Often, users are confused between the Shipment and Distribution features and are not clear on when to use which feature.
Shipment: When specimens are sent to another lab or offsite storage location, and that lab also uses the same instance of OpenSpecimen to receive and manage the specimenssamples.
For more details: Shipment
Distribution: When specimens are sent to a researcher or lab for utilizing the specimensample. The receiving lab does not use OpenSpecimen to track the specimenssamples.
For more details: Distribution
Here’s a summary of the differences:
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