Nylon flocked swab severely reduces Hexagon Obti sensibility

[en] Abstract Hexagon Obti immunological blood test and flocked swab are widely used in forensic laboratories. Nevertheless, up to now, no compatibility tests have been published between sampling with the ethylene oxide treated flocked swab and the Hexagon Obti blood detection strip. In this study, we investigated this compatibility. Our work shows that sampling with ethylene oxide treated flocked swab reduces by a factor of at least 100 the detection threshold of blood using the Hexagon Obti immunological test.

Disciplines :

Genetics & genetic processes

Author, co-author :

Frippiat, Christophe

De Roy, Gilbert

Fontaine, Louis-Marie

Dognaux, Sophie

Noel, Fabrice

Heudt, Laeticia

Lepot, Laurent ; Université de Liège - ULiège

Language :

English

Title :

Nylon flocked swab severely reduces Hexagon Obti sensibility

Publication date :

2015

Journal title :

Forensic Science International

ISSN :

0379-0738

eISSN :

1872-6283

Publisher :

Elsevier, Netherlands

Volume :

247

Issue :

Pages :

126 - 129

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073814005234

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since 24 March 2015

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