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We are happy to announce that v10.2 3 is now ready for download! This release includes new features, usability enhancements, and bug fixes requested by customers. 

New features include:

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• Support for creating additional specimen classes

• Kit Management

• Container enhancements

• Bulk update Collection protocols/Events/ Specimen Requirements across all collection protocols via CSV

• Support Shipment Request → Ship → Receive workflow

• Workflow Plugin Enhancements

• eConsent module enhancements

• Reporting module enhancements

Download

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Reported by: CSIRO/Medirex:

New features

Support for creating additional specimen classes

New specimen classes can be created using dropdown manager to categorize specimens types.

Reported by: Multiple

• This is a long-awaited enhancement requested by multiple clients. OpenSpecimen now allows users to create their own specimen classes

• Typically useful for all biobanks collecting specimens which does not belong to standard specimen classes e.g., plant, microbes, animal specimens

• Newly created specimen classes function similar to original specimen classes viz. Fluid, Molecular, Cell, Tissue.

• Newly created specimen classes are supported in data entry, container restrictions, screen configurations using JSON, task manager modules

Wiki page for reference

Kit Management

Reported by: University Medical Center Utrecht, Quantum Leap Health

• OpenSpecimen now supports creating specimen kits without participant information

• Assign the kit barcodes to visit and specimen labels while collection. This will automatically mark the corresponding kits as utilised under supplies.

• Support multi-site kits management (create kits in central repository and send it to various collection sites)

• Export the specimen kits as master specimen template allowing collection sites to fill data in OpenSpecimen importable file

• Kit shipments to and fro between repository and collection sites

• Support shipment manifest while sending collected kits to repository

Wiki page for reference

Container Enhancement

• Container type for dimensionless containers

• These dimensionless container types can be used when setting up auto-allocation rules in JSON

• Container type name format is now optional in order to support naming of boxes when creating them via hierarchy or multiple at a time.

• Suggest available slots to store the boxes in the parent freezers

• The container site name can be displayed as read-only on the specimen overview page.

Bulk update collection protocols via CSV

Reported by: Multiple

• OpenSpecimen now allows export/ import of collection protocols using CSV import

• This is typically useful when users want to make major updates across multiple collection protocols

• Supported fields for CSV update: CP default fields, Labels formats, print settings, etc.

• Fields not supported for CSV update: Label format and Print → Miscellaneous settings

• Support export-import of all events/specimen requirements across protocols from collection protocol list view (useful to update events/SRs across CPs)

Wiki page for reference

Shipment request workflow

Reported by: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

• Allow generating shipment requests for specimen/ container shipments

• Auto-generate shipment names

• Typically useful for multi-site studies having central freezer facilities where various groups store/ request back specimens/ containers

Wiki page for reference

Workflows Plugin Enhancements

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Reported by: CUMC

New features:

 Multiple

• User can now start a batch of workflow from any list page.

• Email notifications on completion of tasks or workflow

• Specimens from one workflow can now be assigned to another workflow or cart or both automatically based on the configuration.

• All order and order custom fields can now be displayed in the workflow task

eConsent Enhancements

Reported by: Columbia University Medical Center

New features:

Text Messaging Supports

• Support to configure multiple SMS providers (E.g.: Twilio)

• Survey invitation's list view has been enhanced to reflect whether the survey link was sent by email or SMS, or both.

• The participant detail view is enhanced to reflect all the emails and SMSs sent to the participant. The actual email/SMS sent to the participant can be downloaded in PDF.

• Added email and SMS opt-in fields in the participant model to obtain/capture the participant consent on whether to send emails or SMSs or both or none.

Other Enhancements

• Send email whenever consent document filled by user/participant — OpenSpecimen users

• Added the fields to capture the reminders were stopped, who stopped them and why

• Filter survey instances based on active vs stopped reminders

Reporting module Enhancements

Reported by: Krishagni

• Super Admin user can now view all the queries created and saved by all users

• Allow a common folder where selected/ all users can share queries

• Give access for all queries to Super admins/ Institute admins created by any users

• Edit queries created by others (if have appropriate permissions)

• Allows users to include/exclude specimens from the specimen centric CPs while querying.

Wiki page for reference

All Improvements and Features

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