In terms of DNA it would be the DNA Module of a LIMS (one sub-part of a larger system). A LIMS is a
“Laboratory Information Management System,” and the term can encompass a lot of different software
programs. You will find the most common system-wide programs in the “real world” to be JusticeTrax, Porter
Lee (i.e., “The Beast”), STARLIMS, and Starfruit. There are MANY different specific forensic discipline
applications; for example, very specialized companies that work within toxicology, or drugs, or DNA only. There
are also many other home-grown versions.
Create a tracking system that can be computerized that would allow anyone (Other analysts, States Attorneys,
Defense Attorneys, Investigating Officers) to track the evidence submitted in a case from the submission
through the analysis (Submission, Serology Screening, Extraction, Quantification, Amplification and
Electrophoresis). This process will include the naming convention from evidence through sample injection. You
will be expected to itemize and list the items and sub-items as you move through the analysis process.
http://afdaa.org/2013/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DFoley-AFDAA-Winter-2012-Sample-Tracking-System.pdf
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jul/07/dna-lab-switch-led-wrongful-conviction-man-who-ser/
I want you to give me a layout of what evidence tracking would look like based on your understanding of the
flow and what important things need to be tracked throughout the process. You can lay it out on excel and
include some narrative.
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