= OpenSpecimen HowTo Create Protocol Tags: [[OpenSpecimen]] [[HowTo]] == Overview 1. Enter the protocol details into the '''Create Protocol''' screen. - Only 1 PI can be entered, but many operatives. - The PPID is not the study ID, for that we use the Patient Master Index ID, but a lab ID. 2. Enter One or more '''Events''' - '''Events''' contain a list of '''specimens''' that are collected - From '''specimens''' can be derived '''Derivatives''', that are a substances that are created from a '''specimen''' by some process, for example centrifuging. - '''Specimens''' are then divided into one or more '''aliquots''' - '''Aliquots''' may then be processed again to produce further '''derivatives''', for example DNA, which may be subsequently divided into further '''aliquots'''. [[BackLinks]]