How are others storing swabs in OS? What are you putting for Class, Type?
We have got request to add this as a new type under Cell. Looks like its a commonly used type, we will check the standard term for this and add in future version.
I have seen one of the center entering it as Cell/Fluid and type as not specified with anatomic site being specific part of the mouth from where the swab was extracted.
Thanks,
Poornima
Which version of OpenSpecimen are you using? We can provide you instructions to add this value in your database.
Thank you for the response. We are on 2.0 beta2. Since the unit on the initial quantity cannot be changed and it is a required field to fill in, a number of cells doesn’t make much sense. I would think “item” or “piece” would be more appropriate.
Hi @mmcglo,
The version you are using is quite old. We would suggest you to install beta.05, which includes the API’s to configure the specimen quantity units for specific type or class. REST API’s are exposed for this. Please refer here for the details on how to configure or add new quantity units.
Please refer here for beta.05 download and deployment.
The API’s to add/update the permissible values like specimen type etc are under development and will be available in coming beta releases. However you can use the SQL to add a new specimen type. Use below SQL for adding new specimen type:
insert into catissue_permissible_value(parent_identifier,value)
select identifier, “type name” from catissue_permissible_value where value=“class name”
e.g. if you want to add new type for Cell Specimen then SQL would be like:
insert into catissue_permissible_value(parent_identifier,value)
select identifier, 'swabs' from catissue_permissible_value where value='Cell'
~Nitesh