OpenSpecimen is a biobank and biospecimen management platform for biorepositories and research organisations.
Formerly known as caTissue Plus, it provides a configurable system for managing specimen information, operational processes, and supporting data across biobanking environments.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports planned and unplanned biospecimen collections.
- Provides storage and inventory management.
- Includes role-based user authentication and authorization.
- Handles participants, informed consents, path reports, and clinical annotations.
- Offers specimen request, distribution, shipping, and tracking tools.
- Includes reporting, CSV export, pivot tables, scheduled reports, and bulk CSV uploads.
- Supports custom fields, forms, audit trails, barcode printing, REST APIs, and external integrations.
Website: github.com/krishagni/openspecimen
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Developer: Krishagni Solutions
License: BSD 3-Clause License
OpenSpecimen is written in Java and JavaScript. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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