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Introduction
Sometimes specimens Specimens are sometimes taken out of a box, but you users may also want need to block reserve the position in the box to keep it back. The process of retrieving a specimen from a box for when the specimen is returned. This process is known as 'Specimen check-out' when retrieving the specimen and blocking the position is called , and 'Specimen check-out'. Similarly, the process of in' when storing it back at in its original location is called 'Specimen check-in'.Earlier, when . When a specimen was previously retrieved, the box position was vacated and someone could use that position for would become available for reuse with a different specimen. Now, with the 'Check-Out' feature, users can reserve the position, preventing its reassignment.
Introduced in v10.1
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Check-out specimens
You can check out /in specimens from multiple places using the 'Actions' button.
List pages
All specimen list pages have the ‘Action → Retrieve' option. This now has an additional checkbox for check-out.
Select specimen>> Click on ‘Action’>> Select 'Retrive'
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Specimen list page
Specimen cart list page
Container list page
Query Result page
Overview pages
Below are the pages that support 'Specimen check-out' from list-view pages:
Specimen list
Carts
Container Specimen list
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Overview Page
A specimen can be directly checked out from the specimen overview page
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From the Specimen overview page, click on ‘More' and select 'Checkout’  Check out option is not visible if specimen is not stored in a box  |
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Check-out status
Specimens are labelled with a checked-out status to simplify identification.
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Check-in specimens
Once you are done testing the specimens, you can check in the specimens. While doing so the original location is populated automatically for these specimens
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Unblock checked-out specimen position
You can unblock the check-out specimen positions from the container in bulk. For example: The If the specimens were distributed and not returned back, the container positions that were blocked during distribution check-out need to be freed for utilization.
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Distribution
You can check out specimens while distributing specimens from the user interface and via bulk import as well.
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Return
Specimens listed in the order can be returned to their original locations from which they were checked out during distribution.
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Bulk Import
You can using use the bulk import ‘Update’k ‘Update’ function to check - out the specimens in bulk. Please refer to see the below reference 'Specimen' CSV below to check out the samples. Refer For more details, refer to the wiki page for more details.
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Here is the sample CSV file:
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Query
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You can query for the checked-out samples by adding the below mentioned filter
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The query result will provide you with a list of specimens that were checked out.
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specimen using the reporting module, for more details refer to Query currently checked-out samples.