Effectiveness of contamination prevention procedures in a trace explosives laboratory. |
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Authors: | Matthew S Beardah Sean P Doyle Charlotte E Hendey |
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Institution: | Forensic Explosives Laboratory, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 7BP, United Kingdom. msbeardah@dstl.gov.uk |
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Abstract: | The effectiveness of a number of the explosives contamination prevention controls that are adopted within the Forensic Explosives Laboratory (FEL) principal trace laboratory has been scrutinised. Within the trace laboratory, rigorous procedures for processing forensic swab samples for traces of organic explosives are routinely adopted by forensic scientists. In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of these procedures, and the principle of separating the sample from the laboratory and the forensic scientist, explosives-free swab samples and appropriate controls have been processed, in accordance with trace laboratory procedures, in several explosives contaminated environments. In all cases, no explosives were detected in the post-processing samples, demonstrating that the contamination prevention procedures are effective, robust and fit-for-purpose. |
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