Introduction

We are happy to announce that v10.0 is ready for download! This release includes new features, usability enhancements, and bug fixes requested by customers. 

New features include:

• Container actions: Checkout, Checkin, Archive, Unarchive, Transfer

• Criteria-based container reports: Transfer Report, Utilisation Report

• Shipments: Support printing on shipment receive, delete shipments

• Carts: Send email alert (digest) of all the specimens added in the cart

• Specimen Catalog enhancements

• Project Tracker enhancements

• Workflows Plugin: Scanning barcode to start new batch, switch between batches, configurable waiting queue

Download

Software/Hardware requirements

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Containers Enhancements

Reported by: University Medical Center, Groningen

With v10.x we are introducing considerable improvements with this module. OpenSpecimen now supports the freezer facility to run independent of specimens. For this purpose, we have introduced new actions to be performed in bulk, track container movement, improved utilisation reports.

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Many of our customers have many freezers, and the new features aimed at better & easier freezer management.

New Features:

• Container Check-in, Check-out & Archive

• Bulk operations via UI

• Advanced Utilisation & Transfer Reports

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Refer to Container Actions, Container Transfer Report, Container Utilisation Report

Shipping and Tracking Enhancements

Reported by: Washington University

New Features:

• Add Specimen External IDs on Shipment Receive

• Delete Shipments

• Scanning incorrect container label in container shipment should give pop-up

• Shipment date validations prohibiting manual errors

• Support printing on shipment received

Refer to Shipment Date Validations, Shipment

Carts Enhancements

Reported by: Emory_LITS

• Email alerts on adding specimens to specific cart

• Share cart with users of other institutes

Refer to Specimen Carts,

Project Tracker Enhancements

Reported by: Washington University, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

• Add 'Assigned To' field in request filter view

• Make project request services can be rearranged

• View requests button within request pages

• Project status on main request page should include the name

• Displaying request custom fields based on the project site

• Show the status of last task in the request

• Service request level form attachment per project

• Support showing requests without specimens

Refer to Project tracker plugin

Workflows Plugin

Reported by: University Medical Center, Utrecht, University Medical Center, Groningen

New features:

• Scanning barcode to start new batch

• Scanning barcodes to switch between batches

• New columns in waiting queue

• Error msg should include workflow name during specimen collection

All Improvements and Bugs

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