From v10.3 onwards, OpenSpecimen supports creating specimen kits without any linkage to the participant.

Use cases

Kits with primary specimens

Biorepository creates kits for primary specimens & sends them to collection sites. Collection sites ship back kits (collected specimens). Biorepository receives the primary specimens and process aliquots.

Kits with aliquots

Biorepository creates kits with both primary specimens and aliquots. Sites collect, process and send processed aliquots to the biorepository for permanent storage

Use of external kits

Do we need to add it here?

Kits include both primary and aliquots. Sites send processed aliquots to the biorepository, which receives and stores them.