When a specimen is completely wholly processed, utilized, or destroyed, it can not be used further. Such specimens samples can be marked as closed in OpenSpecimen to track that those specimens are no more available.

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In many pages of OpenSpecimen, there is ‘Action’ an 'Action' button using which multiple specimens can be closed at once. Refer to 'Bulk Operations On Specimens '. For example, the below screenshot shows visit overview page:

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If you have the specimen labels list in a file for the specimens which needs need to be closed, you can use bulk import to close such specimenssamples.

Once you download the specimen template, follow steps below:

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Refer to detailed instructions here.

What happens when a specimen is closed?

Below are updates that happen to the specimen:

• Status The status is shown as closed. If it was were stored in a freezer spot, that would be freed up, and a transfer event is logged to indicate that. Disposal event with a reason for closure is added.

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• Closed specimens are shown in red in the tree view as below.

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