From v10.3 onwards, OpenSpecimen supports creating specimen kits without link to the participants.
Feature Highlights
Create kits based on Collection Protocol definition
Print labels for kit and specimens
Ship kits to collection sites and back to lab (after collection)
Automatically mark kits as used on collection
Reports for kits usage
Notifications for low level of kits at sites, expiry dates, etc.
Benefits
Ease of creating kits: Creating kits & printing labels manually can be cumbersome process since you have to manually create barcodes, keep track of the numbers used, etc. This module enables you to create kits in one-click including printing labels.
Tracking kits shipments: Labs have way to track which site is shipping them kits. They come to know only when the kits are received in the lab. With the Kits Shipment feature, collection sites can create shipments and labs can see a dashboard of incoming kits. Upon receiving, the collection sites are notified via email.
Print manifests: Kit manifests can be printed in advance or by collection sites during shipping. The manifest contents can be configured per CP. This removes the burden on collection sites to manually fill the manifest details.
Usage reports: Kits utilization reports can be created to track kits usage by site, unused kits per site, kits not shipped, etc.
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