Abstract：
:DNA evidence frequently plays an important role in criminal investigations and in some cases may be the only means of convicting a suspect. The constant improvement of DNA analysis techniques affords the individualization of minute amounts of DNA, aggravating the risk of contamination artifacts. In our study, we investigated the prevalence of DNA contamination in the autopsy facilities of the Institutes of Legal Medicine in Essen and Kiel (Germany). Using DNA-free swabs, we took samples from instruments used during autopsy and autopsy tables. Surfaces and instruments were routinely cleaned before sampling. Swabs were subjected to different PCRs to quantify the total amount of DNA and to amplify individual specific STR-markers. In most samples, alleles that could be linked to bodies that had been autopsied before were found. Furthermore, we could show that a DNA transfer from the autopsy table to a body was detectable in four out of six cases investigated. The interpretation of DNA typing results may thus be severely complicated. To avoid DNA contamination, we tried out different cleaning methods, of which only a bleach containing cleaner showed sufficient results.
journal_name
Forensic Sci Intjournal_title
Forensic science internationalauthors
Schwark T,Poetsch M,Preusse-Prange A,Kamphausen T,von Wurmb-Schwark Ndoi
10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.09.006subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-03-10 00:00:00pages
121-6issue
1-3eissn
0379-0738issn
1872-6283pii
S0379-0738(11)00453-1journal_volume
216pub_type
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