Introduction

OpenSpecimen allows to track consents for every participant at individual protocol level. Consents can be set as tiers or statements for which responses can be captured for every participant. In v4.0, consents is standardized across OpenSpecimen by allowing to add as coded statements. This helps in using standard consents across studies within an institute. 

Coded Consents

Only super admins can create coded consents. 

Steps:

• Click on 'Consent Statements' card on home page
  
• Click on 'Create' to add new statements. System restricts adding duplicate consent codes or statements
  
• Once statements are created, the list of existing consents can be searched, viewed or updated. There is no support for delete.
  
• These consents can be used in protocol set-up. Refer to 'Collection Protocol' manual for more details.