Current through September 18, 2024
3.4.1
Blood
A. The blood specimen(s)
taken for analysis shall be collected by qualified medical personnel.
B. The blood specimen(s) shall be collected
in a sterile laboratory tube or such other container to avoid contamination,
preferably with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) as a
preservative.
3.4.2
Urine
Urine shall be collected in a previously-sealed sterile
container.
3.4.3
Hair
A. A representative hair
sample of sufficient quantity for testing shall be collected from the head,
pubic, or other body area(s).
B.
Approximately twenty (20) hairs plucked from the pubic region, and a
representative sample of approximately fifty (50) hairs plucked from the head,
must be collected, if possible.
C.
The hair samples from each body area must be packaged separately into paper
envelopes.
3.4.4
Buccal (Oral) Swabs
A. The buccal
swab must be collected using one (1) of the following methods:
1. Sterile cotton swabs:
a. Use swabs that are individually packaged
in singles or pairs. (Opening a large package of swabs will render them
unsterile).
b. Remove two (2)
sterile swabs from protective packaging.
c. Holding the handles of the pair of swabs,
place the swabs in the mouth and rub the swabs using a twisting motion for at
least ten (10) seconds on the inside of the cheek. Repeat using the same swabs
on the inside of the other cheek.
d. Place swabs back into their original
packaging, placing handles in first, taking care not to touch the swab end and
allow to air dry.
e. Place dried
swabs and packaging into an appropriate transport container, preferably an
evidence collection envelope or other envelope with two sealed
corners.
f. If swabs are going to
be stored, freeze them.
2. A buccal swab may be collected using a
commercially available collection device, in accordance with the manufacturer's
standards, such as an FTA card, designed for the collection and
room-temperature storage of biological samples for subsequent DNA
analysis.
3.4.5
Fingernail scrapings
Collect fingernail scrapings in an appropriate, unused
collection device.
3.4.6
Dental Impressions
A dentist shall take a dental impression and shall include
an impression of each arch using accepted dental impression techniques, such as
those outlined by the American Dental Association. The interocclusal
relationship shall be established.
3.4.7
Collection of Foreign
Debris
Foreign debris such as dried semen, blood, or saliva shall
be collected from a body's skin surface area by lightly moistening sterile
cotton swabs with distilled water and then thoroughly swabbing the area with
the swabs. Allow the swabs to air dry and then return them to their original
paper sleeve with the handles placed in the paper sleeve
first.
