Laboratory operations

• Author: Don Bartell/Mary Catherine McMurray/Anne ImObersteg
• Pages: 407-418

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CHAPTER 15

LABORATORY

OPERATIONS

I. GENERAL POINTS

§15:01 Forensic Laboratories

§15:02 Clinical Laboratories

§15:03 Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Guidelines

II. THE FORENSIC LABORATORY

A. Collection of the Specimen

§15:10 Evidence Collection Kits

§15:11 Importance and Regulation of the Collection Process

§15:12 The Collection Procedure

§15:13 Contamination During Collection

§15:14 Checklist of Collection Issues

B. Contamination

§15:20 Contamination by Microorganisms

§15:21 Contamination Produces Alcohol

§15:22 Mixing the Preservative

§15:23 Refrigeration and Sodium Fluoride Levels

§15:24 Determination of Contamination

C. Chain of Custody

§15:30 Documentation

§15:31 Receipt of the Evidence at the Laboratory

§15:32 Storage and Security of the Evidence

D. Analysis and Reporting

§15:40 Analysis of the Evidence

§15:41 Reporting of Results

III. GOOD L ABORATORY PRACTICE (GLP)

§15:50 Standard Guidelines

§15:51 The Standard Operating Procedure

§15:52 Quality Assurance (QA)

§15:53 Laboratory Managers

§15:54 Laboratory Analysts

§15:55 Toxicologists

LABORATORY

OPERATIONS