In some of the Alliance protocols, alternate specimens can be submitted as an alternate to a Primary specimen. The following are the steps you need to follow for collecting alternate specimens.
Step-1: To collect an alternate specimen, first you need to update its Primary Specimen as “Not Collected”. To do that, Click on the Not Collected icon [
]of the Primary Specimen as shown below
Step-2: A pop-up window will appear. Select the most appropriate reason as to why the primary specimen cannot be collected (for example: Cannot Release Block)
Step-3: Once the reason is selected or entered, then click Save button and the popup window will close.
Step-4: Screen will be refreshed and all its Alternate specimen(s) will be activated.
Step-5: Be sure to change the collection date if required and fill out any clipboards with RED exclamation marks before you click save.