To aid current and future validation efforts by forensic DNA laboratories, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Biochemical Science Division has begun to catalog and summarize validation studies that have been published in the literature. The summaries will include details on the study conducted, a description of samples tested, and the number of samples run as part of the study.
These validation summary sheets will help the community meet SWGDAM Revised Validation Guideline 1.2.2: “internal validation studies must be sufficiently documented and summarized.”
The NIST STRBase Web site provides a compilation of references to various validation studies conducted using commercial STR kits, in-house assays, instrumentation, and software in human identity testing applications. STRBase also offers a full reference bibliography.
Help Update NIST's Work!
You are invited to help NIST update to their listing. Contact John Butler to add a summary of your laboratory's validation studies with a particular forensic DNA test, instrument, or software program. Please submit information in a standard format summarizing the studies conducted, a description of samples run, and the number of samples examined using a preformatted Excel file.
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