... an automated allele concordance analysis system (CompareCall SM , patent pending) that performs comparisons between two independent DNA analysis platforms to ensure the highest accuracy for allele calls. Application of this system in a quality assurance role has shown the potential to eliminate greater than 90...

... and discussed, along with the advantages and disadvantages of each and estimates of the costs of a large-scale program. The purposes of proficiency testing in a quality-assurance context are likewise discussed and related to the models and the arguments generally proffered for and against blind vs. open...

... in designing and conducting these blind proficiency test trials, and relate those experiences to the overall issue of blind proficiency testing as a quality-assurance tool in forensic DNA laboratories. In this feasibility test series, one blind test was detected by a laboratory, a second one was shown...

... . forensic science medical examiner/coroner reports medical examiner/coroner database quality assurance 19 09 2000 20 10 2000 Hsiang-Ching Kung,1 Ph.D.; Randy Hanzlick,2 MD.; and James F. Spitler,3 M.S. Abstracting Data from Medical Examiner/Coroner Reports: Concordance among Abstractors...

...A Crowson, Ph.D.; RW Hiley, Ph.D.; CC Todd, B.Sc. During 1989, the Forensic Explosives Laboratory (FEL) established a weekly quality assurance testing regime in its explosives trace analysis laboratory. The purpose of the regime is to prevent the accumulation of explosives traces within...

... modifications and combinations of these “single-locus charts” can be used for within- and among-laboratory quality assurance activities. 15 05 1998 27 10 1998 25 01 1999 forensic science DNA typing data analysis graphical analysis interlaboratory comparison statistical intervals...

... are still necessary for control and correction of clinical causes of death. KEYWORDS: pathology and biology, postmortem examinations, education, quality assurance, medicolegal autopsy The necessity of performing autopsies in large numbers has been questioned with regard to the information they provide about...

...RL Brunelle, M.S.; DD Garner, Ph.D.; PL Wineman, Ph.D. Quality assurance in forensic laboratories is no less important than quality control in industry. The prosecutor, defense attorney, judge or jury and, of course, the defendant have every right to expect an analysis of the highest possible...

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... System: A Primer , American Bar Association , Chicago , 1971 . Hazard , J. N. , Butler , W. E. , and Maggs , P. B. , Eds., The Soviet Legal System , 3rd ed., Columbia University Press , New York , 1977 , pp. 118 – 119 . plenary session jurisprudence quality assurance...