- 01 Introduction
- 02 Biology of DNA
- 03 Practical Issues Specific to DNA Evidence
- 04 Introduction to the Forensic DNA Laboratory
- 05 Assuring Quality in DNA Testing
- 06 Understanding a Forensic DNA Lab Report
- 07 Statistics and Population Genetics
- 08 Mitochondrial DNA & Y-STR Analysis
- 09 Forensic DNA Databases
- 10 Collection of DNA Evidence from Suspects and Arrestees
- 11 Pretrial DNA Evidence Issues
- 12 Victim Issues
- 13 Trial Presentation
- 14 Postconviction DNA Cases
- 15 Emerging Trends
Principles of Forensic DNA
for Officers of the Court
for Officers of the Court
Module 5 :: Assuring Quality
Topic 3 :: The Significance of Quality Assurance
Significance of Quality Assurance
Quality assurance is simply what its name says: a tool to assure the quality of testing.
The key points to follow:
- Development and adoption of best practice standards and their rigorous implementation are preferred.
- However, best practices are not the only way to get the right answer nor does using them mean that there will never be an error (either an incorrect positive result or a negative one that should have been positive).
