Specimen Type’ is the most important and specialized dropdown. Each specimen type corresponds to a 'Specimen class,' such as Fluid, Molecular, Tissue, Cell, and others. In recent updates, OpenSpecimen has begun incorporating several frequently requested customizations, like the ability to create custom specimen classes and support for multiple specimen units per specimen type per Collection Protocol."

Create custom ‘Specimen Class’

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Before v10.3, only 4 specimen class (Fluid, Molecular, Tissue and Cell) were supported. From v10.3 onwards you can add different specimen class like plants, microbes, etc. depending on your requirement.

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