caa a22 4500 47578734X CHVBK 20180406123702.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004140000142 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004140000142 DNA contamination of mortuary instruments and work surfaces: a significant problem in forensic practice? [Elektronische Daten] [G. N. Rutty, S. Watson, J. Davison] A study of 20 mortuaries was undertaken to assess whether contamination of instruments, tables and cutting areas due to residual material containing human DNA after routine cleaning is an actual or only a theoretical problem. Of the 20 mortuaries studied, 50% were found to have material containing quantifiable human DNA on the instruments and surfaces sampled. This DNA was amplified and found, in some cases, to have been derived from at least three people. Of those that did not yield measurable amounts of DNA, a number of samples were selected at random, amplified and were found to produce partial profiles indicating the presence of low levels of human DNA. The possible sources of human DNA from mortuaries are discussed as well as means to reduce or irradicate the problem of instrument contamination. Finally the implications of these findings for forensic investigations are discussed. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words DNA nationallicence Human Mortuary Instruments nationallicence Rutty G. N. Department of Forensic Pathology, University of Sheffield, Medico-Legal Building, Sheffield, UK e-mail: G.N.Rutty@Sheffield.ac.uk, Tel.: +44-114-2738721, Fax: +44-114-2798942, GB aut Watson S. The Forensic Science Service, Priory House, Gooch Street North, Birmingham, UK, GB aut Davison J. The Forensic Science Service, Sandbeck Way, Audby Lane, Wetherby, UK, GB aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140000142 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140000142 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rutty G. N. Department of Forensic Pathology, University of Sheffield, Medico-Legal Building, Sheffield, UK e-mail: G.N.Rutty@Sheffield.ac.uk, Tel.: +44-114-2738721, Fax: +44-114-2798942, GB aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Watson S. The Forensic Science Service, Priory House, Gooch Street North, Birmingham, UK, GB aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Davison J. The Forensic Science Service, Sandbeck Way, Audby Lane, Wetherby, UK, GB aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer