1 Manage expiration dates

• Access the Study Inventory tab
  As a depot user, you may have to perform kit reconciliation tasks or manage expiration dates. If these tasks are part of your responsibilities, see how to easily access the Study Inventory tab.
• About manufacturing and blinded lots
  In a study, you may have to create both manufacturing and blinded lots. Before creating your lots, you should understand the difference between these two lot types.
• Manage expiration dates with lots
  You must create at least one manufacturing lot in each required study mode (Testing, Training, or Production) or you won't be able to dispense kits in those required study modes. You use lots to specify the expiration date for kits. Blinded lots are optional and allow you to combine one or more manufacturing lots.
• Filter on the Study Inventory tab
  Inventory filters are located at the top of the page. You can use filters individually or they can be combined.
• Assign kits to a manufacturing lot
  You must add every kit, including investigational product kits and device kit types, to a manufacturing lot in each required study mode (Testing, Training, or Production) so that you can specify their expiration dates. Kits that aren't added to lots can't be dispensed because they don't have expiration dates.
• Combine manufacturing lots into a blinded lot
  Creating blinded lots is optional. You combine one or more manufacturing lots into a blinded lot either to monitor batches of kits while protecting the study blind or to organize kits in multiple groupings.