Recording consent response
The consent responses can be recorded from the below screens:
Register participant page
Participant overview page > Consents tab
There are 2 modes in which consent response can be added:
Patient Mode: This logs out the lab person from OpenSpecimen. The tab can then be given to the participant in the patient mode so that s/he can take her/his time to read and submit the responses.
In patient mode, the patient only sees the respective questions on the screen and cannot view any other data of OpenSpecimen.Consent Collector mode: This allows the person who is collecting consents to stay logged in and enter the responses himself.
Go to CP overview> Participants > Add
Enter the participant details
At the end of the page, click on “Proceed to Consents”
Click on “Add” for adding the consent in consent collector mode. Click on “Patient Mode” for handing it to the patient.
Choose the consent that you want to enter from the dropdown
Enter the consent responses and click “Save”. In case it is in the “Patient Mode” a message will be displayed.
Here are the steps to collect consent from the Participant overview > Consents tab:
Go to CP > Participant list > Participant > Consents tab
Follow the steps from “Steps to add consent from register participant page” step 4 onwards to collect the consent.
Editing the consent response
The consent response can be changed for a particular participant as below:
Go to the Participant > Overview > Consents tab
Click on the “Edit” icon beside the consent document for which response is to be edited
Alternatively, click on the title of the consent form. This will lead you to the filled consent document.
Click on “Edit” from the top
Change the details in the document and click on “Save”
Print/Save PDF of the consent
The filled up consent document can be printed as below:
Go to Participant > Overview > Consents tab
Click on the consent document title which is to be printed
Click on “Print” at the top of the consent document
In case a printer is not attached, the document can be saved as PDF.
Email consent form to participant
The consents can be emailed to a participant. Thus, a participant need not visit the lab and will be able to remotely fill in the consent and the responses will be recorded in OpenSpecimen.
This can be done using the “Survey Links” option. Refer Email Forms for more information.