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At a few steps during the way. those would be blank samples. those samples need to remain blank the entire process. >> in the lab while you're analyzing evidence that's submitted in the lab, do you wear any kind of clothing attire to make sure that you don't cross-contaminate anything? >> yes. whenever i have an item of evidence open and i'm physically examining that item, i'm required to wear a lab coat, a mask, gloves and sometimes a hair net depending on the item. when i'm actually working with the tubes and actually doing the dna testing process, i'm also required to wear a lab coat and ma...

So that every person working in the lab is on the same page and one person isn't doing one thing their way and another person doing another thing their way. so we have written protocols and all of our quality assurance program is in writing. >> and are there any controls within the testing themselves in terms of positive and negative controls to verify that what you're doing is accurate in terms of not getting any misidentification or contamination? >> yes. there are positive and negative controls at just about every step of the way. before i even do the dna testing, if i'm screening for the p...

At a few steps during the way. those would be blank samples and those samples need to remain blank the entire process. >> in the lab, while you're analyzing evidence submitted in the lab, do you wear any kind of clothing attire to make sure you don't cross contaminate anything? >> yes. whenever i have an item of evidence open and i'm physically examining that item, i'm required to wear a lab coat, mask, gloves and sometimes a hair net depending on the item. when i'm actually working with the tubes and doing the dna testing process, i'm also required to wear a lab coat and mask and work in chem...

It's used in identification of mass disaster victims and innocence project and paternity testing as well. >> is the dna profiling and comparison method using str you're going to talk about that your lab uses accepted in this scientific community as being reliable? >> yes, it is. >> is your lab, fdle, been accredited and been through all the hoops in terms of their accreditations or findings that they're proficient, et cetera? >> yes. we are an accredited laboratory. >> i want to talk about the laboratory procedure for a few minutes, if we could. do you all have an established protocol, method ...