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Proficiency test

AB Ana Boavida
VB Vanessa Bogas
LS Lisa Sampaio
NG Nair Gouveia
MP Maria J. Porto
FC Francisco Corte-Real
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Every year, the laboratory participates in proficiency tests organized by GHEP-ISFG, a collaborative exercise is done by several laboratories in order to discuss the results later. These samples can be used as mock evidence samples for validation purposes.

The exercise has basic and advanced levels with different types of samples. The basic one had blood and saliva stains that were then extracted by Chelex® and a piece of fabric with a mixture of sperm and saliva extracted by PrepFiler™. In the advanced one, all the samples were then extracted by PrepFiler™, it had a piece of wood with sperm, a tie with blood, a bracket brush with saliva and a piece of gauze with non-human blood and sperm. All samples were amplified with PowerPlex® Fusion 6C System.

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