Often, specimens are collected for a specific researcher or a project. You can use this feature to reserve specimens to ensure that they are not distributed to a different project. When the specimens are marked as reserved, they can't be distributed to any other distribution protocols (DP).

Select the specimens from any specimen list page, click the 'Actions' button, and then click the 'distribute' option. 

E.g., Reserve specimens from the cart.

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• Enter the Distribution Protocol (DP) details.

• Click the 'Reserve' tab at the bottom of the pop-up.

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Once reserved, the specimen has the 'Reserved' status in purple on the specimen overview page and a 'Reserved Event' added.

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The reservation event has fields - Distribution protocol, Reserved By, Date and Time, and Comments.

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Within a distribution protocol, a user can view all the specimens reserved for that DP. To view the reserved specimens, click the 'Reserved Specimens' tab. 

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1. You can distribute the reserved specimens in one go using the ‘Distribute All’ button

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2. Or select the specimens to be distributed from the DP page

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If required, the reservation can also be cancelled so that it can be utilized for other DPs. To cancel the reservation, select the specimen and click the 'Cancel reservation' tab.

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Once cancelled, the 'Reservation Cancelled Event' is added to the specimen.

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The reservation cancellation event has details - DP, cancelled by user, date and time; and comments fields

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All validations that happen during specimen distribution are done during reservation as well. This prevents the user from getting errors before distribution. Some of the validations include:

• Consents validation. 

• DP being used for the specimens reservation is having a distribution site the same as the CP site.

• User has access to reserve specimens(same privilege as distribution privilege).