1 View Request
- 1.1 From Email Notification
- 1.2 From Collection Protocol
- 1.3 From Catalog
- 1.4 From Query Interface
2 View Requested Specimens
3 Download Requested Specimens Report
4 Adding Requested Specimens to the Cart
- 4.1 Error while Adding Specimens to Cart
5 Distribute Requested Specimens

Once the researcher has requested the specimens, the request managers will be notified via email. The request managers can reject or approve the request in full or partial.

The request managers can see the 'Catalogs' card in the navigation menu.
They can only see the catalogs on which they are request managers.

View Request

From Email Notification

Click on the 'View Request' button from the email sent by the system.

On clicking 'View Request', the system will navigate you to the request's overview page.

Note: The “View Request” button appears in the following emails:

Emails were sent to the request managers.
Emails are sent to the requestor, who is also an OpenSpecimen user.

From Collection Protocol

Navigate to collection protocols.
Click on the' More' button from the participants/specimens list view page.

Click on any pending requests from the list to view the request.

Note: Researchers cannot access requests from the collection protocol page.

From Catalog

You can view the requests by going to the respective catalog page.

From Query Interface

You can create a query to get the specimen request details through the query interface.

The following request fields are available for each specimen under the specimen's query form:

Request ID
Request Date
Requestor
Requester Email ID
Request Screening Status
Request Screening Date
Request Processing date
Request Status.

Refer to the wiki page for more details on creating a query.

Specimens Query Form:

Request Query Results:

View Requested Specimens

Click on the 'Cart/Specimens' icon from the left-side menu of the requests overview page to view the list of requested specimens.

Note: Request managers will be able to view the cart tab. Once they add and approve the specimens, tissue bankers can distribute them to researchers.

Download Requested Specimens Report

Adding Requested Specimens to the Cart

If there is a 'Cart' icon on the left-hand side of the request overview page, you must select specimens and add them to the cart to distribute them.

Error while Adding Specimens to Cart

While carrying out the steps above, you might receive this error at step 3 (clicking the 'Add' button).

Distribute Requested Specimens

Once the request is 'Approved', the 'Distribute' option appears on the requested specimens list page.

Catalog: View and Process Request