When a specimen is retrieved from a container representing an automated freezer, it is not immediately removed. Instead, a pick request is sent to the freezer. Upon receiving a retrieved/picked notification, OpenSpecimen removes the specimen from the container and logs a transfer event for the specimen.
The handling process varies based on the freezer when a specimen is stored in a container representing an automated freezer:
Hamilton: OpenSpecimen sends a pre-register specimen barcode request to the freezer.
Strata: No action is performed.
Once OpenSpecimen receives a stored notification from the freezer, it logs a Stored Event for the specimen.
Note Specimens stored in automated freezers cannot be
Distributed
Shipped
Transferred to another container
Closed or Disposed
Deleted
Checked out
To perform all of the above ops on the specimen, the specimen should be first retrieved from the automated freezer.
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