The ASCLD Forensic Research Committee is proud to announce the launch of the Validation and Evaluation Repository. The goal is to compile a list of unique validations and evaluations conducted by forensic labs and universities. The repository will catalog these efforts and provide the contact information of the people responsible for the work. It is ASCLD’s hope that this listing will foster communication and reduce unnecessary repetition of validations and evaluations to benefit the forensic community. If you find a validation or evaluation that you would like more information about, simply use the contact information provided to request a copy.
In the May 2024 ANAB Heads Up Communication, they provided additional guidance about the ability to leverage another laboratory’s validation. “When another agency has performed a validation and shares the validation information other agencies can use the validation data to verify the method at their agency.”
Check out the complete article at: https://anab.ansi.org/resource/heads-up-for-forensic-accreditation/
If you would like to submit information for the Repository, please click HERE.
Please use the following items to search the entries. You can use as many of the following as you need:
The ASCLD Forensic Research Committee is proud to announce the launch of the Validation and Evaluation Repository. The goal is to compile a list of unique validations and evaluations conducted by forensic labs and universities. The repository will catalog these efforts and provide the contact information of the people responsible for the work. It is ASCLD’s hope that this listing will foster communication and reduce unnecessary repetition of validations and evaluations to benefit the forensic community. If you find a validation or evaluation that you would like more information about, simply use the contact information provided to request a copy.
In the May 2024 ANAB Heads Up Communication, they provided additional guidance about the ability to leverage another laboratory’s validation. “When another agency has performed a validation and shares the validation information other agencies can use the validation data to verify the method at their agency.”
Check out the complete article at: https://anab.ansi.org/resource/heads-up-for-forensic-accreditation/
If you would like to submit information for the Repository, please click HERE.
Please use the following items to search the entries. You can use as many of the following as you need:
Corroded Ammunition Component Cleaner Validation
Keywords: corroded, rust, ammo, bullet, cartridge case, brasso, evapo-rust, maas, coin cleaner, naval jelly, vinegar
Laboratory: Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory
Discipline: Firearms/Toolmarks
Contact Name: Kyla Skinner
Email: kyla.skinner@kcpd.org
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/FINAL_Corroded-Ammunition-Component-Cleaner-Validation-Study.docx
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Center for Human Identification Internal Validation of the Promega PowerPlex Y23 System on the Applied Biosystems 3500xL Genetic Analyzer
Keywords: PowerPlex Y23, Y-STR, 2500xL
Laboratory: Center for Human Identification
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Amy Smuts
Email: amy.smuts@unthsc.edu
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/Y23-validation-summary_final.pdf
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Crime-Lite ML PRO Internal Validation Study
Keywords: Crime-Lite ML PRO, Alternate Light Source, ALS
Laboratory: Boca Raton Police Services Department Biological Processing Laboratory
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Caitlin Rogers
Email: cerogers@myboca.us
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/111224_Crime-Lite-Pro-Internal-Validation-Study-Report.pdf
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Design and development of novel single multiplex system incorporating 26 rapidly mutating Y-STRs; 26 RM Yplex
Keywords: discrimination, multiplex, paternal, rapidly mutating, STRs
Laboratory: Dubai Police’s Gen. Dept. of Forensic Science & Criminology
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Rashed Alghafri
Email: r.alghafri@hotmail.co.uk
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Web link: https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/elps.202200099
Urine Testing Internal Validation Report
Keywords: Urine, RSID-Urine, Presumptive
Laboratory: Boca Raton Police Services Department Biological Processing Laboratory
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Caitlin Rogers
Email: cerogers@myboca.us
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/091624_Urine-Testing-Internal-Validation-Report.pdf
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Internal Validation of the Illumina Infinium Global Screening Array-24 v3.0 BeadChip on the Illumina iScan System
Keywords: Global Screening Array (GSA), iScan, microarray, forensic genetic genealogy (FGG), single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)
Laboratory: Center for Human Identification
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Amy Smuts
Email: amy.smuts@unthsc.edu
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/iScan_Global-Screening-Array-24-Validation-Summary-49350-1.pdf
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UNT Center for Human Identification Internal Validation of the Verogen ForenSeq Kintelligence Kit and Illumina MiSeq FGx Sequencing System
Keywords: Kintelligence, MiSeq FGx, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), massively parallel sequencing (MPS), forensic genetic genealogy (FGG)
Laboratory: Center for Human Identification
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Amy Smuts
Email: amy.smuts@unthsc.edu
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/Kintelligence-Validation-Summary-47606-1.pdf
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Saliva Testing Internal Validation Report
Keywords: Saliva, SALIgAE, RSID-Saliva, Presumptive
Laboratory: Boca Raton Police Services Department Biological Processing Laboratory
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Caitlin Rogers
Email: cerogers@myboca.us
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/Saliva-Validation-Report_061824_Amended-070224.pdf
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A foundational study of fire debris interpretation using quantitative measures of chromatographic features in gasoline and the use of graphical display to demonstrate data sufficiency
Keywords: Gasoline, Fire Debris, Interpretation, Sufficiency, Trace Evidence
Laboratory: Virginia Department of Forensic Science
Discipline: Trace Chemistry
Contact Name: Robyn Weimer
Email: Robyn.Weimer@dfs.virginia.gov
File link:
Web link: https://dfs.virginia.gov/sac-materials-july-23-2024/
Ultrasonic Cleaner Validation
Keywords: ultrasonic, cleaner, firearm, evapo-rust, Haemo-sol, Oxi-Clean, rust, blood
Laboratory: Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory
Discipline: Firearms/Toolmarks
Contact Name: Kyla Skinner
Email: kyla.skinner@kcpd.org
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/FINAL_Validation-Report.pdf
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Bullet Cleaning Solutions
Keywords: bullet, cleaning, bleach, Haemo-sol, OxiClean, ultrasonic
Laboratory: Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory
Discipline: Firearms/Toolmarks
Contact Name: Kyla Skinner
Email: kyla.skinner@kcpd.org
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/Bullet-Cleaning_Validation-Report.pdf
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YFiler Plus PCR Amplification Kit, cat no. 4484678, 4482730
Keywords: YFiler Plus, 3500
Laboratory: Mississippi Forensics Laboratory
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Mary Jones Dukes
Email: mjdukes@mcl.ms.gov
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/MSFL_YFP_VALIDATION-SUMMARY.122923.pdf
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Foster+Freeman RECOVER LFT Validation
Keywords: RECOVER LFT, cartridge cases, metal
Laboratory: Idaho State Police
Discipline: Latent Prints
Contact Name: Tina Walthall
Email: tina.walthall@isp.idaho.gov
File link:
Web link: https://isp.idaho.gov/forensics/validation/
Validation Report for Fire Debris Analysis by GC-MS
Keywords: Fire Debris, GCMS
Laboratory: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory
Discipline: Trace Chemistry
Contact Name: Tate Yeatman
Email: yeatmand@pbso.org
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/Validation-Report-for-Fire-Debris-Analysis-by-GC-MS.pdf
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Method Validation Report for the Identification and Quantitative Threshold Testing of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in Cannabis
Keywords: THC, Cannabis, Hemp, Quantitative
Laboratory: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory
Discipline: Seized Drugs
Contact Name: Tate Yeatman
Email: yeatmand@pbso.org
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/Method-Validation-Report-for-the-Identification-and-Quantitative-Threshold-Testing-of-Tetrahydro.pdf
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Screening of Suspected Overdose Samples with Randox MultiSTAT Analyzer
Keywords: Toxicology, Immunoanalyser, Drugs of Abuse, Post-mortem Blood
Laboratory: Idaho State Police Forensic Services
Discipline: Toxicology
Contact Name: Tina Mattox
Email: tina.mattox@isp.idaho.gov
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/Randox-MultiSTAT-Validation-Plan-and-Summary-with-Attachments.pdf
Web link: http://www.isp.idaho.gov/
STRmix V2.6.2
Keywords: STRmix, Powerplex Fusion 6C, 3500
Laboratory: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Amy McGuckian
Email: mcguckiana@pbso.org
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/Estimation-of-STRmix-V2.6-Parameters-for-Palm-Beach-County-Sheriffs-Office-PowerPlex-Fusion-6C-3.pdf, https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/PBSO-STRmix-v2.6.2-Internal-Validation-Powerplex-Fusion-6C-3500xl-CE.pdf, https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/STRmix-2.6.2-internal-functional-testing-evaluation-summary.pdf
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Internal Validation with PowerPlex Fusion 6C, Proflex PCR System, and 3500xL Series Genetic Analyzer Validation Report
Keywords: Fusion 6C, PowerPlex, ProFlex
Laboratory: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Amy McGuckian
Email: mcguckiana@pbso.org
File link:
Web link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/13/Internal-Validation-with-PowerPlex-Fusion-6C-Proflex-PCR-System-and-3500xL-Series-Genetic-Analyz.pdf
Analysis of Benzodiazepines using Liquid-Chromatography Mass Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry
Keywords: benzodiazepines, solid-phase extraction, LC/MS/MS
Laboratory: Wisconsin Division of Forensic Science
Discipline: Toxicology
Contact Name: Jonathan Tomko, Leah Macans or Toxicology Technical Lead
Email: tomkojt@doj.state.wi.us
File link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/Validation-Summary-for-Alcohol-Analysis-by-Headspace-GC-FIDMS.pdf, https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/Validation-Summary_20230310_final.pdf, https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/Supplementary-Document-One_20230302_final.pdf, https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/Validation-Pre-face_20230310_final.pdf, https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/TXPM-6.5-Benzodiazepines_Z-drugs-1097-9.pdf, https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/43/SOFT_2022_Abstract_Benzodiazpeines_220810.pdf
Web link: https://www.doj.state.wi.us/dfs/contact-information
Validation for the Qualitative Analysis of Seized Drugs by GC-IRD
Keywords: GC-IRD, Seized Drug, Cathinones
Laboratory: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory
Discipline: Seized Drugs
Contact Name: Ilene Alford
Email: alforda@pbso.org
File link:
Web link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/13/Validation-for-the-Qualitative-Analysis-of-Seized-Drugs-by-GC-IRD.pdf
Validation Report for Quantitation and/or Qualitative Identification of Benzodiazepines, Opioids and Select Hypnotics in Whole Blood by LC MSMS
Keywords: Opioids, Benzodiazepines, Hypnotics, LC-MSMS, Whole Blood
Laboratory: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory
Discipline: Toxicology
Contact Name: Nick Tiscione
Email: tiscionen@pbso.org
File link:
Web link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/13/Validation-Report-for-Quantitation-and_or-Qualitative-Identification-of-Benzodiazepines-Opioids-.pdf
Validation Report for Quantitation of Select Stimulants in Whole Blood by LC-MSMS
Keywords: Stimulants, LC-MSMS, Whole Blood
Laboratory: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory
Discipline: Toxicology
Contact Name: Nick Tiscione
Email: tiscionen@pbso.org
File link:
Web link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/13/Validation-Report-for-Quantitation-of-Select-Stimulants-in-Whole-Blood-by-LC-MSMS.pdf
Validation Summary for Alcohol Analysis by Headspace GC-FID/MS
Keywords: BAC, ethanol, Headspace
Laboratory: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory
Discipline: Toxicology
Contact Name: Nick Tiscione
Email: tiscionen@pbso.org
File link:
Web link: https://www.ascld.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/13/Validation-Summary-for-Alcohol-Analysis-by-Headspace-GC-FIDMS.pdf
ForenSeq Kintelligence Kit, MiSeq FGx Sequencing, and Universal Analysis Software Internal Validation
Keywords: Kintelligence, Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), Massively Parallel Sequencing (MPS), Forensic genetic genealogy (FGG)
Laboratory: Signature Science, LLC – Center for Advanced Genomics
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Michelle Peck
Email: mpeck@signaturescience.com
File link:
Web link: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.28.514056v1%20
NYC OCME Internal Validation of STRmixTM v2.7 for Fusion 5C/3500xL Data – STRmixTM Parameters
Keywords: STRmix, Fusion 5C/3500XL
Laboratory: New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Timothy D. Kupferschmid
Email: tkupferschmid@ocme.nyc.gov
File link:
Web link: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/ocme/downloads/pdf/strmix_v2_7_parameters.pdf
Estimation of STRmix parameters for OCME New York Laboratory
Keywords: STRmix
Laboratory: New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Timothy D. Kupferschmid
Email: tkupferschmid@ocme.nyc.gov
File link:
Web link: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/ocme/downloads/pdf/strmix_parameters.pdf
Internal Validation of STRmix V2.4 for Fusion
Keywords: STRmix
Laboratory: New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Timothy D. Kupferschmid
Email: tkupferschmid@ocme.nyc.gov
File link:
Web link: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/ocme/downloads/pdf/STRmix-V2-4-Fusion-5C-Validation%20Summary.pdf
Internal Validation of GeneMarker HID software
Keywords: GeneMarker, HID
Laboratory: New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Timothy D. Kupferschmid
Email: tkupferschmid@ocme.nyc.gov
File link:
Web link: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/ocme/downloads/pdf/GeneMarker-HID-Validation-Summary.pdf
PowerPlex® Fusion System Amplification Kit on the Applied Biosystems 3130xl Genetic Analyzer using GeneMarker HID v. 2.8.2 Analysis Software Validation Report
Keywords: PowerPlex Fusion, 3130xL
Laboratory: New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Timothy D. Kupferschmid
Email: tkupferschmid@ocme.nyc.gov
File link:
Web link: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/ocme/downloads/pdf/Fusion-Validation-Summary.pdf
Internal Validation of STRmix™ v2.7 for Fusion 5C/3500xL Data
Keywords: STRmix, Fusion 5C/3500xL
Laboratory: New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Discipline: Biology/Serology
Contact Name: Timothy D. Kupferschmid
Email: tkupferschmid@ocme.nyc.gov
File link:
Web link: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/ocme/downloads/pdf/internal_validation_strmix_2_7.pdf
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